Former Five Guys Manager Reveals Secrets to Making Their Burger at Home
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I used to manage a Five Guys when I first moved to Alberta. In this video I’m showing you the secrets to how they make their burgers and how you can do the same thing at home. From the way the patties are cooked, to the order the toppings go on, to wrapping it in foil at the end — this is how it’s done.
This is the exact way I learned to build a Five Guys burger when I managed there in Alberta. Fresh beef, bacon first, buns dressed before the patties, and that foil wrap at the end.
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Five Guys Burgers (Serves 4)
Great vid, thanks! I spread tallow on the buns before toasting them, it gives my burgers an extra oomph. I never thought about salting the tomato slices, so I’m going to start doing that.
Ingredients:
900 g (2 lbs) ground beef, 80/20 (makes 8 patties, 3.5 oz / 100 g each)
the fact they don't season their tomatoes or meat is CRIMINAL
4 sesame seed burger buns
16 strips applewood smoked bacon
Catchup
8 slices American cheese (or processed cheddar)
12 rings ketchup (3 per burger)
I grilled a one pound ribeye steak for 2 people on my grill way cheaper than one 5 guys burger and fries.
Junk food is expensive poison.
8 rings mustard (2 per burger)
½ small onion, finely diced (about 120 g / 1 cup)
Yum😮
12–16 pickle slices (3–4 per burger)
4 tbsp (60 g) mayo
Personally i like to put the lettuce on the bottom to soak up any grease, and put the rest on top of the patty.
4 iceberg lettuce leaves
8 tomato slices (about 2 medium tomatoes, seasoned with salt & pepper)
They fact that we have been brainwashed into thinking beef is unhealthy is demonic.
Peak clown world
Directions:
Shape the patties: Portion ground beef into 8 balls, about 100 g (3.5 oz) each. Press lightly into short, thick patties. Keep chilled until cooking.
Five guys not worth pay 18. For a burger, 9.50 for hot dogs cnt believe there not out of business
Cook the bacon: On a flat top or cast iron, cook 16 strips of bacon until crisp. Set aside.
Toast the buns: Cut 4 sesame seed buns in half and toast cut-side down until golden.
GREAT VIDEO,,🙂👍👍. WHAT TYPE OF MAYO DOES 5 GUYS USE,,?
Dress the buns:
Bottom bun: 3 ketchup rings, 2 mustard rings, 2 tbsp (15 g) diced onion, 3–4 pickles, and 4 strips bacon.
So you say season it with season salt...You mean like Lawry's? Is that the only seasonining that's used or are you using salt and pepper too?
Top bun: 1 tbsp (15 g) mayo, 1 lettuce leaf, 2 tomato slices (lightly salted and peppered).
Cook the patties in 3 stages:
The amount of people simping for five guys prices is ridiculous. Why do yall think these videos were made?
Stage 1: Place patties on medium-high grill. When pink turns gray up the sides, flip and press once.
Stage 2: Wait for juices to pool on top.
Their burgers don't have shit on mine
Stage 3: When juices run clear, melt 2 cheese slices on the grill for a few seconds, then slide onto patties. Stack two patties with cheese between them for each burger.
Assemble: Move stacked patties straight from grill onto the dressed bottom buns, then cap with the top buns.
5 guys burgers are not even that good. It’s like above average, but not special by any means. Not even close to worth the price.
Wrap: Tightly in foil. Let rest 1 minute before serving to get that authentic Five Guys finish.
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Nothing prevents the buns from being soggy. Aside from price, soggy buns are the worst part.
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A good quality American cheese does not exist! It's plastic!!!
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Secret ingredient no.1... Charge a stupid amount for a cheeseburger so that people feel like they are getting something special.
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What cut/s of beef do they use for their hamburger?
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Wrong, roll the meat into a meatball then flatten it on the grill.
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Get the best quality cheese then proceeds to used plastic wrapped garbage cheese. What a useless video tells you nothing,
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Yuk... Do we really wanna know....
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The 5 Guys burgers are delicious, but their presentation is always disgusting! This is true for every 5 Guys restaurant I've visited.
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I wil, never put a tomato in my burger to make it wet. I will prepare side dish with nice garddn tomatoe salad just nice rose magic tomatoe with oluve oil and maybe some basil. Also I will never use chemical cheese and chemical buns.
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Every so often...just to spice it up, I would bring in large shrimp for a surf and turf burger. Another time, I brought in pineapple slices and baby Ray's sweet Hawaiian for a big kahuna burger.
Sometimes I would use avocado slices.
The craziest one I did was a burger stacked with a crab cake.
We had a blast there..great crew, great ideas, great burgers.
More User Perspectives
Lmao 5 guys is probably the worst burger I’ve ever had from a restaurant. It’s overpriced on top of that 😂
@jim6258Is it me or this guy uses hands way to much to talk
@nazarkoursa703Why would you want to do this? Their burgers suck!
@harryhays113Cool video, thank you.
@pjsnyder82That lettuce is so perfect
@danieladammonte5716"I'm gonna give all the secrets!"....expect the secret meat blend, the secret bun recipe, the secret seasoning, and the secret store to buy proper high-quality ingredients 🙄this is just a regular Walmart burger wrapped in foil.
@shure81dude this is not a five guys burger if you change every aspect of it. every thirty seconds this guy says “five guys does this but i’m doing this instead”
@sh3lla_freshThanks man I'm making burgers this weekend and I'm using this video your awesome
@user-g2m9zThe secret is in the sauce and Mexican beef 🥩
@trevorgwelch7412who doesn't know how to make a smash burger.
@deputyduffyI ate there and the burger and fries were so bad i went back a 2nd time.... it was just as bad
@TKO_SoundI ate at guys exactly twice. The first time, the burger was very dry and extremely bland - no flavor. I chalked it up to the fact that someone had a bad day. The second time, same exact experience. Overcooked, dry and no flavor. I haven't eaten there since. That was 15. years ago. Their burgers suck.
@bulshtbndFive Guys aka overpriced Wendy’s
@lucristianxSo, healthier burger with lower fat meat, you add cheese which is fat. Nice.
@stevojohnBurger sucks
@roblundy1617I don’t go. It’s overpriced and just a burger. Make it at home because it’s easy to do.
@pipipip815A learner ground beef is not inherently healthier, why would you say that it is, or rather why would you imply that it is? Fat (that you consume) is not unhealthy, it's an important macro that is necessary for a healthy life and just life in general. If you were to only eat meat and only ate the leanest meat, you would eventually become effectively poisoned, then malnourished, and eventually starve despite being completely full.
I look forward to the day when we stop propagating the falsehoods surrounding fat. If you want to talk about unhealthy then you're buns, cheese, bacon, and condiments are all likely far unhealthier than a fattier ground beef. The buns because they're probably store bought and as such have unhealthy additives as well as excessive sugar content, same with the condiments & bacon, and as for the cheese it probably isn't real cheese and even if it is it probably shares the same issues as the stuff addressed prior. Do better.
Five guys is the worst thing to happen to the hamburger since McDonalds.
People who unironically enjoy five guys should have their tongues removed. They aren't using them
I can cook better burgers than five guys.They food not all that
@RicoCauthenCrispy bacon is a crime against humanity
@bcjammer005 Guys overrated and overpriced
@simwilliams5358If you like good burgers, don't even bother putting 5 Guys on the list.
@panagea2007The best quality American cheese got me 😂
@MarkSteele-j1b