Smash Burgers

Name: Smash Burgers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 700g beef mince (80/20 fat ratio); salt and pepper to season; 8 slices American cheese; 4 brioche buns, toasted; lettuce, pickles, onion and special sauce to serve; 1/2 cup mayo; 2 tbsp ketchup; 1 tbsp mustard; 1 tsp pickle brine

American diner-style smash burgers, pressing thin, crispy-edged patties onto the griddle and topping with melted cheese.

Total time

15 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

5 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

700gbeef mince (80/20 fat ratio)

salt and pepperto season

8 slicesAmerican cheese

4brioche buns, toasted

lettuce, pickles, onion and special sauceto serve

1/2 cupmayo

2 tbspketchup

1 tbspmustard

1 tsppickle brine

Instructions

Make special sauce: mix mayo, ketchup, mustard and pickle brine.

Divide beef into 8 portions. Season generously.

Heat a cast-iron pan until smoking. Add beef balls. Smash flat immediately with a spatula.

Cook 2 minutes without moving. Add cheese. Cook 1 more minute.

Build double-stacked burgers with sauce, lettuce, pickles and onion.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

319

Protein

11.4g

Fat

16.3g

Carbs

32.7g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

861mg

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