Smash Burgers with an Epic Burger Sauce
Equipment
- blackstone, griddle, or cast iron pan
Ingredients
Sauce
- 1/2 c mayonnaise
- 1/3 c scant mustard
- 3 tbsp chopped pickles or pepperoncinis
- 1 tbsp pickle/pepperocini juice
Burgers
- 1 lb ground meat beef or wild game both work
- 2 slices bacon finely chopped
- 4 slices cheese sliced
- pickles chopped
Caramelized Onions
- 1 onion sliced
- 4 tbsp butter
Instructions
Caramelized Onions
- Heat a medium frying pan over medium low heat, add butter, add sliced onions.
- Allow to cook and become brown before stirring, about 10 mins.
- Stir and let cook for another 10 minutes until desired doneness, remove from heat.
Sauce
- Add mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, chopped pickles, and pickle juice to a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
Burgers
- Add the chopped bacon to the ground meat, mix until incorporated.
- Roll the meat into small balls, roughly 3-4 tbsp each.
- Bring your cooking surface (Blackstone, griddle, or cast iron pan) to medium high heat.
- Place the meat balls onto the heated surface and use the burger press to smash each ball.
- Allow to cook for 50-70 secs before flipping (the edges will be showing gray/cooked).
- Flip the patty, add a slice of cheese & allow to cook for another 50-70 seconds.
- Stack 2 patties together & set aside.
- Repeat until all the burgers are cooked.
- Assemble burgers - bun, patties, sprinkle of salt, caramelized onions, chopped pickle, & smash sauce.
- Enjoy!