Shake Shack Smash Burger
Servings 8
Ingredients
For the Shake Shack Secret Sauce
- 2 tbsp dill pickle finely diced
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
- Kosher salt for seasoning
- Black pepper for seasoning
- 8 oz beef sirloin trimmed of gristle and cut into 1 inch cubes
- 4 oz well marbled beef chuck trimmed of gristle and cut into 1 inch cubes
- 4 oz boneless short rib trimmed of gristle and cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 oz dry aged beef fat cut into 1/4 inch cubes
- 8 burger buns
- 8 slices American cheese
- 1 small head of iceberg lettuce
- 16 center-cut slices ripe plum tomato
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- Kosher salt for seasoning
- Black pepper for seasoning
Instructions
- Start by adding all your beef cuts onto a big sheet tray and mix them well. Transfer to the freezer for 30 minutes. Make your Shake Shack secret sauce while the beef cools.
- In a medium bowl, add in all of your secret sauce ingredients and mix well until everything is evenly combined. Season with Kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Set aside.
- Take the beef out of the freezer and grind it onto another sheet tray. Once all your beef is ground, make 8 (2 oz) loose balls and set aside.
- Set a griddle or a flat top to medium high heat. Add your burgers and using a sheet of parchment paper and a burger press, smash your burgers real thin. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until the juices start to pool. Flip your burgers and add a slice of American cheese on top of each burger. Cook for a few more minutes until the cheese begins to melt. Remove from the heat and get ready to build your burgers.
- Smear your burger buns with butter and toast them on the griddle or flat top for a couple minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Start building your burgers. Onto a bottom bun, add your burger patty with cheese, lettuce, 2 slices of tomato and the top bun smeared with your Shake Shack secret sauce.