Homemade Pork Burgers with Pretzel Buns are truly one of the best burgers of all time, offering juicy, flavorful patties paired with a perfectly chewy bun. The homemade pretzel buns, diner-style coleslaw, and Carolina mustard sauce add that extra special touch that takes these burgers completely over the top!
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🍔 The Ingredients
Simple, high-quality ingredients for pork burgers and homemade pretzel buns come together perfectly to create one of the best, most flavorful burgers you’ll ever enjoy. Find ingredient notes (including substitutions and variations) below.
👉 Substitutions and Variations
- Burger Patties – For the best pork patties in the world, we order the Pork Bacon Burgers from Mangalitsa Estates. To make your own, combine 1 lb of ground pork with 4 chopped pieces of top-notch bacon and form them into patties.
- Seasoning – Easy Pork Rub elevates the flavor of the burgers, however, a simple sprinkling of salt and pepper will still give you amazing flavor.
- Garnishes – Diner-style Coleslaw and Carolina Mustard Sauce put these burgers in a class of their own. But, you could also go with BBQ Sauce, Alabama White Sauce, cheddar cheese slices, lettuce, tomato, and onion!
- Buns – Homemade Pretzel Buns are delicious and will certainly impress your guests. However, regular hamburger buns are wonderful, too. You can’t go wrong with your bun choice!
See the recipe card (with video) below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Expert Tip
Mangalitsa Pork is considered to be the Wagyu or Kobe of pork. It is highly marbled and deeply flavorful. Order your pork burgers (and much more) and use Discount Code: LOON15 for 15% off your entire order!
🍽️ How To Serve
- You’ll want to use a digital thermometer to ensure your patties reach an internal temperature of 135°F before serving them.
- Toasting the buns on the grill isn’t 100% necessary, but it softens the buns and gives them a wonderful texture. You can also just heat them wrapped in a kitchen towel in the microwave until heated through.
- We love to serve the burgers on a platter with the buns, coleslaw, mustard sauce, and any other fixings on the side.
- Serve with Sweet Potato Crosshatch Fries for the perfect BBQ meal!
👨🍳 How To Make Pork Burgers with Pretzel Buns
- Step 1: Season the patties with salt and pork rub.
- Step 2: Grill the patties to 135°F.
- Step 3: Toast the buns on the grill.
- Step 4: Smear Mustard Sauce on toasted bun.
- Step 5: Place the burger on the bun and top with the slaw.
- Step 6: Add the top bun and serve at once.
🙋🏽♂️ Frequently Asked Questions
To keep pork burgers juicy, avoid overworking the meat when forming patties, and cook them over medium heat, flipping only once until they reach an internal temperature of 135°F to 145°F.
Yes, you can make pretzel buns ahead and store them in an airtight container or freeze them; just warm or toast them before serving for the best texture.
Yes, you can prepare pork burger patties ahead of time and store them in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours or freeze them for longer storage; just thaw completely before grilling.
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Pork Burgers with Pretzel Buns
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Equipment
- 1 Grill gas, charcoal, or electric
Ingredients
- ½ cup pork rub
- 1 cup Carolina mustard sauce
- 4 pretzel buns
- 2 cups diner-style coleslaw
- Kosher salt
- 4 pork burger patties
Instructions
Do Ahead
- Prepare the Pork Rub and Carolina Mustard Sauce. Store in a jar (or container) with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate for up to 1 week.½ cup pork rub, 1 cup Carolina mustard sauce
- Make the pretzel rolls. Keep in an air-tight container until ready to use (up to 2 days).4 pretzel buns
Make the Pork Burgers
- Make the Diner-Style Coleslaw. Keep in the fridge while you're preparing the burgers.2 cups diner-style coleslaw
- Preheat your grill to medium-high heat.
- Liberally season the patties all over with the rub. Sprinkle the salt on both sides of the patties.Kosher salt, 4 pork burger patties
- Grill the patties until an internal temperature of 135°F to 145°F is reached. Meanwhile, split the buns and toast them on the grill until slightly browned.
- Build the burgers: Start with a liberal smear of the mustard sauce on the bottom bun, topped with the burger, then a mound of the coleslaw, topped with the toasted top bun. Serve at once!
WL says
I was amazed at how good these burgers are…super juicy and full of flavor. The combo of slaw and Carolina sauce worked beautifully together. The pretzel bun sent this burger to the burger hall of fame!
Kris Longwell says
The BEST!!!!