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Smash Burger

Smash Burgers

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings: 4 patties

Ingredients
  

Burgers
  • 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying burgers and toasting buns
  • 2 pounds lean ground beef portioned into 8-9 balls
  • American cheese slices kraft singles work great but slices of cheddar also work well
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Four toasted burger buns brioche burger buns work well
  • 1/2 cup of shredded lettuce
  • 1/4 cup of sliced pickles
Special Sauce
  • 1/2 cup mayo
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon mustard
  • 2 tablespoon chopped pickles
  • 3 tablespoon chopped onions
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • Salt to taste

Method
 

To make Special Sauce:
  1. Combine all ingredients into a bowl and mix well
  2. Store in fridge until ready to use.
To make burgers:
  1. Heat up cast iron skillet or steel pan, takes about 5 minutes to preheat.
  2. Add teaspoon of oil to pan and coat pan.
  3. Turn up the heat of your pan until it is smoking.
  4. Add spherical ball of portioned ground beef to skillet and use a metal spatula to press down until patty is under 1/2-inch thick. It you are having trouble getting burger flat you can use a mug to press down on the spatula. If patty is sticking to spatula place a piece of parchment paper on top of your ground beef before flattening with spatula. It may be easier to cook patties one at a time depending on size of skillet but try not to overcrowd your pan.
  5. Cook on high without moving, you want to develop the signature golden brown crust that smash burgers have. This should take about 1 1/2 minutes. Carefully slide spatula under patty and flip, add your cheese once flipped.
  6. In another pan, you may toast your buns by putting a teaspoon of oil in a frying pan and toasting the soft side of the bun.
  7. Cook patty until desired doneness and transfer patties to bun. You may stack multiple patties on top of each other if desired.
  8. On your toasted bun add shredded lettuce on bottom, add patties on top, top patties with pickles and spread special sauce on top bun and assemble.

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