My copycat of the famous LE BÄRCHEN MAC cheeseburger served at BÄRCHEN Beer Garden in Omaha, Nebraska. This beautiful smash burger consists of double wagyu beef patties, American cheese, “Mac Sauce, shaved greens, pickle, and red onion. Exmark Backyard Life Page: https://backyard.exmark.com/?utm_campaign=EX24_BackyardLife&utm_source=EX24_Influencer&utm_content=GregMrvich
Mac Sauce Recipe:
1/2 cup Japanese mayo
1 1/2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
1 1/2 teaspoons hot German mustard
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon melted wagyu tallow
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today I’m Bliss be I’m going to be cooking up my copycat version of Le beeran Mac which is an amazing cheeseburger from the beeran beer garden out of Omaha Nebraska let’s get going before we start cooking this burger a quick shout out to xmark manufacturing for inviting me to participate in their backyard life campaign for a fourth season now so thank you for those of you who don’t know the backyard life campaign is basically basically it’s a section of their website that encompasses well obviously outdoor cooking DIY Landscaping hardscaping Hunting Fishing you name it if you like the outdoors it’s there and while you’re there you may as well go to their main page and check out some of the best lawn mowers on the planet including their new V series of electric mowers all the power of their gasoline mowers zero emissions and very very little maintenance let’s make this burger now I’m kicking this off with their Mac sauce and what I’m doing is making basically a very elevated kind of a Big Mac sauce I have here 1/2 cup of Japanese mayo and I will have the ingredients for this sauce down below 1 and2 teaspoon of sweet pickle relish 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of hot German mustard 1 teaspoon white sugar 1/2 teaspoon of red wine vinegar I have here 1/2 teaspoon of paprika 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon of onion powder then last but certainly not least one teaspoon of melted beef wagu fat get that in then I’m going to immediately start mixing this up to get that make sure that melted Tallow emulsifies into the sauce here all right wow and that Tallow actually really stands out I mean in a good way wow very good very rich set this aside now we’re going to grind the beef for the patties so bersin beer garden is using an American wagu for their patties I’m doing a custom grind here what I have here is a Chuck stick this is Japanese A5 and this is an American wagu it’s probably a BMS of between five and eight I guess and this is actually an in trimming basically off of the rib roast when they were staking it out so bought this at a discount the the meat market that I bought this at here in San Diego sells uh pretty much exclusively wagu and they have an area in their counter they call the Ugly cuts and that’s what this was I’ll take it for ground beef though so the ribeye is about this is about 8 oz and what I’m going to do is cut an 8 o portion off of this this beautiful A5 uh wagu Chuck and then I’m going to cube them up and grind them together and that looks about right the Chuck was much thicker steak than this let’s get to grinding so I’ve got the coarse grind plate on my grinder here I I like it chunkier one thing about ground wagu is especially if you buy it um it’s for me at least it just seems I don’t like the texture as much it’s kind of U you know especially the raw meat it’s more gooey and kind of pasty I I want it to be a little bit more chunky so I’m going with the uh it’s a chili grind plate as far as the grind’s concerned I’m going to be adding like the A5 along with that American uh wagu at the same time kind of keep them mixing together as they grind and there we are that looks great so I’m going to portion out two I’m going to go with I’m going to go with maybe a little over 4 ooun meatballs um kind of keep them Loosely packed then I’ll meet you guys at the griddle so I’m running the flat top and medium high right now here’s those two wagu meatballs each one of these is four and a half o right here going to lay down a little this is some wagu beef t Alo not that I need any I got a whole ton of it coming out of these patties [Music] here put down some [Music] salt get a toast on these buns oh gosh look at that nice good old American cheese he [Music] domed let’s do this so on the bottom bun we’re laying down this is what they’re calling shaved shaved greens it’s it’s they use iceberg lettuce and I used a mandolin to get this really really finely shredded and I love very finely shredded iceberg lettuce on a burger I just think it adds even though it doesn’t have a lot of flavor this the texture I love it burger patties down now we’re going with homemade pickles down these are homemade and I will have the recipe down below but with all this richness of this wagu we definitely need this acid and these pickles some paper thin Red Onion Red Onion is very very strong and this is like the real thick cuts of Red Onion I’m not a big fan of but I’ll tell you what like this it it just adds a lot I mean it’s got that nice Spicy Bite to it and again the extra crunch but thinly cut it it completely changes Red Onion let’s get that Mac sauce [Music] on and Crown the beIN Mac this this is a beautiful Burger it’s just again simple simple simple but very elevated just because of the ingredients and check that out let’s give it a try first of all that Mac sauce it’s money this thing is delivering exactly what I wanted again that finely finely shaved iceberg lettuce it just adds a texture hardly any flavor at all but it’s a really nice texture those pickles they’re cutting you know that acid is cutting the richness of this very very fatty wagu and again those nice spicy very crisp paper thin sliced red onions so good winter and you know if you make this ear home you don’t need to use wagu um but boy it it U especially that the home ground coarsely ground wagu it’s better than the stuff you buy in a store you know you get that a little bit more texture actually a lot more texture so good this thing is amazing and it was a request so thank you for that by the way uh anyway thank you for stopping by if you’re not subscribed please consider hitting the sub button ringing the notification Bell thumb it up if you like it I hope you did and make sure you check out the links I below for X Mark’s backyard life and and their site again some killer lawnmowers if you’re in the market for a lawn mower see you in the next video cheers
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Wow. I live 25 minutes from this place. I've never even heard of it. I will try their burger and try to repeat with your recipe. Thanks for taking the time.
Cool show, I've been wanting to make a burger like this. Mine will be better of course haha ha ha
Thanks for this video!!! Looks so awesome, big thumbs up 👍👍👍👍
I find that slicing the onions thin is better; regardless of type of onion. The milder it is, the more onion you can put on without overpowering everything. You might try adding pickled red onion to a burger. Those I cut a little thicker, to keep from completely wilting them in the blanching phase. They become quite a bit milder and have an interesting color after pickling.
Greg, what is your email address?
Wow, Greg. But can you try to keep your videos with a normal to low budget! You're doing a great job, but we can't afford some of your meats! Love from Napa California
That burger looks AMAZING!! definitely gonna try this one!!
This has to be one of your best burgers. Got to make it!
Whatta great looking burger Greg! – It checks all of the boxes. – Cheers!
Thanks Greg for sharing the recipe for that amazing burger!! Maybe I did not see it in the description, but could you please also share the recipe for the homemade pickles?
Great recipe, the sauce I will have to try even if I don't tackle the other components yet.
Totally agree about the lettuce, maybe a tomato slice to add a little more acidity along with your pickles ☺.
What a grind! Ohhhhhhhhh my the Crust! Man this looks Great!
That burger looks so good Greg , thanks for sharing this with us ! Can you mention the butcher here in town?
Sup Greg, beautiful burger🤤, need a mop I'm drooling so much lol. Love adding German hot mustard and or prepared horseradish to some burger sauces 👍, the crust on those burgers couldn't get better, pure money brother, tyvm tc 🍔
Is that a homemade bun? If so, what’s the secret to not having the bottom of the bun flatten out to almost nothing while you’re eating it? I’ve done the mayonnaise and lettuce on the bottom and toasted the bun too, but that doesn’t help much. I’m using Joshua Weissman’s recipe. I’d assume that he knows what he’s doing but his recipe seems to include a lot of fat (2 egg yolks and 3 TBSP of butter in 400G of flour). I’m considering omitting the butter entirely. The original recipe makes fantastic buns, but the bottom half, which I slice as thick as the one shown in this video, has trouble maintaining its integrity. Do you have any ideas?
Greg, the cooks are always good, but the nuance you put in to researching and explaining why you do what you do is awesome! Thanks, Bob in Texas
Dude, a smashed burger out of Waygu? 🙄. Ridiculous. Why?
I just ground my own burgers last week (not wagyu) and added butter into the grind. I really think it was the best burger I have ever had in my life, definitely the best one i have made myself.
As always looks amazing 😍
sqaushing a pattie to order seems very backwards to me . I understand about oxidiztion with patties , but i have never had a problem . Wagu for a Burger no thank you , give me something with flavour like Angus cross Charolais or either even some Brahman beef …..Wagu very little flavour not what is needed in a Burger let alone grinding it …. But hey its not my money and i aint ordering it … But i mean if ya got money to waste why not i guess .. I guess the smashing does help with the Maillard reaction as you seem to get a lot more contact with the grill , but during service hell no at home sure . Danm i rekon t hat burger woulda been nice just with some ketchup and the patties with the cheese .. Makin me hungry again fuck like i aint fat enough FUCK here i go again …. FUCK
Looks absolutely delicious!!!! It's on my list for my next trip to Omaha!