I’m going to make a daring assertion: that is merely the perfect burger you’ll ever make or eat at residence.
In the event you’ve someway remained proof against the smash burger pattern, it really works like so. You begin by forming your beef right into a meatball. Then, you place it on a scorching floor and smash it with all your would possibly. What this does is creates an inimitable sear on the underside of the meat, sealing in all the taste, and permitting the meat to nearly caramelize. It makes for a really smashing (couldn’t resist) burger expertise.
On this recipe, culinary genius Kenji López-Alt takes the pattern one step additional, and delivers a double decker patty sandwiched with gooey cheese. It’s really final meal-worthy.
Components
Floor Beef – I used 85% lean
Burger Buns – toasted
Pink Onion – thinly sliced
American Cheese
Iceburg Lettuce – sliced
Particular Sauce – mix ketchup, yellow mustard and mayonaise
S & P
Recipe from Baking With Steel
Instructions
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Put together your burger bun by laying toppings on the underside bun. Have it close by and prepared for when your burger is cooked.
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Place your Baking Steel or Baking Steel Griddle on the stovetop. Preheat on excessive warmth for 10-Quarter-hour, on the lookout for a floor temperature of 400-425 levels F. To check the floor, sprinkle just a few drops of water on high of the floor; they need to “dance” quickly throughout the recent floor, evaporating in moments.
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Place the balls of beef on the griddle and use a stiff metallic spatula to smash them down into the griddle, utilizing a second spatula so as to add focused strain. Smashed patties needs to be barely wider than the burger bun.
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Season generously with salt and pepper and permit to cook dinner till properly browned and high is starting to show pale pink/grey in spots, about 45 seconds. Utilizing a bench scraper or the again aspect of a metallic spatula, fastidiously scrape the burger patties from the floor, ensuring to get all of the tasty browned bits.
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Flip patties and instantly place a slice of cheese over one patty and stack the second immediately on high. Instantly take away from griddle and switch to ready burger and bun. Serve instantly.
