Dinner · American

Smash burger tacos

Name: Smash burger tacos
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 tbsp Mayonnaise; 2 tbsp Tomato ketchup; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; ½ tsp Smoked paprika; 1 Little gem lettuce; ½ Brown onion; 80g Gherkins; 100g Mature cheddar; 500g Beef mince; 8 Tortilla wraps

Beef pressed thin onto tortillas and fried crisp, then loaded with burger sauce and gherkins.

Start to finish: 50 min
Hands-on: 38 min
In the fridge: 1 day
Freezes: Not well

Contains gluten, dairy, eggs, mustard

Ingredients

4 portions

5 tbspMayonnaise
2 tbspTomato ketchup
1 tspDijon mustard
½ tspSmoked paprika
1Little gem lettuce
½Brown onion
80gGherkins
100gMature cheddar
500gBeef mince
8Tortilla wraps

Plus salt, pepper and water.

Method

1
Stir the mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and paprika together for the burger sauce. Finely shred the lettuce, finely chop the onion, slice the gherkins and grate the cheese.
2
Divide the mince into 8 balls and season well. Press each one over a tortilla into a thin, even layer that reaches almost to the edge. A square of baking paper on top stops it sticking to your hand.
3
Heat a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Lay in a tortilla, meat side down, and cook for 3 minutes, until the beef is browned and crusty and cooked through with no pink left. Flip, scatter over some cheese and cook for 1 minute more, until the tortilla is crisp underneath and the cheese has melted. Carry on with the rest.
4
Top each one with burger sauce, lettuce, onion and gherkins as it comes out of the pan, then fold it in half like a taco.

On the day

Eat them in relays as they come out of the pan, while the tortillas are still crisp. Use two pans if you have them and it goes twice as fast.

Cook’s tip

Spread the beef right to the edge of the tortilla. It shrinks as it cooks, and a thin layer is what gives you the lacy, crisp edges.