The Smash Burger

For the best results I always choose to use my griddle. It’s the best way to manage the cooking zones and have the surface area needed to make these burgers. Some people will use a cast iron skillet (12”) for this but they are typically only making one single burger.

Along with the griddle you need a mandolin, this is how you will get the onions sliced thinly for the perfect results. Be sure to use protection, they typically come with a guard to protect your fingers.

Now you need a burger smasher, this is the best way to smash those onions down into the beef. The cooking utensils are flimsy and will have too much bend in them for you to have a consistent evenly smashed patty. The burger presses are great to have the best flat patty.

HOW TO MAKE AN OKLAHOMA ONION SMASHBURGER:

Step 1: Slice the onions with the mandolin – The mandolin is extremely sharp and you can adjust them for the thickness of your slices. A very important step to this process is to have paper thin onions.

Step 2: Place them in a bowl with salt – Once all of the onions are sliced paper thin, place them in a bowl and add salt. Toss them around for a few minutes and let them sit for 20 minutes. Squeeze all of the water out, this will remove the moisture for a crispier onion.

Step 3: Make your burger balls out of the ground beef – As evenly as possible, roll your ground beef into burger balls and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.

Step 4: Preheat your griddle and add burger balls-  Turn your burners on high and allow your griddle to heat up for 10 minutes. You can add a splash of olive oil if your griddle isn’t seasoned properly.

From here, add the burger balls to the griddle (be sure to have a decent amount of spacing between them, about 3-4 inches) and add a handful of the sliced onions on top. Do not be shy, load them up! Now, smash the balls as flat as you can and season them.

Let them cook for 3-4 minutes and flip, season the back side of the patties. After 1-2 minutes, add the American Cheese and place the top bun on top and the bottom bun on top of the top bun. Close the lid and let them steam.

Step 5: Make your burger sauce – While the burgers are finishing, add mayo, ketchup, mustard, sweet relish and hot sauce in a bowl and whisk.

Step 6: Build the Oklahoma Onion SmashBurger – Remove the bottom bun off the top and sauce it. Add some pickles and stack the patty(s) on top while leaving the top bun on the top patty.

Now is that time you dive right into it and reap the rewards of the short labor.