Classic homemade beef burgers with chips

Proper beef burgers you squash together yourself, topped with melting cheese and stacked how each person likes them, with a tray of oven chips.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220°C (200°C fan) and cook the chips on a large tray, following the packet timings (usually about 25 minutes).
  2. Season the mince with the salt and pepper, divide it into 4 and shape each into a patty a little wider than the buns, pressing a dip into the middle with your thumb so they stay flat as they cook.
  3. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry the burgers until well browned and cooked right through with no pink in the middle, turning once.
  4. Lay the cheese on top of the burgers for the last minute, with a lid on the pan so it melts.
  5. Toast the cut sides of the buns in the pan. Put out the onion, lettuce, tomato and ketchup so everyone can build their own, and serve with the chips.