Smash Burgers

Directions

1. Take ground beef and make a patty about 1/4 pound in weight. Weigh it out on a scale if need be.
2. Place on parchment paper and smash gently.
3. Take another piece of parchment paper and place on top of the patty.
4. Use a pie pan to press down and smash patties. Leave the parchment paper on and set aside on a platter to cook later.
5. Do this until you use up all the ground beef and place in fridge until ready to cook. Now it's time to make your toppings.
6. Black Tuxedo Caramelized Onion
7. Ingredients:
8. 1 each large red onion, julienned (sliced into half moons thin)
9. 2 tablespoons canola oil
10. ¼ cup water
11. 1 tablespoonThe Grill Dads Salt Pepper + Chocolate Chile
12. Instructions:
13. Preheat a 10”frying pan over medium heat. We usedour 10"Made InFrying pan. Add canola and onions. Cook, stirring often, for 10-20 minutes or until starting to brown.
14. Reduce heat to low and cook for additional 20-30 minutes, stirring often.
15. Once onions are brown and caramelized, push to half of the pan and turn up to medium/high. Add water and Black Tuxedo, to bloom in water.
16. Scrape up all the fond (onion cooked onto bottom offrying pan), mix the onions well and reduce until water is gone.
17. Bada Bing Pickles
18. Ingredients:
19. 2 each cucumbers, sliced
20. 1 each garlic clove, sliced thin
21. ¼ yellow onion, julienned
22. 1 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
23. ¼ cup sugar
24. 2 tablespoonsThe Grill Dads Bada BingDry Brine
25. Instructions:
26. Place cucumbers, onions and garlic in a large bowl. Set aside.
27. Heat vinegar, sugar and bada bing over high heat until boiling.
28. Pour over cucumber mix and toss with wooden spoon.
29. Let sit at room temperature for at least 40 minutes before packing and placing in refrigerator.
30. Purple Haze Secret Sauce
31. Ingredients:
32. 1 cup mayonnaise
33. 2/3 cup Ketchup
34. 1/3 cup yellow mustard
35. 2 tablespoonsSpiceology Purple Haze Rub
36. Instructions:
37. Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
38. Set aside and mix again after 5-10 minutes, you want the purple haze to rehydrate and mix in.
39. Making the Burgers
40. Ingredients:
41. smashed burger patties
42. cheddar cheese, sliced
43. burger buns of choice
44. shredded lettuce
45. Black Tuxedo caramelized onions
46. Bada Bing Pickles
47. Purple Haze Secret Sauce
48. Instructions:
49. Heat up a cast iron griddle to about 400 degrees F. Use Canola oil and oil the spots where you are placing your patties. Season top of patties generously with salt.
50. Flip patties and cook on the other side until desired doneness.
51. Place piece of cheese on the top 2 minutes before pulling off the griddle.
52. Pan toast buns until golden brown.
53. Assemble burgers by lathering buns with the secret sauce on both sides. Add pickles to the bottom bun with shredded lettuce. Then added your burger patty (or patties if you're going for a double cheese burger) and top off with caramelized onions and the top of the bun. Take a bite!