Description
Learn how to make delicious smash burgers with a flavorful baconnaise sauce that takes your burger game to the next level. These juicy burgers are topped with crispy bacon, gooey pepper jack cheese, and savory onions, all sandwiched between toasted buns.
Ingredients
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For Smash Burgers:
- 2 pounds ground chuck formed into 1/3 pound balls (80/20 for the best flavor)
- 2 white onions thinly sliced with a mandoline
- 1/2 pound bacon, crispy and chopped
- Salt, pepper, garlic for seasoning
- Mustard for cooking
- Pepper jack cheese, sliced
- Burger buns, toasted
- Avocado oil for cooking
For Baconnaise Sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 1/2 pound crispy chopped bacon
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose rub (Salt, pepper, garlic)
- 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Form the ground chuck into 1/3 pound balls and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Slice the onions thinly, squeeze out excess water, and refrigerate. Crisp up the bacon, chop it, and set it aside.
- Prepare the Baconnaise Sauce: Mix mayo, ketchup, mustard, bacon, Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, all-purpose rub, and red pepper flakes. Refrigerate.
- Heat a griddle to medium-high heat. Apply avocado oil, place burger balls on the griddle, add onions on top, smash down with a burger press, and season. Cook for 3-4 minutes, then flip, add cheese, and cook until melted.
- Toast burger buns on the griddle. Assemble the burgers with Baconnaise sauce on the bottom bun, double smash burgers, more Baconnaise sauce, and the top bun.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 burger
- Calories: Approximately 600
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 40g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 22g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
