Ingredients
For the Sauce:
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons chopped dill pickles or bread and butter pickles
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Pinch of black pepper
- 2-3 teaspoons pickle juice (to thin to desired consistency)
For the Smash Burger Tacos:
- Cooking spray
- 1 lb. Laura’s 92% Lean Ground Beef
- ¾ teaspoon fine salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 6 (6-inch) flour tortillas
- 6 slices cheddar cheese (or use American cheese, muenster, provolone or gouda)
For the Toppings:
- 2 cups thinly sliced romaine or iceberg lettuce
- ½ cup diced tomatoes
- ¼ cup finely diced white onion
- 12-18 dill pickle slices
Instructions
Skillet Directions:
- Make the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, chopped pickles, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper. Stir well to combine. Stir in the pickle juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, until you reach the desired consistency. Chill sauce in the refrigerator while you prepare the burger tacos.
- Prepare the toppings and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 250℉. Place a large rimmed baking sheet inside the oven.
- Divide the ground beef into 6 equal portions and gently shape each one into a ball. Sprinkle each meat ball with salt and pepper on two sides.
- Place a large cast iron skillet or griddle over medium-high heat. When the skillet starts to smoke it’s hot enough.
- Mist the skillet with cooking spray and add 1 ball of meat to the skillet. Top the meat with a tortilla and, using a burger press or heavy spatula, press down on the tortilla until the meat is about ¼ inch thick.
- Cook for 4 minutes then use a thin spatula to loosen the meat from the skillet and flip it over, tortilla side down.
- Top the meat with a slice of cheese and continue cooking for 2 minutes or until the tortilla has crisped up and the cheese melts.
- Transfer the burger taco to the sheet pan in the oven to stay warm while cooking the remaining tacos.
- To serve, top each taco with 2-3 pickle slices, lettuce, diced tomatoes, and diced onions. Drizzle each taco with 1 tablespoon of sauce. Fold over and serve.
Flat-Top Grill Directions:
- Make the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, chopped pickles, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper. Stir well to combine. Stir in the pickle juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, until you reach the desired consistency. Chill sauce in the refrigerator while you prepare the burger tacos.
- Prepare the toppings and set aside.
- Preheat the flat-top grill to medium-high heat for about 10 minutes.
- Once the flat-top is hot, mist the surface with avocado oil or cooking spray (or drizzle with oil and use a long flat spatula to push the oil around all over the surface).
- Add all of the balls of meat to the flat top, leaving 4-5 inches of space between them. Working quickly, immediately top each ball with a tortilla.
- Use a burger press or flat spatula to press/smash the tortillas down onto each burger, pressing very firmly to flatten the meat (meat mixture should be less than ¼ -inch thick).
- Cook for 4 minutes, then use a long, thin spatula to scrape underneath the meat and flip each taco over.
- Top each one with a slice of cheese and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes to crisp the tortilla before removing them to a large platter or baking sheet.
- Top each taco with 2-3 pickle slices, lettuce, and diced onions. Drizzle each taco with 1 tablespoon of sauce. Fold over and serve.
Notes
– May substitute pickle relish for the chopped pickles in the sauce.
– Make gluten-free smash burger tacos using gluten-free tortillas or grain-free tortillas.
– Make dairy-free tacos using plant-based cheese or omitting the cheese completely.
– If using a cast-iron griddle on the stovetop, you may be able to cook more than one taco at a time, depending on how large the griddle or skillet is.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size: 1 smash burger taco with sauce
- Calories: 418
- Fat: 22 g
- (Sat Fat: 6 g)
- Sodium: 541 mg
- Carbohydrate: 28 g
- (Fiber: 1 g
- Sugar: 0 g)
- Protein: 24 g
- Cholesterol: 64 mg