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A hamburger with cheese, lettuce and onions.
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5 from 15 votes

Animal Style Burger

Make your favorite restaurant burger at home with this Copycat In-N-Out Animal Style Burger. Easy, juicy and flavorful double double burger.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Blackstone Copycat In-N-Out Animal Style Burger
Servings: 4
Calories: 849kcal

Ingredients

FOR THE BURGER:

  • 1 pound Ground Beef 80/20
  • 2 tsp Avocado Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 4 tablespoons Mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 White Onion chopped
  • 8 slices American Cheese
  • 1 Large Tomato sliced
  • 8 Iceberg Lettuce Leaves
  • 4 Hamburger Buns

FOR THE SAUCE:

  • 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup Ketchup
  • 2 Tablespoon Sweet Pickle Relish
  • 2 Tablespoon White Vinegar

Instructions

  • Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.  Form the ground beef into 4 balls approximately ¼ pound each.
  • Preheat the blackstone grill over medium high heat (approximately 400 degrees F).
  • Melt the butter in one section of the grill.  Then top the melted butter with the chopped onions.  Sauté the onions in the butter until they are caramelized (3-5 minutes).
  • While the onions are cooking, drizzle the avocado oil over the other side of the grill.
  • Place the buns on the grill over the oil for 2 minutes to toast them and then set them aside while you prepare the beef.
  • Then place the beef balls on the grill. Then top each one with a piece on parchment paper and firmly press down to smash the beef into a thin patty with either a burger press or a large spatula and then discard the parchment paper.
  • Season the patties with salt and pepper.
  • Cook the patties for 2 minutes until the juices in the beef start to raise to the top and the color starts to change. While the patties are cooking, top each of the patties with 1 tablespoon of mustard on the raw side.  Then scrape under the patty to get under the caramelized parts and flip the patty.
  • Once flipped, do not smash down the patties again. Cook for 1 more minute and place 2 pieces of cheese on each of the patties.
  • Cook for 1 more minute to allow the cheese to melt.
  • Then it’s time to assemble your burgers.
  • Spread the sauce on the top and bottom of the bun. Then top the bottom bun with the lettuce, tomatoes, patty and sauté onions.  Then the top bun.
  • Then the burgers are ready to enjoy!

Notes

These burgers are best served fresh, but you can store the leftover patties in an airtight container for up to 1 week.  
You can use any oil with a high smoke point for this recipe.  We usually use avocado oil but canola oil, vegetable oil or coconut oil will work great too.  

Nutrition

Calories: 849kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 64g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Monounsaturated Fat: 21g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 142mg | Sodium: 2137mg | Potassium: 553mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 764IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 547mg | Iron: 5mg
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