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Smashburgers Acme Salt Style

Almost everyone has a Smashburger these days, but if you do not add Acme Salt Co to the meal, it is just anybody’s meal. Using Acme Seasonings makes EVERYTHING better!

DIFFICULTY

Easy

TIME

45 minutes

BUDGET

The Ingredients

Serves: Makes about 1 cup

3 pounds ground beef from Marble Mountain Meats
3 teaspoons Acme BBQ Rub #103
1 teaspoon Acme Superior Salt Mix
1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1 large onion
2 Tablespoons olive oil
16 slices of your favorite cheese
1 lb bacon
8 hamburger buns

Fry Sauce

½ cup of Ketchup
1 cup of mayonnaise we suggest Bestfoods/Hellman’s
¼ teaspoon of cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon of onion powder
½ teaspoon of Acme BBQ Rub#103
2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar
¼ teaspoon or 8 drops of hot sauce, we suggest Cholula
½ teaspoon of smoked paprika
½ teaspoon of garlic powder

Tips

KEEP IN MIND

You could season your ground beef before you divide it into portions.
You can add some sliced peppers to the onions when you put them on the grill. These could be sweet peppers, or bell peppers, or your favorite spicy pepper! Just be sure to slice these thin, and remove the seeds.

The Method

Step 1

You will need to preheat your large cast iron skillet over medium heat.

Step 2

While the pan is heating, peel and slice thinly 1 large onion. And the pepper if you will be using that.

Step 3
Put about 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the hot pan and swirl around to distribute. Add about ½ of the onions in a layer on the cast iron pan. Sprinkle ½ teaspoon of Acme Superior Salt Mix evenly over all of the onions in the pan. Allow the onions to cook until they start to be translucent. There is no need to stir them.

Step 4
Divide the ground beef into 8 equal portions and shape into 8 equally shaped balls.

Step 5
Place 4 hamburger balls equally spaced on top of the onions. Using a burger weight, smash the burger onto/into the cooking onions. Sprinkle about ¼ teaspoon or so of Acme BBQ Rub #103 on each patty. Allow burgers to cook for about 2 minutes.

Step 6
After the burgers have cooked for 2 or 2 ½ minutes on top of the onions, with a wide metal spatula, carefully lift the onion and burger and flip so the patty is on the pan. Do this for all of the burgers. Turn up the heat to medium high and allow the burger to finish cooking for about 2 more minutes.

Step 7
Turn off the heat to the burgers, and place 2 slices of cheese on top of each burger. Allow the burgers to rest in the pan for 2 minutes.

Step 8
Toast your buns on a dry frying pan or griddle. And once toasted, spread the fry sauce liberally on the buns. You’re gonna need some napkins!