The Ultimate Smash Burger
The perfect burger for NFL playoffs!
Ingredients
The Burger Patty
- 1 lb Ground Sirloin
- Steak seasoning
- ΒΌ cup Butter
- Worcestershire Sauce
The Sandwich
- 4 Kaiser Rolls or large hamburger buns
- 4-8 Cheddar or American Cheese slices
- Thinly sliced large tomato
- Thinly sliced red onion
- 4+ Lettuce leaves
- Dill Pickles
- Ketchup
- Mustard (Fisher's is the preference in the Chesapeake Bay)
Instructions
- Heat up how ever many buns you need in your oven. Many people like to double up their burgers so you may only be heating up a couple buns for this recipe. Heat until just crispy on the outside and still soft on the inside.
- Divide your ground beef (preferably sirloin) into quarters. Roll each of the 4 quarters into balls, and flatten ever so slightly so they make big, fat ovals, more like the shape of a round mango. Sprinkle these with your favorite steak seasoning and set aside.
- Heat up a flat cast iron pan. Throw in a couple pats of butter and watch it sizzle.
- Fry on medium high heat for about 3-5 minutes until it browns. Then flip and continue to fry for 2 more minutes. Then SMASH. The bigger the "smash device" the better. A very large spatula works as well as the flat side of a meat tenderizer.
- Drizzle a small amount of Worcestershire sauce on each patty at top with butter. Let that melt a bit then flip the burgers. They should have a little pink to them at the point. Add cheese slices for those who want that.
- Now start the layering. Our typical smash burger includes lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles, ketchup and Fisher's Mustard. Serve!
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