This kind of fillet was beef ground by hand, lightly salted, often smoked, and usually served raw in a dish along with onions and bread crumbs.

[3][4] By the end of the century, the Hamburg steak was gaining popularity because of its ease of preparation and decreasing cost.

[9] "Burger" is now commonly used as a suffix to create new words for different variants of the hamburger, including cheeseburger, chickenburger, porkburger, baconburger, and mooseburger.

[10] Seasoning, egg, breadcrumb, onion and milk may be combined with the meat,[10] which is then formed into patties and cooked, by frying, roasting, or smoking.

Magazines regularly printed the recipe during that decade, elevating it to a staple dish in Japanese culture.

In Japan, the dish dates back to the Meiji period and is believed to have been first served in Yokohama, which was one of the first ports opened to foreigners.

In the Philippines, hamburger steaks are a popular menu item from the fast food chain Jollibee, and are served with gravy, mushrooms, and a side of steamed or adobo fried rice.