Categories: Sandwiches- Burgers- Wraps

Ingredients

• for each burger:
• 1 hamburger bun (preferably a potato bun)
• Butter. softened
• Desired toppings and condiments such as mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, onion, tomato, leaf lettuce, pickles
• 4 oz. ground beef chuck or other ground beef
• Kosher salt and ground black pepper
• 1 slice American cheese

Directions

1. Spread inner faces of the bun with butter. Heat a skillet or griddle over medium. Toast bun, butter-side down, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes.

2. Set the bun on a plate, open-faced. Pile fixin’s of choice on the bottom bun.

3. Divide beef and roll into two 2 oz. balls. Heat a dry skillet over medium-high.

4. When skillet is very hot, add the 2 beef balls. Immediately smash each with the back of a stiff metal spatula. Press hard, creating two very thin patties, each a little wider than the bun. Season each with salt and pepper. Cook until browned on the bottom and a mottled gray/pink on top, about 45 seconds.

5. Scrape up and flip both patties. Top one with cheese. When the patty bottoms have browned ( about 15 seconds) stack the patties so that the cheese is sandwiched between. Slide this cheese-filled burger onto the prepared bun. Close bun, squish gently.

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