Krystal Burgers - CopyKat Recipes (2023)

Craving a Krystal Burger but don’t want to go out? You can make the best Krystal burgers at home with this easy copycat recipe.

Homemade Krystal Burgers

Depending on where you grew up in the US, you might never have heard of Krystal burgers. if you grew up anywhere near Chattanooga you know the name Krystal. If you didn’t grow up in the south you were busy devouring White Castle burgers.

If you never had a Krystal burger or cheeseburger, you don’t know what you are missing, and it’s more than square hamburgers at low prices. Now is your chance to correct that considerable oversight by making these copycat Krystal burgers.

Krystal Burgervs White Castle Burger

While White Castle may be the granddaddy of steamed sliders, Krystal is no Johnny-come-lately. Opened in 1932, this southern-based fast food business aimed to replicate the success of White Castle restaurants in Kansas by selling very similar hamburgers. Although the burgers look almost the same, there are several subtle yet critical differences between the two recipes.

Order aKrystal burger, and it will come with mustard, pickle, and onions, while a White Castle burger only has pickles and onions.

Oh, and then there is the patty itself. Although the meat patties from both places are super thin, the ones from White Castle have holes punched in them, whileKrystal burgersdo not.

But those aren’t the only differences.

Take a closer look at the onions, and you’ll notice something a bit unusual. TheKrystal burger’s onions are tiny but bursting with beef flavor, while the White Castle’s onions are larger and bland. That’s the secret to how theKrystal burgerrecipe packs so much beefy taste into such a tiny beef patty.

Krystal uses dehydrated onions reconstituted in beef broth! What a brilliant idea you can easily use in other recipes when you want to add extra meaty flavor without adding more beef. Whatever you do, don’t use regular minced onions or skip adding the beef bouillon to the water. You’ll regret it!

Krystal Burger Ingredients

Here’s a list of what you need:

• Dehydrated onion
• Ground beef
• Water
• Salt
• Beef bouillon cube
• Yellow mustard
• Hamburger dill pickle slices
• Dinner rolls (soft and fluffy)

How to Make Krystal Burgers the Right Way

There is a lot that makes aKrystal burgera Kyrstal burger. If you want to capture the same taste and, more importantly, the texture at home, you need to steam the burgers like they do at the restaurant. Getting the steaming process right all starts with preparing the burger patties correctly.

1. Whizzing the burger meat with salt and water in a food processor is an essential step. Make sure to grind the burger mixture into a fine, almost paste-like consistency. Unfortunately, this isn’t something that you can do by hand, so it’s worth digging out that Cuisinart from the back of your cupboard.
2. When you finish whizzing the burger mixture, distribute it onto a plastic-wrap-lined jelly roll dish or a rimmed baking tray. Cover the meat with another sheet of plastic wrap on top and press down on the meat with another baking pan until it’s about 1/4-inch thick.
3. Remove the top layer of plastic wrap and cut the pressed meat into 3 x 3-inch patties. Pop the tray in the freezer for 30 minutes to allow the burger mixture to firm up.

4. While the patties are in the freezer (or before making the patties), soak the dehydrated onions in warm water with bouillon.
5. Spread the reconstituted onions across the bottom of a skillet over medium-low heat.
6. Place the semi-frozen patties on top of the onions.

7. Top the patties with the bottom bun. Place the top bun on top of the bottom bun, cover, and allow the burgers to steam until done without turning.
8. After the burgers are cooked, use a spatula to remove them from the skillet. Top with one slice of dill pickle, a squirt of yellow mustard, and all those delicious onions.

Finally, there is no need to make a road trip to Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, or Alabama to go to Krystal. You can enjoy that tiny square hamburger anywhere with this easy copycat recipe.

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