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Skillet Smashed Cheeseburgers
Cold pucks of fresh ground beef flattened hard into a smoking skillet so the whole face browns into a lacy crust in ninety seconds, flipped under American cheese and served on buttered, toasted potato rolls.
- YieldMakes 4 burgers; serves 2 to 4
- Hands-on15 min
- Total25 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 450 gfreshly ground beef (about 20% fat)
- 4soft potato hamburger buns
- 30 gunsalted butter, melted
- 1 tspvegetable oil
- to tastekosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1small onion, sliced paper-thinoptional
- 4 slicesdeli-sliced American cheese
- to tastetoppings such as raw onion, pickles and burger sauceoptional
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