The people had spoken a long time ago when they walked in and tried an All-American Thickburger at Hardee's (Most American Thickburger at Carl's Jr.). Yet, it was discontinued at a time when the thought of getting thinner prevailed! Coupled with an Angus hamburger, hot dog, (among the many types of meat), and some potato chips (leading to the ultimate party-burger staple) [1] X Research source , you can make one yourself if you have everything to make it with.
Preparation time: 10-15 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes (depends on frying speeds and cooking state to "well done" state)
Ingredients
- Black Angus beef burger patty
- cheese (Yellow American preferred)
- 1 beef hot dog
- several kettle-cooked chips (Lays Kettle-cooked chips preferred)
- Pickle chips
- Lettuce slices
- Tomato slices
- Ketchup
- Mustard
- 1 set Burger buns (top and bottom)
- (optional): Barbeque sauce
Yields 1 All American burger
Steps
Part 1
Part 1 of 4:
Preparing the Meats
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1Prepare the two portions of meat. You will need two cooking pans for stove use - one cast-iron skillet for frying the burger, the other used for cooking the hot dog - each meat separately. You will need to avoid doing anything after cooking, besides the preparation of the remainder of the burger.
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2Cook a hamburger patty . Hardee's/Carl's Jr. used a one-third or one-half-pound [2] X Research source Black Angus beef, thick patty. However, if you have a specific burger due to dietary restrictions (or prefer a different patty type), you may substitute for equal parts, just realize it may not give the same taste by the end.
- Hardee's/Carl's Jr. ensured that your thickburger was well done, yet very juicy. However, if you want it done to a different setting less or more in your own home, go take care of it to that specification.
- If you can't find or afford angus meat, you may end up substituting for the cheaper beef patty meat used in traditional hamburgers
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3Cook one hot dog . Hardee's/Carl's Jr. used beef hot dogs (which they later prepared another way when putting it on the bun - and explained in a later step).Advertisement
Part 2
Part 2 of 4:
Creating the Burger Before the Meats
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1Place a top and bottom bun near each other. Propose yourself to use a fresh-baked bun like they did, but the most you'll be able to use is a traditional burger bun - without a loss of much taste. Turn over each side so the whiter side is shown to you on both sides. You will need to build this burger from bottom to top. With the bun, you can be a little creative - either use the standard white buns, or you can substitute for another similar bun at a sacrifice for taste.
- Avoid using lettuce-buns, as you'll later have lettuce and you don't want to have too much lettuce.
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2Put down some of the toppings before the meats.
- On the All American Burger, they used ketchup. However, some divisions of these restaurants also added a light layer of barbeque sauce - at the customer's choice. Sprinkle this onto the burger's bun until a juicy-thick layer of it coats its surface.
- Put down several pickled pickles right onto the burger. Unless you don't like pickles or there are dietary issues, all Hardee's/Carl's Jr. used pickles on these burgers.
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3Place down the vegetables. Hardee's/Carl's Jr. used lettuce leaves in thin-sliced layers no higher than one to two layers high, followed by a layer of tomatoes that never included the end pieces to the tomatoes, so at least 3 tomato slices fit around the burger.Advertisement
Part 3
Part 3 of 4:
Placing Down Your Meats
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1Place down your hamburger. Put your hamburger so it conforms almost to the center of the bun and vegetables.
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2Top that burger with cheese. Hardee's used yellow American, but if you want white, it can still be done in your kitchen. Don't go outside American cheese however or the taste conditions will be lost, and only top the burger with cheese. (Your hot dog will come real soon, this article promises.)
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3Split the hot dog, but ensure it doesn't cut the other half completely off. Without cutting one side off, split/slice your hot dog down the middle so it can be unfolded - but make sure the two aren't fully cut and pulled aside. Their hot dogs always were unfolded and laid on top of the "cheeseburger".
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4Place this hot dog down so that the curved end faces what will be upwards. Although this will create a creasy-crevice, it is often used to hold some of the saucy goodness.Advertisement
Part 4
Part 4 of 4:
Placing the Top Layers
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1Place down some potato chips. You will want a nice crispy-crunchy Lays-like chip. Some specialty websites from the time mentioned they used a kettle-cooked chip. [3] X Research source
- And you will want to make sure they aren't another grain other than the standard white-bread like "original" chip without any grains, or you'll sacrifice the taste of this burger. You'll need several of these potato chips to make a decent All-American Thickburger.
- Although the illustration shows chips below the burgers, oftentimes Hardee's/Carl's Jr placed these chips above the burger/hot dog so as for the chips not to be crushed by the weight of the meats.
- Make sure these chips land on the burger, but they may fall over the sides.
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2Place the liquid-like condiments. Ketchup and mustard were used in spots, as described momentarily.
- Sprinkle some of each, right on the chips, enough to coat them, but make these burgers look and taste appetizing - and almost juicy - when bitten into.
- Sprinkle a layer right onto the bun, too, then use a knife to cover the majority of the bun and present their visual appeal.
- Hardee's/Carl's Jr. gave its customers the ability to spread some barbeque sauce - as light as their's was - onto the burger, but it was so far into their menus that it wasn't easily discernable quickly, and wasn't shown. This is a personal preference to add spiciness if you'd like.
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3Place down your top bun so that the whiter side of the bun.Advertisement
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Tips
- At Carl's Jr, Hardee's sister company, they called this burger the "Most American Thickburger" instead. [4] X Research source However, the concept was the same with the same ingredients.Thanks
- Avoid using onions. Restaurant-made All-American Thickburgers often were found without them. Thick in terms of "Fourth of July party-staple burger."Thanks
- Some people said they processed the burger meat with salt. However, if you want in your kitchen to omit the salt, it's okay to omit the salt on your burger.Thanks
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Things You'll Need
- Frying pan
- Cooking pan
- Knife
- Clean preparation space
- Stove
References
- ↑ https://time.com/3859248/hardees-carls-jr-most-american-thickburger/
- ↑ https://www.pennlive.com/food/2015/05/hardees_burger_hot_dog_chips.html
- ↑ http://www.grubgrade.com/reviews/review-the-most-american-thickburger-from-hardees/
- ↑ https://mms.businesswire.com/media/20150514006528/en/467932/5/TheMostAmericanThickburger_both-logos.jpg?download=1
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