Sean Rivera

Restauranteur and Award-Winning Chef

Sean Rivera is a Restauranteur and Award-Winning Chef.

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What are the best burger recipes and cooking tips?

For burgers, the fattier the better. I like a good 70/30, so I want 30% fat in there. A lot of people like an 80/20. You can buy it from wherever you buy meat and whatever's economically sound for your budget, but if you do go to a butcher, you want to put some chuck and brisket in there.

I was cooking burgers the other day, and I started them on the charcoal grill to give them that flavor, but then I finished cooking them in the air fryer. We can put them in the air fryer or the oven, or even in a cast iron pan, and finish them to give them the nuances that you want from being grilled and all the flavor profiles that you want. For example, in a cast iron, you can sear it and give it a crunch or caramelization. So what I did was I took the burger where it was par-cooked, still medium rare, then put it in the air fryer. I put a piece of foil under it and cheese over it, and when it melted, it made that crunchy cheese around the side that you would get from a flat grill. So it was just so texturally good, plus it had the good saltiness of the cheese with the char-grilled meat, it was just this balance of deliciousness. You can control those different variables by utilizing different cooking methods.

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Sauté

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4 Ways to Cook Mixed Vegetables (Sauté, Roast, Grill, & Steam)

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