Smashed Cheeseburger Tacos with Crisp Tortillas and Shredded Cheddar
By Isabella Quinn
Servings
6
Level
Easy
Choose ground beef with a high-fat content that will allow you to use additional oil as needed. Cooked ground beef on flour tortillas can create a crunchy taco that can be used as a cheeseburger. Top with shredded cheddar cheese and other vegetables and condiments typically served with cheeseburgers to provide a different texture.
The optional sauce contains mayonnaise and other condiments and relishes. Taco ingredients include ground beef, taco-size flour tortillas, shredded cheddar cheese, taco seasoning, and oil. Ground beef patties should be shaped to fit tortillas so that they don't shrink in the pan. Shredded cheese melts more quickly than sliced cheese.
On a medium-high griddle or skillet, place the tortilla with the beef side down for about two minutes to cook. The finished product should be a crisp tortilla with melted cheese and beef cooked as desired. The main problem when cooking this food is cooking the tortillas too fast, sometimes within a minute after flipping.
Serve lettuce, diced tomatoes, pickles, and sauce over tacos and fold before serving. Several tacos can be cooked on a Blackstone griddle, although other cookware, such as cast iron, can also be used. Leftover tacos can be reheated in an air fryer set at 390° for about five minutes the following day.
Why we keep this one around
- One pound of ground beef makes six tacos because the meat is divided among taco-sized tortillas rather than shaped into six patties.
- Shredded cheddar is used because it melts more evenly than sliced cheddar added at the end of the cooking process, after flipping the burger, when seasoning is applied.
- Toppings for the optional sauce include mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, and pickle relish. Ingredients commonly found in supermarkets can be used to make your own burger.
- Fresh lettuce and chopped tomatoes and pickles add crunchy and juicy elements to each taco sold in its shell that pair well with the other ingredients, including meat and cheese.
- Flour tortillas work well for the thin meat filling. See also the note about corn tortillas, which may not hold together as firmly.
- Mixing seasonings is optional since the recipe can be made with a favorite blend, Montreal Steak seasoning, or salt and pepper to bring out the flavor of the meat.
Ingredients
- •1 lb ground beef
- •6 taco-size flour tortillas
- •1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- •seasoning (of choice)
- •oil (for greasing the cooking surface; amount depends on pan and beef fat content)
- •½ cup mayonnaise (optional sauce)
- •¼ cup ketchup (optional sauce)
- •1 tbsp mustard (optional sauce)
- •2 tbsp pickle relish (optional sauce)
- •lettuce (shredded, for topping)
- •tomato (diced, for topping)
- •pickles (for topping)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, mix the mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, and pickle relish to make the optional sauce.
- 2
Preheat a Blackstone griddle, cast iron skillet, or regular pan to medium-high heat.
- 3
Separate the ground beef into six equal portions.
- 4
Smash one portion of beef onto each tortilla in an even thin layer covering the entire surface.
- 5
Sprinkle the beef with seasoning of choice.
- 6
Lightly grease the pan or griddle with oil.
- 7
Place the tortillas on the cooking surface with the beef side down.
- 8
Cook for approximately 2 minutes.
- 9
Flip the tortillas and immediately top the beef with shredded cheese.
- 10
Continue cooking for 1 to 3 minutes, or until the tortillas are crisp and the beef is cooked to your liking.
- 11
Remove from the heat and add desired toppings.
- 12
Fold and eat like a taco.
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