Tomato

Tomato is in 25 recipes and is the ingredient most often blamed for a soggy burger. A thick slice carries a lot of water, and cut surfaces release it steadily under heat, so where it sits in the stack matters: above the lettuce and below the top bun, the leaf takes the moisture instead of the bread. Salting slices and resting them for a few minutes draws water out first. Out of season, a supermarket tomato adds almost nothing but wetness, and several recipes here leave it out entirely.

Recipes with tomato

TOP 3

McDonald's Big Tasty (Copycat)

9.5/10BEEF · CHEESY · BACON

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat)

9.1/10BEEF · CHEESY

Zachariah's Shack Burger

9.1/10BEEF · CHEESY · MOVIE

The Heisenberg Burger

9.0/10MOVIE · BEEF · PREMIUM

The Krusty Burger

8.9/10MOVIE · BEEF · CHEESY

Whopper (Copycat)

8.7/10BEEF · SMASH · CHEESY

Portobello Mushroom Burgers

8.5/10

McDonald's McFeast (Copycat)

8.5/10BEEF · CHEESY

McDonald's McArabia (Copycat)

8.5/10POULTRY

McDonald's Deluxe McCrispy (Copycat)

8.4/10POULTRY

Copycat Red Robin Whiskey River BBQ Burger with Onion Straws

8.3/10

X-Cell-Ent Burger

8.3/10MOVIE · VEGAN

Slow Cooker Marry Me Chicken Sandwiches

8.2/10

Seven Layer Sliders

8.1/10

Lamb Burgers

8.0/10

Grilled Chicken Burgers

7.9/10

McDonald's Daily Double (Copycat)

7.7/10BEEF · CHEESY

Sloppy Smash Supreme

7.6/10BEEF · CHEESY · SMASH

Fajita Cheeseburger

7.5/10

KFC Paneer Zinger (Copycat)

7.3/10VEGAN · SPICY · CHEESY

McDonald's McAloo Tikki (Copycat)

7.1/10VEGAN · SPICY

Burger King Impossible Whopper (Copycat)

6.6/10VEGAN · CHEESY

McDonald's McPlant (Copycat)

6.4/10VEGAN · HEALTHY

KFC Veg Zinger (Copycat)

6.4/10VEGAN · SPICY

Mother Nature Burger

5.5/10MOVIE · VEGAN · HEALTHY