½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

1 pound ground beef

¼ cup finely chopped onion

1 cup bread crumbs

¼ cup Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

6–8 hamburger buns, as needed

• Mix the salt and pepper with the ground beef. Mix in the chopped onion, bread crumbs, and Worcestershire sauce. Form the ground beef into 6 to 8 patties.

• Melt the butter or margarine in a frying pan. Add the hamburger patties and cook for a total of 6 to 8 minutes or until browned on each side and cooked through, turning the burgers only once. Toast the hamburger buns before assembling the burgers if desired.