Smash burgers are thin hamburgers with crispy edges that make them irresistible! From our Betty Crocker Cookbook, 13th edition, this veggie-forward burger bulks up 1/2 pound of ground beef with mushrooms and onions with a spicy mayonnaise for a burger that's hard to resist.
Beef-Mushroom Smash Burgers
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
Spicy Mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon Asian chili garlic sauce (sambal oelek)
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Burgers
- 1 package (8 oz) sliced baby portabella mushrooms
- 1 small onion, peeled, quartered
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 lb lean ground beef (at least 80%)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Baby arugula or spinach leaves, if desired
- 4 hamburger buns
- Coarsely-ground pepper, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, mix mayonnaise ingredients. Cover; refrigerate until serving time. In food processor, pulse mushrooms and onion until finely chopped.
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Step2In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add mushroom and onion mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, 4 to 6 minutes or until most of the liquid is gone. Spoon into medium heatproof bowl; cool 10 minutes.
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Step3Add ground beef, salt and pepper to cooked mushroom mixture; mix well. Press mixture evenly into 4 patties, about 1/2-inch thick.
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Step4In same skillet, heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat until hot. Place patties in pan; press down with spatula until they are each 1/4-inch thick. Cook 4 minutes; carefully turn and cook 2 to 4 minutes longer, until no longer pink in center and crust forms around edges. Place patties on bun bottoms; spread with mayonnaise. Top with arugula, coarsely-ground pepper and bun tops.
Nutrition
390
Calories
24g
Total Fat
16g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Burger
- Calories
- 390
- Calories from Fat
- 220
- Total Fat
- 24g
- 37%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 27%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 560mg
- 23%
- Potassium
- 380mg
- 11%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 16g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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