Salt

Salt appears in 86 recipes and is the one ingredient where timing changes the result more than quantity. Salt mixed into ground beef before shaping dissolves the proteins and gives a springy, sausage-like texture — fine for a stuffed patty, wrong for a smash burger. Salting only the outside, seconds before the meat hits the pan, keeps the inside loose and crumbly. Almost every recipe here that produces a good crust salts late. Kosher and flaky salts are easier to distribute by hand than fine table salt, which is why they show up more often.

Recipes with salt

Foie Gras Luxury Burger

9.6/10BEEF · PREMIUM

TOP 3

McDonald's Big Tasty (Copycat)

9.5/10BEEF · CHEESY · BACON

TOP 2

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese (Copycat)

9.5/10BEEF · CHEESY

Big Mac Taco

9.3/10BEEF · SMASH

Big Mac Hot Dog

9.3/10BEEF · CHEESY

Green Chile Cheeseburger

9.3/10MOVIE · BEEF · CHEESY

Croissant Big Mac

9.2/10BEEF · CHEESY

McDonald's Big Mac (Copycat)

9.2/10BEEF · CHEESY

Dean’s Breakfast Burger from Supernatural

9.2/10BEEF · BACON · MOVIE

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat)

9.1/10BEEF · CHEESY

Baguette Big Mac

9.1/10BEEF · CHEESY

KFC Zinger Burger (Copycat)

9.1/10POULTRY · SPICY

Zachariah's Shack Burger

9.1/10BEEF · CHEESY · MOVIE

The Heisenberg Burger

9.0/10MOVIE · BEEF · PREMIUM

McDonald's McChicken (Copycat)

8.9/10

Paratha Smash Burger

8.9/10BEEF · SMASH

The Krusty Burger

8.9/10MOVIE · BEEF · CHEESY

Whopper (Copycat)

8.7/10BEEF · SMASH · CHEESY

McDonald's McSpicy (Copycat)

8.6/10POULTRY · SPICY

KFC Classic Chicken Sandwich (Copycat)

8.6/10POULTRY

KFC Spicy Chicken Sandwich (Copycat)

8.6/10POULTRY · SPICY

KFC Gravy Burger (Copycat)

8.6/10POULTRY

McDonald's Filet-O-Fish (Copycat)

8.5/10SEAFOOD

McDonald's McFeast (Copycat)

8.5/10BEEF · CHEESY

McDonald's McArabia (Copycat)

8.5/10POULTRY

KFC Smoky Mountain BBQ Sandwich (Copycat)

8.5/10POULTRY

KFC Dirty Louisiana Burger (Copycat)

8.5/10POULTRY · SPICY

Ribwich (The Simpsons)

8.5/10MOVIE · BEEF

The Clogger

8.5/10MOVIE · BACON · CHEESY

Juicy Lucy from Supernatural

8.5/10BEEF · CHEESY · MOVIE

Smash Burgers

8.4/10

Chipotle Chicken Burgers

8.4/10

McDonald's Deluxe McCrispy (Copycat)

8.4/10POULTRY

Viral Bacon Spiral Burger

8.4/10BEEF · BACON

Fat Mimolette Bacon & Fried Onion Burger

8.4/10BEEF · CHEESY · BACON

Sloppy Joe Smash Burgers

8.3/10

Copycat Red Robin Whiskey River BBQ Burger with Onion Straws

8.3/10

McDonald's Bulgogi Burger (Copycat)

8.3/10BEEF

McDonald's Teriyaki McDouble (Copycat)

8.3/10BEEF

KFC Cheetos Chicken Sandwich (Copycat)

8.3/10POULTRY

Duff Beer Sloppy Dog

8.3/10BEEF · BACON · MOVIE

X-Cell-Ent Burger

8.3/10MOVIE · VEGAN

Boneless Wing Stack Burger

8.2/10POULTRY · CHEESY

Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken Sandwiches

8.2/10

Copycat McDonalds Filet-o-Fish Sandwich

8.2/10

Seven Layer Sliders

8.1/10

Triple Seared Whiskey Burger

8.1/10

Pork Dumpling Hamburger Sliders

8.1/10

Hamburgers with Grilled Apple and Chili Crisp

8.1/10

McDonald's McRib (Copycat)

8.1/10BACON · CHEESY

McDonald's CBO (Copycat)

8.1/10POULTRY · BACON · CHEESY

Onion Bomb Burger

8.1/10BEEF · BACON

Juicy Lucy Cheddar Burgers

8.0/10BEEF · CHEESY

Lamb Burgers

8.0/10

Quinoa Black Bean Burgers

8.0/10

Best Turkey Burgers

8.0/10

Chicken Parm Burgers

8.0/10

Copycat McChicken Sandwich

7.8/10

KFC Double Down (Copycat)

7.8/10POULTRY · BACON

Pickle Crustburger

7.7/10

Copycat Onion Wrapped Flying Dutchman

7.7/10

Air Fryer Burgers

7.7/10

Greek Hamburgers (Bifteki)

7.7/10

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Burger Sliders

7.6/10

Chimichurri Chicken Burgers

7.6/10

Sloppy Smash Supreme

7.6/10BEEF · CHEESY · SMASH

The Perfect Basic Burger

7.5/10

Good Morning Burger

7.5/10BEEF · BACON · MOVIE

KFC Tower Burger (Copycat)

7.3/10POULTRY

KFC Paneer Zinger (Copycat)

7.3/10VEGAN · SPICY · CHEESY

McDonald's McAloo Tikki (Copycat)

7.1/10VEGAN · SPICY

Mushroom Swiss Smash Burgers with Truffle Sauce

7.0/10

Pepper Jack Turducken Slammer from Supernatural

7.0/10POULTRY · SPICY · MOVIE

Runny Egg Hashbrown Burger

6.9/10VEGAN · HEALTHY

Mushroom Veggie Burger

6.8/10

KFC Chicken & Donuts Sandwich (Copycat)

6.8/10POULTRY

Vegan Black Bean Burgers

6.7/10

McDonald's Hamburger (Copycat)

6.7/10BEEF

Burger King Impossible Whopper (Copycat)

6.6/10VEGAN · CHEESY

ABQ Hot Chicken Sandwich

6.6/10MOVIE · POULTRY

McDonald's McPlant (Copycat)

6.4/10VEGAN · HEALTHY

KFC Mac 'N Cheese Zinger (Copycat)

6.4/10POULTRY · SPICY · CHEESY

KFC Veg Zinger (Copycat)

6.4/10VEGAN · SPICY

Mother Nature Burger

5.5/10MOVIE · VEGAN · HEALTHY

Elvis Luther Burger

4.0/10BEEF · BACON · CHEESY

Easy Bacon, Onion, and Cheese-Stuffed Burgers

1.0/10