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Confession: I’ve been hanging out to this recipe for far too long. We’ve been making hamburgers (and cheeseburgers) in our air fryer for over a year now. If you don’t have access to a grill (or just don’t want to fire it up), this is the absolute best alternative. Your entire family is going to love this air fryer hamburgers recipe. Promise.
What you’ll need
There aren’t many ingredients in this recipe. In fact, outside of an air fryer, you’ll just need the typical burger staples. I’ve recommended air fryers before, but this Ninja one is my go-to for burgers. It doesn’t just air fry, although the function is what we use it for the most. Two baskets make this air fryer super ideal for making two different things at once. Full disclosure — we use ours for mostly chicken nuggets and french fries, like, 90% of the time. Ha!
Here’s what else you’ll need:
- 1 pound of ground beef, 90/10 or fattier.
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 3 hamburger buns
- 3 slices of cheese, American or whatever you like
- 1 medium tomato
- 1/4 yellow or white onion, chopped
- 1 cup shredded iceberg lettuce, or whatever you like
- Thousand island dressing
That’s it!
The only air fryer hamburgers recipe you’ll need
Air Fryer Hamburgers
Ingredients
- 1 pound of ground beef, 90/10 or fattier.
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 3 hamburger buns
- 3 slices of cheese, American or whatever you like
- 1 medium tomato
- 1/4 yellow or white onion, chopped
- 1 cup shredded iceberg lettuce, or whatever you like
- Thousand island dressing
Instructions
INGREDIENTS -
- Divide the ground beef into 3. Mold and flatten into a patty. Make sure the center of the patty is thinner than the edge portion. This will allow for and even cook and maintain the size proportions as it cooks.
- Season the patties evenly on both sides with the spices.
- Place in the air fryer basket. I like to line my air fryer with aluminum for easy clean-up as well as keeping the Patties in the juices.
- Cook at 350°f for 10 minutes for a medium well hamburger. Longer or shorter than 2 minutes for the desired cook.
- Remove the Patties and add a slice of cheese. Set aside to let cheese melt slightly.
- While resting, slice your tomato horizontally and chop your onions. If you prefer your onion in rings, slice it horizontally.
- Assemble the burger with all of your favorite toppings.
- Enjoy
Notes
The fattier meat keeps the hamburger patty from falling apart
You can sub or add mayonnaise, mustard, and or ketchup for the dressing.
Optional toppings include pickles, fried egg, and or avocado slices.
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This sounds divine! I love using my airfrier, so I need to try it
This looks delicious! I’m late to the game and have not purchased an air fryer. I keep thinking that they wouldn’t be good for me since I like to cook large batches of food at once. I’m starting to think it may be a good idea to try one out though.
I’m a sucker for a really good hamburger, and these look delicious, and in the air fryer no less! I want to try this for sure!
Will definitely try it out before this weekend runs out, thanks for sharing.
this looks delicious! Nonair frier yet at home, I think its now time to buy
I don’t have an air fryer and I dislike doing burgers in a pan because of the kitchen clean-up (am outdoor grill is much easier). You make a good case for getting an air fryer if you can do burgers in it.
Love that these are done in the fryer! They look great and I will have try this