# Leftover Hamburgers - What to do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876 "2017-08-17T15:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/1 "2017-08-17T15:58:19Z")
I had a cookout with some family/friends. Which left me 3 1/2 hamburgers. Any suggestions on what to do with them? They were 1/2 lb pre-cooked so they’re pretty large. I’m not very inventive with left-overs. Usually I just reheat and eat, but I don’t want to eat that many hamburgers. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/2 "2017-08-17T16:04:47Z")
Make [chili](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833344)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/3 "2017-08-17T16:18:09Z")
Just break them up and use as you would any cooked ground beef. Tacos. Casseroles. Pasta sauce. Lasagne. Shepherd’s pie. Stuffed peppers. Dirty rice. Sloppy joes. Stroganoff. The possibilities are nearly endless. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/4 "2017-08-17T17:19:04Z")
I love dirty rice, so I’ll definitely do that one! ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/5 "2017-08-17T17:30:15Z")
> [@Kelevra](#): > > … but I don’t want to eat that many hamburgers Huh. I’m familiar with all of those words, but they appear to be in an incomprehensible order 😉 This would not be an issue in my house. I love the savory flavor and texture of cold leftover hamburger. Four walks past the fridge, each with a “well, just one as a snack can’t hurt” and they’re done. Time to come up with an explanation for what happened to the kids’ dinners! ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/6 "2017-08-17T18:16:07Z")
I don’t like cold burgers, but I’d just nuke them and throw them on a bun for lunch the next day. Or yeah, if I happened to be making pasta or casserole or something I might break the leftover burgers up for those dishes. I don’t like having leftovers of a meal I used leftovers to make in the first place though. So usually I try to eat the leftovers by themselves, or on a sandwich or something, so there’s no “second leftovers”. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/7 "2017-08-17T20:01:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Shepherd’s pie. Technically, it’s only Shepherd’s pie if you use lamb or mutton. It’s Cottage pie if you use beef. 😉 I found this out myself when I used chicken, and went down the rabbit hole of wikipedia trying to figure out what to call it. As for OP, it’s just precooked beef. Use as it you would uncooked ground beef, just with less cooking 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/8 "2017-08-17T20:05:37Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Technically, it’s only Shepherd’s pie if you use lamb or mutton. It’s Cottage pie if you use beef. 😉 I never had it as a kid, but my wife’s family calls it “Farmer’s Delight”, which seems like acceptably meat-agnostic name for the dish. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/9 "2017-08-17T20:18:30Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I’d just nuke them and throw them on a bun for lunch the next day. Yeah, or bread. Reheated burgers are fine. (Don’t forget the cheese.) > [@DCnDC](#): > > Just break them up and use as you would any cooked ground beef. Tacos… At our place, anything that doesn’t get eaten as-is, gets put into a tortilla. > [@Kelevra](#): > > I love dirty rice, so I’ll definitely do that one! I only use ground beef in dirty rice if I’m making it out of a box. If I’m making it from scratch, I use filtration units. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/10 "2017-08-17T21:07:07Z")
I’ll eat 'em. Ship my way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/11 "2017-08-17T21:16:20Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Make [chili](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833344)! > > 😃 > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > At our place, anything that doesn’t get eaten as-is, gets put into a tortilla. Incidentally, today I wrapped up some of that chili in a large flour tortilla. Instant beef and cheese burrito! 🙂 But yeah… If you don’t want tacos, you can crumble the beef into a flour tortilla, add some Tapatio, nuke it, and roll it up with some shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, maybe some sour cream… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/12 "2017-08-17T22:26:57Z")
I’d probably make beef strokinoff. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/13 "2017-08-17T22:35:53Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’d probably make beef strokinoff. Leave your sexual peccadilloes out of the cooking thread! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/14 "2017-08-17T22:41:02Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Leave your sexual peccadilloes out of the cooking thread! LOL. My brother and I are so immature, we always called it that. Also, salt and pepper turns into “salt and pecker”. Why yes, we like South Park, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/15 "2017-08-17T22:59:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Leave your sexual peccadilloes out of the cooking thread! But your picadillos are welcome. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/16 "2017-08-18T01:46:29Z")
Don’t you have a dog? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/17 "2017-08-18T01:54:21Z")
Someone should come up with product that would help you with that. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/18 "2017-08-18T14:27:29Z")
_♫Hamburger Helper helped her hamburger help her make a great meal!♫_ ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/19 "2017-08-18T14:43:23Z")
Invite me over next time you’re planning on making them. There won’t be leftovers, trust me. Serious answer: Hamburger helper. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876/20 "2017-08-18T14:59:42Z")
Crumble and use in a breakfast frittata. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftover-hamburgers-what-to-do/793876.md?page=2)