Smashburgers
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 225 g 20% fat beef mince
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- ½ tbsp hot sauce
- 1 tsp ketchup
- 4 slices american cheese
- 2 brioche buns
- ¼ head iceberg lettuce
- shoestring fries to serve
- sea salt
- ground black pepper
Equipment
Large frying pan with lid
Chopping board
Cutting knife
Fish slice
Small bowl
Spoon
Baking tray
Tongs
Instructions
- Cook shoestring fries as per pack instructions while cooking the burgers.
- Shred the iceberg lettuce and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, hot sauce and ketchup and stir until fully combined. Set aside.
- On a plate, divide the ground beef into 2 equal portions, season each piece with salt and pepper.
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy based frying pan over medium-high until very hot. Place the beef on the preheated pan seasoned side down. Use a fish slice over the beef and press down to make a shape a little larger than the buns.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes, season the other side, and flip. Cook for another 4 minutes until cooked through. Do not move or flip the patties multiple times, as tempting as it is, this will affect the cooking process.
- Top each patty with 2 slices of American cheese and add a little water to the pan, cover with a lid and cook for another minute until the cheese has melted.
- When the cheese has melted add the sauce to the bottom half of the burger bun followed by the burger, lettuce and top. Dig in!
Notes
Typically for a smashburger they use potato buns so if you can get your hands on them by all means use them. The most important part to these is getting mince that has a higher fat content, lean mince is not what you want, the fat adds flavour and creates a juicy, flavoursome burger. You can use whatever burger buns you choose, old school plain buns would be great here too. The addition of a little water at the end of cooking helps to keep the burger moist.
*Calorie info: excludes fries as a “to serve” item.
Nutrition
Calories: 1037kcal