Smash burgers

Name: Smash burgers
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1.5 lb Ground beef; 8 Burger buns; 8 slices American cheese; 1 White onion; 8 oz Dill pickles; 4 tbsp Mayonnaise; 2 tbsp Yellow mustard; 2 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Black pepper

Twenty-five minutes and better than the drive-through. Needs a hot, heavy pan.

How many people are eating

Written for 4. Everything below is scaled to 4.

What goes on the list — untick anything you have

1.5 lb Ground beef(80/20, do not go leaner)
8 Burger buns
8 slices American cheese
1 White onion
8 oz Dill pickles
4 tbsp Mayonnaise
2 tbsp Yellow mustard· most people have this
2 tsp Salt· most people have this
1 tsp Black pepper· most people have this

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How to cook it · about 25 minutes

Roll the beef into eight loose balls. Do not compact them and do not season them yet.
Get a heavy pan as hot as it will go. This only works on a surface that stays hot when cold meat lands on it.
Put two balls in, press each flat and hard with a spatula for ten seconds, then season the top.
After about 90 seconds the edges will be lacy and brown. Scrape under, turn, and lay a slice of cheese on immediately.
Thirty seconds more and they are done. Repeat with the rest.
Toast the buns in the beef fat, spread mayonnaise and mustard, and build with the sliced onion and pickles.

Amounts are on the list above — they change with the number of people; the steps do not.

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