Hungry Jack's Hamburger

Hungry Jack's Hamburger

$3.20 1,192 kJ Whopper & Beef

Classic combo of a flame-grilled Aussie beef patty topped with crunchy pickle, mustard and tomato sauce, served on a freshly toasted sesame seed bun. Basic - but brilliant.

4.8 from 4 ratings

About the Hungry Jack's Hamburger

The Hungry Jack's Hamburger is $3.20 and 1,192 kJ, which makes it the cheapest hot item on the Australian menu by a clear margin. A flame grilled Australian beef patty with crunchy pickle, mustard and tomato sauce on a freshly toasted sesame seed bun. No cheese, no salad, nothing else.

It is the same build as the Cheeseburger without the slice of cheese, and the gap between them is instructive: $3.20 against $5.90, and 1,192 kJ against 1,347 kJ. That is the exact cost of a slice of cheese at Hungry Jack's, in both currencies.

Stripped down as it is, the flame grill still carries it. With nothing to hide behind, the smoke from the open flame is the dominant flavour, backed by mustard sharpness and pickle acid. It tastes older than the rest of the menu, closer to what a burger meant before anyone added a second patty to anything.

The numbers are the lowest across the board: 13.1g fat, 4.6g saturated fat and 460mg sodium, with 13.5g of protein. Nothing else hot on this menu comes in under it. At 1,192 kJ it is about 14% of a daily intake, which is genuinely a snack rather than a meal.

Who it suits: anyone building the cheapest possible order, anyone who wants something small alongside chips, and anyone who thinks modern burgers have too much on them. Two Hamburgers still cost less than most single premium items on the board. How much is a Hamburger at Hungry Jack's is a question with a satisfying answer, because the number really is that low.

Pair it with Small Thick Cut Chips at $2.00 and a Large Frozen Drink at $2.00 for one of the cheapest full meals in Australian fast food.

Hungry Jack's Hamburger Nutrition

One Hamburger is 14% of the 8,700 kJ average adult daily intake. Figures are per serve as published by Hungry Jack's.

1,192 kJ Energy 14% daily intake
13.5 g Protein 27% daily intake
13.1 g Fat 19% daily intake
4.6 g Saturated fat 19% daily intake
27.9 g Carbs 9% daily intake
6 g Sugars 7% daily intake
460 mg Sodium 20% daily intake

Data from Hungry Jack's published restaurant information. Updated 15 July 2026.

How to Make the Hungry Jack's Hamburger at Home?

The simplest thing on this menu and the hardest to fake, because there is nothing on it to distract you from a bad patty. Thin, hard seared, and eaten immediately. Makes 4 servings for less than the price of one at the counter.

Prep10 min
Cook6 min
Total16 min
DifficultyEasy
Makes
4
Quantities as written

Ingredients

Patties

To build

Method

0 of 7 steps

Tips

  • Smash once and only once. A second press after the crust forms squeezes out everything that makes it good.
  • Mustard is not optional. With no cheese and no salad it is doing half the work.
  • Four at a time. A single hamburger is not worth heating a pan for.

Variations

  • One slice of cheese makes it a Cheeseburger, which is exactly the difference on the real menu too.
  • BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce gets you near a BBQ Cheeseburger.
  • Two patties and no cheese is a double hamburger, which the menu does not sell but your kitchen can.

Serve immediately with chips. This is the cheapest good thing you can cook from this menu and it takes under ten minutes.

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Find the Hamburger Near You

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Hungry Jack's Hamburger Questions

$3.20, which makes it the cheapest hot item on the Australian menu. The Cheeseburger at $5.90 is the next step up.

1,192 kJ, or about 14% of the 8,700 kJ daily intake. At 13.1g of fat and 460mg of sodium it carries the lowest numbers of any hot item on the menu.

One slice of cheese. That is $5.90 against $3.20 and 1,347 kJ against 1,192 kJ, which is a precise measure of what cheese costs here.

No. Pickles, mustard and tomato sauce only. Without lettuce and tomato there is no moisture in it, which is why it holds together and travels better than any other burger on the menu.

Among hot food, yes. A few drinks and sides in the Penny Pinchers range sit below it on price.

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