Best-Ever Wagyu Burgers

The Wagyu burgers on a wooden plate with parchment paper and a six pack of beer in the background.

Make your next backyard grill-out one to remember with these best-ever Wagyu burgers! Ultra juicy Wagyu beef patties are grilled to your liking and piled high with an assortment of your favorite toppings to make the perfect burger. Plus, you can put a delicious dinner on the table in under 30 minutes when these burgers are on the menu. Now let’s pour ourselves an ice-cold beer and grill some Wagyu beef burgers this summer.

Course Burgers and Sandwiches

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings people

Calories 477kcal

Author Amanda McGrory-Dixon

Equipment

Grill

Ingredients

1 pound Wagyu ground beef
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon onion powder
¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
4 cheese slices optional
4 burger buns
Favorite toppings such as lettuce, tomato, red onion, bacon, avocado, condiments, etc.

Instructions

Grease and heat the grill over medium-high. As it heats, form the Wagyu ground beef into four equal-size balls and then shape into burger patties. They should be slightly larger than your burger buns to account for shrinking during cooking. Use your thumb to make an indention in the middle of each patty. Mix together the salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and smoked paprika. Sprinkle over the four patties right before cooking. Salt starts to immediately draw moisture from the meat, so it's important to season right before they go on the grill.
Place the patties on the hot grill and cook for two to five minutes on one side with the lid closed, depending on your desired level of doneness (see notes for internal temperature and cooking time guide).
Flip the burgers and cook for another two to five minutes minutes on the other side. If using cheese, add the cheese when you flip the burgers in the last 30 seconds or so of cooking. Remove the burgers from the grill. Lightly tent the burgers with foil and let them sit for five minutes to allow the juices to redistribute to the meat. Place the patties on buns and add your favorite toppings. Enjoy!

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Notes

Internal temperature and cooking times: Rare 125 degrees F for 4 minutes, medium rare 135 degrees F for 5 minutes, medium 145 degrees F for 7 minutes, medium well 155 degrees F for 9 minutes, well done 160 degrees F for 10 minutes.

Please note that the cooking time is for the total time spent on the grill or skillet. You’ll flip the burgers in the middle of the listed total cooking time.

Only flip the burgers once to help them stay together.
If grilling, do not squeeze the patties with a spatula. This just presses out the juices we want to preserve.
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

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