It was hard to get a good picture, sorry it’s not that amazing of a photo 😅 thoughts on how to better photograph a smashburger are welcome if something comes to mind
Just some cheap buns
Two smashed pattes on each (w/salt and pepper)
American cheese
Sliced poblano
And ketchup & mayo
I used to really like doing fresh jalapeno, but now generally have to avoid spicy food for dumb reasons so poblano has been a nice substitute.
For the patties you just roll ground beef into a ball roughly the size of a golf ball, maybe a tad bigger if you want, get your cast iron super hot, and then place your patty ball on the cast iron, and smash it down with a suitable metal implement- I use a flat, non-slotted cookie scraper and use the butt of a silicone spatula to press down on the top of the spatula since it’s hard to get good leverage on the cookie scraper without putting your hand too close to the sputtering hot pan
They look really nice. The poblano looks a bit thick for my tastes. Would prefer jalapeno, but other than that really good.
For extra delicious but unhealthy, frying the buns in the same pan in the fats after both sides until toasted is chef’s kiss.
Yeah it’s sliced like a third of an inch or two cm thick, and then I put an extra slice on top of the single layer of slices which made the bun look lifted up really high 😅 I’d pick the jalapenos too, but I have rosacea and sometimes spicy food is a trigger that makes my skin upset
I really like the bright fresh green pepper with the crispy beef though, so I like to have a lot of it, be it poblano or jalapeno :P