There are several cooking methods for these burgers anywhere from old-fashioned pan-fried to the modern-day air frying methods.
A thick layer of melted cheese, marinara sauce and Italian herbs are just a few reasons this is the tastiest burger on the planet!
The burger is so flavorful you can even dress it up as the American Classic burger also for all our traditional style burger fans out there or just make our Stuffed American Cheese Burger Recipe.
When I was little we had these at least once a week and I always looked forward to them.
I was never a fan of meat of any kind as a kid, then as I grew up these burgers were my favorite and I treasure the memories made with my family.
They're truly one of the best burgers on the planet, at least to me!
The homemade ciabatta bread rolls are pillow soft and make a big difference giving this Italian burger the "wow" factor!
Italian Burgers in an Italian Household
All food no matter what it was turned Italian in our household.
Grandma from Rome, Italy at 17 years old came to American and mom's family from Bari, Italy, Italianized it!
These are the perfect example of how they transformed hamburgers into a delicious Italian juicy burger, the best ever!
Of course, you will also need to make Italian Style French Fries of Dad's Home Fries, or try Grandma's favorite Salt and Vinegar Potatoes, for a side dish!
Pick your own toppings (set up a serving station)
- sauteed mushrooms,
- any kinds of peppers, onions, raw onions, peppers, mushrooms
- sliced tomato
- fresh tomatoes pureed
- more marinara sauce
- chopped crinkled black olives
- mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup(for the classic style)
- thick-sliced provolone, mozzarella, or another kind you prefer
- pickles
- bean salad
- romaine lettuce, arugula, butter, or iceberg chopped
- hard-boiled or fried eggs
- pepperoni, capicola or a slice of soppressata
- crispy bacon, prosciutto, or cooked pancetta
- Italian cooked sliced sausage, peppers, and onions all together
- red pepper flakes and grated Pecorino Romano cheese for garnishing
Tools
- measuring cups
- knife
- chopping board
- iron skillet or griddle
- a hamburger press is optional
- saucepan
- use a cupcake tin for condiments
Italian Style Ingredients (scroll down to the recipe card for the exact measurements)
- Ground chuck or sirloin
- Italian bread crumbs
- Eggs
- Italian fresh herbs or seasonings
- Garlic
- Wine
- Cheese
- Olive oil
- Rolls
- Marinara sauce
- Homemade ciabatta bread rolls,
- see Topping Suggestions
Cooking Methods
- air fryer: set the air fryer to 400 degrees on an oil sprayed basket see meat chart for cooking times
- grilled: oil spray the grates, heat the grill to medium heat, and grill to desired doneness
- oven: bake at 400 degrees for around 20 minutes in a cast iron gridded skillet sprayed with cooking oil
- pan-fried: melt a little butter or add olive oil to a cast-iron gridded skillet on medium heat and fry to desired doneness
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Grilling Burgers!
Summer is so much fun for many good foods and this is one to keep on your list.
Whether it's a camping trip and using your skillet, outdoor gas grill or oven-baked, these hamburgers will be flavorful and keep summer alive all year long!
Growing up where it snows and colder weather, summer foods were a treat when summer arrived.
Making Grandma's style burgers kept those warmer days in mind while they were even baking in the oven until we had the chance to cook outdoors again.

Best Italian Juicy Hamburgers
Yield: 6
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 12 MinTotal time: 27 Min
Italian seasoned burgers with the addition of Merlot wine, marinara and mozzarella cheese is one of the best-tasting burgers even over the American style!
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Ground Chuck or ground sirloin
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon Italian dry seasoning
- 1/4 cup Merlot wine or Cabernet
- 3 tablespoon Romano grated cheese
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 clove garlic minced fine
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
- 2 tablespoons marinara sauce
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- For the rolls:
- Ciabatta rolls, French Rolls, Italian thickly sliced breads or Hard Rolls
- Minced fresh garlic
- olive oil
- salt pepper to taste
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- Topping Suggestions:
- sauteed mushrooms,
- any kinds of peppers, onions, raw onions, peppers, mushrooms
- sliced tomato
- fresh tomatoes pureed
- more marinara sauce
- chopped crinkled black olives
- mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup(for the classic style)
- thick-sliced provolone, mozzarella, or another kind you prefer
- pickles
- bean salad
- romaine lettuce, arugula, butter, or iceberg chopped
- hard-boiled or fried eggs
- pepperoni, capicola or a slice of soppressata
- crispy bacon, prosciutto, or cooked pancetta
- Italian cooked sliced sausage, peppers, and onions all together
- red pepper flakes and grated Pecorino Romano cheese for garnishing
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix all ingredients together with your hands until is evenly blended.
- Shape into square patties.
- Grandma's version:
- Heat a small amount of butter or oil in a cast-iron skillet.
- Add two slivered pieces of fresh garlic.
- Saute the burgers in the garlic and oil until cooked.
- If the garlic browns too fast take it out, it's just there to flavor the oil.
- In the meantime, cut the rolls you're using in half, brush with olive oil, a little on each side with minced garlic.
- Broil or grill until toasted.
- When burgers are cooked place the cheese on top to melt them.
- Put lettuce first on the bun, burger with cheese, top with tomato. Garnish with marinara sauce or condiments of choice.
- More Cooking Methods:
- air fryer: set the air fryer to 400 degrees on an oil sprayed basket see meat chart for cooking times
- grilled: oil spray the grates, heat the grill to medium heat, and grill to desired doneness
- oven: bake at 400 degrees for around 20 minutes in a cast iron gridded skillet sprayed with cooking oil
- pan-fried: melt a little butter or add olive oil to a cast-iron gridded skillet on medium heat and fry to desired doneness
Calories
1050.01Fat (grams)
66.02Sat. Fat (grams)
22.81Carbs (grams)
37.82Fiber (grams)
4.88Net carbs
32.94Sugar (grams)
11.62Protein (grams)
68.15Sodium (milligrams)
1722.17Cholesterol (grams)
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My husband will definitely love this!
ReplyDeleteBoy, this sounds like a wonderful burger---whether cooked indoors or out!!
ReplyDeleteSince I like the meat to extend to the edge of the bread, I'd make them a little thinner but I love the sound of the burger ingredients and the looks of the bun. I looked at the recipe for the bread and assume you use the same recipe for the rolls - one of our favorite breads but never made them.
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo, great hamburger! Garlic, cheese and Ciabatta, yum!!!
ReplyDeleteI like burgers prepared in a great iron skillet too. It seems to retain the fat better versus when grilled . . . but we love them grilled too. Either way, this Italian burger sounds awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, now that's a burger! I bet the red wine adds a beautiful richness to the flavor. Looks perfect for grilling season!
ReplyDeleteI've never had an Italian-flavored hamburger but these sound divine!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like one tasty burger! Can't wait to make these!
ReplyDeleteI, too, grew up in an Italian household. We always did our burgers on the stovetop with lots of garlic.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, these hamburgers look so delicious!
ReplyDeleteNever though of adding wine to my burgers but sounds interesting. This looks like a great burger.
ReplyDeleteThese hamburgers look juicy! And nothing can't beat homemade ciabatta bread rolls.
ReplyDeleteHigh five, my friend. Looks so good.
ReplyDeleteThis is one tasty burger! Love the flavours. So perfect to cook on the skillet or on the outdoor grill!
ReplyDeleteWOW these hamburgers look and sound absolutely delicious! I love the Italian twist ♥
ReplyDeleteOh, how delicious this BEST JUICY ITALIAN HAMBURGERS looks. This is a great idea for my lunch. An interesting combination of ingredients looks very beautiful and I'm sure it is very tasty! I definitely want to try it. Thank you for a great recipe!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful burger!! I love all the seasonings, the marinara and the ciabtta buns... Delicious!
ReplyDeleteOh, dear, Claudia! I couldn't wait to see this recipe! Love all the flavors and the fact that it's cooked in cast iron...the old fashioned way! Booooteeeefully deeelish! xo
ReplyDeleteThis recipe sounds amazing! We are making burgers tonight and I am most definitely going to be adding herbs and red wine! Might even have to make the fiance stop for ciabatta rolls on his way home too!
ReplyDeleteJuicy, garlic, cheese, all in one sentence, I mean, on one burger... delicious!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a flavor packed and delicious looking Italian hamburgers. So juicy and so cheesy.
ReplyDeleteWith grilling season here...what a great burger to try. You can never go wrong cooking with wine....these look so juicy. I know they would be perfect for our next BBQ party.
ReplyDeleteWow, such a tasty juicy tasty Italian burger. I love that your burger is filled with great seasonings and you used your homemade ciabatta hamburger buns. On of my most favorite additions to a really great burger is wine. Your recipe is perfect.My family will be enjoying these all summer.
ReplyDeleteNow these look like my kind of burgers...yum!!!
ReplyDeleteYAY!! Grill season is here and we so enjoy it. Italian burgers are great with the great seasoning included. And I agree, no wimpy bun can take a great burger. It has to be a chewy ciabatta bun that holds that delicious meat.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love ciabatta bread, so I love that you used it for these burgers! They look absolutely moutwatering
ReplyDeleteWe love burgers in our house. This one sounds absolutely delicious. I love the addition of vine and italian seasoning. Just yummy!
ReplyDeleteThere is just nothing like a GOOD burger!! I like that you added a little red wine to this recipe; I bet that really enhances the flavor. Can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat a classic hamburger. These look super juicy and I love all the toppings too!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't eat meat myself, my family would absolutely demolish these juicy and delicious looking burgers! Thank you for a great recipe.
ReplyDeleteThese burgers look amazing. I love the addition of wine here!
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like making you're favorite fast foods from scratch! It always makes me feel so good to do it myself.
ReplyDeleteThat is one juicy hamburger indeed! Looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI live in Northern Italy and we love making are own big thick burgers too and cook them on what Italians call a piastra. (It's a rectangular cast iron grill pan with ridges). Ciabatta is also our favourite choice for the rolls. Yours look and sound delicious. Love the idea of adding wine!
ReplyDeleteOh I have seen the rectangular cast iron here also and these burgers were shaped into squares when Grandma made them now I need to go get a pan like that thanks for reminding me! I love that the traditions are similar to yours she was from Rome Italy. Ciao
DeleteThese look super juicy! Definitely going to put them on the meal plan.
ReplyDeleteI love a yummy burger and the fact that these are Italian is even better! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI am drooling reading about these burgers. They sound so delicious and look so juicy and perfect!
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh about your grandmother and mother. That's the way it was at our house. There was a touch of Italian in all of our dishes. And they were excellent. Your burger is making my mouth water. There is nothing like a good juicy burger on a ciabatta roll. Looks like your mamma and nonna found the secret. Have a happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis burger looks so good and full of flavor. I love the melted cheese and that you serve the burger on a ciabatta roll versus a traditional bun!
ReplyDeleteHomemade ciabatta, juicy burger patties and all those flavors...this is simply the best. So good! I would definitely go for a second burger, haha. I'm hungry now!
ReplyDeleteI think I can feel a bit of Italy with these incredible hamburgers! They are so juicy I don't even need a drink! Saving this recipe for later.
ReplyDeleteDelicious burger is always best comfort food. You made with homemade bread, then it has best flavors going there. I love it.
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