Ground beef, garlic butter and burger seasonings are the basics needed to make this juicy cheeseburger. But this isn’t your average cheeseburger! I added garlic butter into the middle of my burger patties before grilling, so when you bite into that grilled-to-perfection burger, you get the taste of juicy garlic butter.
I used Chef Shamy Garlic Butter in my burgers, but you can easily create your own garlic butter by mixing room temperature butter with granulated garlic or fresh garlic, finely minced, to taste. Put butter back in the fridge to chill before stuffing into your burgers.
You can make these burgers at home or on a campout. On a grill or cooktop.
Add your butter right there in the middle…
Add the other half of burger meat on top and close that pattie up, securing that butter in the middle…
Now off to the grill!
Juicy Garlic Butter Cheeseburgers
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1-pound lean ground beef
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons garlic pepper (or your favorite burger seasoning)
- 4 tablespoons Garlic Butter, cold
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 slices cheese
- 4 hamburger buns
Instructions
Preheat grill (or preferred heat source) to medium. In a large bowl, add the ground beef, Worcestershire sauce and burger seasonings. Use your hands to mix thoroughly. Portion out the ground beef into four 4-ounce balls of meat. Take half of a meat ball and pat into a pattie. Add a tablespoon of cold butter in the middle. Take the other half of your meat and top the butter, making sure the butter is covered completely by the meat so the butter can't escape during cooking. Salt and pepper both sides of your hamburger patties.
Place patties on the grill. Turn after 5-minutes. Add a slice of cheese on top of each hamburger once the hamburgers are close to done. Cook hamburgers until desired doneness (The USDA recommends cooking until an internal temperature of 160-degrees Fahrenheit is reached). Toast hamburger buns if desired.
Place a pattie in between a hamburger bun and serve warm.
Notes
Store leftover hamburger patties in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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26 Comments
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
June 28, 2018 at 6:41 AMJust to make sure I have this right–there’s BUTTER in the middle of these babies? You’re a genius, Kelly. A genius!
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:37 AMHehehehe YES!! Butter in the middle! For the win! XOXO
Laura Strnad
June 28, 2018 at 9:42 AMWhat can I use in place of Chef Samy?
Kelly @ Kelly Lynn's Sweets and Treats
June 28, 2018 at 9:55 AMYou can just use regular butter! Add a teaspoon of garlic powder to the burger meat if you want that garlic flavor too.
Jacquelyn H
June 29, 2018 at 8:56 AMsuch a tasty burger this could be…i think i also want to try it with turkey burgers.
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:38 AMYou totally could Jacquelyn! Adding the butter to turkey burgers would help to keep them nice and moist and juicy. Let me know if you try it out!
wendyklik
June 28, 2018 at 11:05 AMGreat minds…I added butter to my burger too.
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:38 AMThat’s awesome Wendy! Can’t wait to check your burgers out!!
Amy
June 28, 2018 at 11:46 AMThese burgers sound fabulous. The garlic butter in the middle of the burger is going to provide such a wonderful burst of flavor. I’m ready for my July 4th cookout!!!
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:39 AMThanks Amy! I agree….I am ready for a 4th of July cookout too 🙂
Amy (Savory Moments)
June 28, 2018 at 5:59 PMDrooling!! What a fantastic idea!!
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:39 AMThanks Amy!
Sally
June 29, 2018 at 4:24 AMThese burgers look and sound mouth-wateringly good. Yum! I’d never have thought to use garlic butter!
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:45 AMThanks Sally! I hope you give this a try!!
Jacquelyn H
June 29, 2018 at 8:55 AMGREAT way to use the garlic butter in the middle…i know people who’d love a taste of this burger. even i do! i guess i could make my own using butter/garlic in the middle too for a change of pace…now i want to make a burger this way too!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:46 AMThanks Jacquelyn! You can totally make your own garlic butter to use 🙂 I hope you give this recipe a try! XOXO
Michele
June 29, 2018 at 10:25 AMWhat a great idea! Thanks for sharing. I know what I’ll be doing the next time we bar-b-que.
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:47 AMThanks Michele! I hope you give it a try 🙂 XOXO
Colleen
July 1, 2018 at 7:41 PMIt’s like this burger is calling my name!!!
Kelly
July 2, 2018 at 7:47 AMIt totally is Colleen! 🙂
Katherine | Love In My Oven
July 2, 2018 at 10:38 AMBUTTER BURGER!? You’re a mad genius! Hah this burger looks and sounds sooooo good!!!
Kelly
July 12, 2018 at 1:33 PMThank you Katherine! XOXO
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Joseph R Mallory
November 14, 2020 at 11:35 AMHow close is this to Sonic’s Garlic Butter burger?
Kelly
November 14, 2020 at 12:20 PMI’ve never had one from Sonic so I don’t know.