Border Burger

Ingredients

  • This recipe yields 6 hamburgers:
  • – 12- 3 oz patties of 80/20 ground beef (2 patties per burger)
  • – 6 brioche buns
  • – 2 oz of guacamole per burger, 12 oz total
  • – 1 red onion, sliced thin
  • – 12 slices pepper jack cheese, 6 oz total
  • – 1 sliced jalapeno pepper
  • – 2 sliced tomatoes
  • – arugula, 4 oz total

Instructions

  • Cook 12-3 oz smash patties with melted pepper Jack cheese. Cook 2 at a time. Place two 3oz balls of ground beef on a searing hot cast iron skillet, smash them within 10 seconds of placing them on the skillet with a firm spatula. Flip them after 1.5 minutes and place a slice of cheese on the seared side of the patty. Cover with a lid for 2 minutes and stack the patties ..each burger will have 2 smash patties. Place the prepared double patties on a paper towel to soak up the grease. After you have 6 stacked patties, wipe down the skillet and melt butter in it. Brown each slice of brioche buns in the buttered skillet for around 15 seconds.
  • Construct each burger in the following order:
  • – bottom brioche
  • – arugula
  • – 1 slice of tomato
  • – double smashed patties with cheese
  • – 4 thin slices of jalapenos
  • – thin sliced red onions (light amount)
  • – top brioche with guacamole spreaded