Best Egg Burger Recipe with Caramelized Onions

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This Poached Egg Burger Recipe is the burger dreams are made of! Topped with caramelized onions, smoky Gruyere cheese, and a golden runny egg, it is one of the best burger recipes you will ever bite into. 🍔

Take just one bite of this juicy burger with egg and onions, and you will swear by eggs on burgers. This is the juiciest, most delicious loaded burger recipe. The rich, smoky, and sweet flavors will blow you away!

Jump to:

• 🍽 Equipment
• 🥩 Ingredients
• 🍳 Instructions
• ⭐ Best Beef Recipes Tips
• 🍔 Variations
• 🥗 Side Dishes
• 📖 Similar Recipes
• 📌 Pin it for later!
• 📋 Recipe

🍽 Equipment

• Grill or skillet
• Spatula to flip the burgers

You can make this egg burger recipe on your grill or on a skillet on the stove. Either way, it is guaranteed to be delicious.

We personally love grilling recipes, and find that this burger is especially delicious when cooked on the grill!

Depending on what type of egg you would like to top your burger with, you may need additional tools. For this burger with egg, we use a poached egg, which requires a saucepan, mesh sieve, a bowl, and slotted spoon.

Though the mesh sieve is not actually necessary for poaching eggs, it makes the task much easier and will give you beautiful eggs every time. We recommend giving it a try for this egg burger recipe!

🥩 Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef chuck
• ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper
• 8 slices smoked Gruyere cheese
• 1 serving of caramelized onions
• 4 poached eggs – or eggs cooked to your liking, such as a fried egg
• 4 burger buns

Though we use a poached egg for our burger with an egg, you can use a fried egg, too. Runny yolks work best for this breakfast burger, so we recommend cooking your egg over easy or over medium.

However, perfectly poaching eggs is easier to do than it seems. Follow the guide linked above for step-by-step instructions on how to poach eggs easily. You will love this burger with an egg even more if you use poached eggs!

For the caramelized onions, we use a delicious recipe for sauteed mushrooms and onions. You can leave out the mushrooms if you like, but they taste incredible with this egg burger recipe! Earthy mushrooms pair very well with sweet caramelized onions, smoky Gruyere cheese, and the runny egg.

🍳 Instructions

1. Preheat your grill or a skillet on the stove to medium-high heat.
2. Season 1 pound ground beef chuck with ½ teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Mix well and shape the beef into 4 burger patties.
3. Grill the patties or cook on the stove until you reach a nice sear, about 3-5 minutes. If the burgers stick when you try to flip them, they aren’t ready! Let them sear another 30 seconds to a minute until they come up easily.
4. Flip the burgers and sear the other side about 3-5 minutes, or until the burgers are done to your liking. After flipping, top each burger with 2 slices or more of smoked Gruyere cheese. Cook until it melts. We tend to add the cheese closer to the final 2 minutes of cooking time.
5. Remove the burgers from the heat and let them rest 5-10 minutes. While they’re resting, cook 4 eggs according to how you like them (ex. fried or poached). If poaching, follow the guide for poached eggs linked above. It’s easy, we promise!
6. Toast 4 burger buns. After cooking the eggs, place a burger on each bun. Top with a spoonful of caramelized onions and an egg. Place the top buns back on the burgers, but be gentle so the egg doesn’t break. Serve with plenty of napkins and enjoy!

⭐ Best Beef Recipes Tips

• Prepare the caramelized onions before the burgers. If you want to cook them a few days ahead of time, cook, then cover and store in the fridge. Simply reheat when ready to enjoy on the egg burger recipe.
• Heat the water for poaching eggs just before cooking the egg burger. This way, the water will be at the perfect temperature for poaching eggs while the burgers rest.

TOP TIP: Don’t move the burgers around! We know how tempting it is to want to touch the burgers while they’re cooking, but trust us, it’s best to leave them alone. Let them sear until they come up easily from the pan or grill with your spatula. If they stick, they need more time.

• Use a cast iron skillet on the stove. If you’re cooking the egg burgers on the stove, you’ll want to use a cast iron skillet or cast iron grill pan. Cast iron skillets make a world of difference when cooking beef. You will get the most beautiful sear using one!
• Always let your burgers rest after cooking. This will give you the best results for temperature and how juicy the burgers are.
• Poaching the eggs? Strain them while the burgers cook! This way, your eggs will be ready to poach right away. It makes it a lot easier to prepare the eggs ahead of time so everything comes out perfectly.

🍔 Variations

You can add so much to an egg-on-burger recipe to jazz it up even more! We love the caramelized mushrooms and onions, but how about adding a little bacon? Or maybe some flavorful, herby garlic butter sauce?

Here are some of our favorite suggestions for how you can mix things up with this egg burger recipe:

• Top it with sweet-and-spicy Candied Bacon
• Add some sliced avocado
• Drizzle it with Garlic Butter Sauce
• Spread Sriracha Fry Sauce on the buns
• Season the burgers with Garlic Parmesan French Fry Seasoning

You can also mix this easy burger recipe up by using a different cheese. White cheddar is a great choice!

🥗 Side Dishes

Burgers are better with sides! When it comes to choosing the best side dishes for burgers, you really can’t beat a good serving of fries. But if you’re grilling these breakfast burgers, a potato hash is incredible, too!

Here are our favorite burger side dishes:

• Air Fryer Frozen French Fries
• Best Grilled Potatoes Recipe
• Air Fryer Asparagus Fries with Lemon Aioli Dip
• Foil Pack Potatoes
• Air Fryer Mushrooms

And don’t forget the drinks! Serving this one up for breakfast or brunch? What about breakfast for dinner? Try this “MOMosa” Mimosa! It is a match made in heaven with this grilled burger recipe.

📖 Similar Recipes

For more recipes using ground beef, try our favorites:

If you love cooking on your grill, give our best grilling recipes a try:

And for more easy burger recipes like this one, why not try these:

• Easy Mushroom Swiss Burger Recipe
• Air Fryer Burger Recipe (Garlic Butter Burger)
• Easy Cheeseburger Sliders with Bacon

Did you try this egg burger recipe? We would love to hear from you! Let us know in the comments below what you think, and be sure to leave a rating. It helps us know what type of recipes you want to see more of!

📋 Recipe

This recipe for beef short ribs was originally published on Sunday Supper with the title Poached Egg Burger Recipe with Caramelized Onions. Photos by Marion Myers.