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Deep-Fried Burger
Deep-fried burger is an American burger variety originating from a place called Dyer’s in Memphis, Tennessee. It’s made with a combination of ground beef, beef tallow, hamburger buns, yellow mustard, sliced onions, dill pickles, and American cheese.
The flattened patties are fried in beef tallow and topped with a slice of American cheese. Once done, they’re placed into hamburger buns and topped with yellow mustard, sliced onions, and sliced dill pickles. If properly prepared, the meat should cook in a minute and deflect most of the oil.
The exterior should be slightly crispy, while the interior remains moist. The burger dates back to 1912, when the owner Elmer Dyer started frying the patties in strained grease from previously prepared burgers.
WHERE TO EAT The best Deep-Fried Burger in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by Jane & Michael Stern and 15 other food critics.
"A round of raw ground beef is held on the cutting board under a spatula and the spatula is whacked a few times with a heavy hammer, flattening the meat into a semi-compressed patty at least four inches wide. Now, the good part: the patty is submerged into a deep, black skillet full of bubbling-hot grease, grease that the management boasts has not been changed since Dyer’s opened in 1912! It’s the grease that gives a Dyer’s burger a consummately juicy interior while it develops a crusty outside and a unique, shall we say, intriguing flavor."
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Recommended by Big 7 Travel and 9 other food critics.
"This legendary burger joint has been slingin’ burgers in Tompkinsville since the 1940s, with locals and visitors alike claiming it’s the best burger in the state. What makes Dovie’s so special? It’s all about the soft, almost-crumbly beef patty which is fried in soybean oil. Ask for it unsquozed to retain all that dripping juices and oil."
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Recommended by George Motz and 2 other food critics.
"The Best Burgers From Each of the 50 States: Coney Island Lunch, Pennsylvania - Try their under-the-radar Texas Cheeseburger. There’s some wacky science going on here with the burger because the patties are, follow me here, deep-fried, refrigerated, then marinated in a sauce and reheated on the flattop. The result is a tasty little grease bomb, served with hot dog chili, onions, and mustard."
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