Burgers – as American as baseball and apple pie. Sometimes, nothing can beat a delicious, juicy burger right off of the grill. But what if you are currently “grill-less” like we are, but you’ve just got to have a burger?
Obviously, you can cook burgers other ways besides on a grill, but what a mess! I got tired of cleaning up the greasy mess they left on my stove top; and the counter was a mess when I used my griddle.
So I decided to try something a little bit different and make these burgers in foil packets and cook them in the oven.
They turned out so yummy, and the kids loved having their own little packet! I added onions to the top of my husband’s burger, and I sprinkled shredded cheese on top of the rest of the burgers.
Foil Packet Burgers
Ingredients
- 5 lbs. ground beef
- 1 bunch green onions
- 1 Tbsp ground oregano
- 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- Cheese and other veggies optional
Instructions
- Add spices to ground beef and mix thoroughly with your hands or a Kitchen Aid.
- Form meat into patties, and place each patty on a square of aluminum foil. Seal foil tightly.
- Place all packets on a baking sheet.
- Bake at 400* for one hour, or until done to your liking.
- Serve.
Notes
- Feel free to add whatever you like on your burger before cooking. Some yummy options would be cheese, mushrooms, green peppers, or onion slices.
The thing I love about this recipe is how easy the clean up is! No nasty stove top to clean, and no greasy pans. I just gathered up the foil and threw it in the trash, and Voila! Clean up was done!
We enjoyed these burgers with a simple salad of lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Because I am (mostly) attempting to do Trim Healthy Mama, I enjoy having my burger on my salad instead of on a bun. Do what works for you!
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I hope you will try these easy burgers. Be sure to comment below and let me know how they turned out for you!
Brilliant!! I just today did not buy hamburger because I didn’t want a mess and I am grilless, too! Way to go and love the channel!
I’m trying these out tonight. Seems easy peasy, and I like easy peasy lol. Thanks for the great recipe!
So love this post! There are days here when it is too windy to grill!!!! But this is a awesome substitution ????
Have you pre made these and freezed them?
I haven’t done that with these. 🙂
I learned this method 40+ years ago in the Boy Scouts.
We would prepare them ahead of a camping trip and freeze them.
Then all we did was toss the foil packets on a campfire grate and boom. Supper was done.
They come out really juicy and the onions are steamed just right. Delicious.
Question… Could put the potatoes on the bottom of a foil pan, put burgers on top and cover the pan with aluminum foil and cook them that way?
I’ve done the foil packs many times & LOVE them but I have a larger crowd so wondered if a foil pan cover in foil would have the same effect.