The Mack Burger
Triple decker “smashed” New York Strip Burgers with minced onions, cheddar cheese sauce, chopped lettuce, and “special sauce"
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients
Special Sauce
- 1 tablespoon capers, finely minced
- 1 medium pepperoncini, seeds removed, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon caper juice
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
- Pinch of salt and pepper
Burgers
- 4 Omaha Steaks PureGround® New York Strip Burgers
- 1/2 small white onion, finely minced
- 1/2 1/2 small white onion, halved and sliced razor-thin
- 4 American cheese slices
- 2 sesame seed buns and 2 extra bun bottoms
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 12 hamburger dill pickle chips
- Salt and pepper
- 8 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 cups iceberg lettuce, finely minced
Cheese Sauce
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 3 dashed hot sauce
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
Special Sauce
- Place all ingredients in medium bowl and whisk until well-incorporated.
Burgers
- Remove burgers from refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature, about 20minutes; season burgers on both sides with salt and pepper.
- 2, 3-burger batches: In a large cast iron skillet, place 4 tablespoons vegetable oil and create 3 small piles of thinly sliced onions, about 2 tablespoons.
- Place the 3 burgers on the3 piles of onions and use a burger press to smash burgers until about 1/2”thickness.
- Cook burgers about 4minutes, until seared and browned; flip and add 1 slice of American cheese to each and cook another 3 to 4 minutes, until cheese melts and burger cooked to desired doneness.
- Remove burgers from cast iron pan, clean and wipe out pan, and repeat process for remaining burgers.
- In a separate cast iron pan, add butter and toast buns, toasting the extra bun bottom (the middle bun)on both sides for 30 to 45 seconds until golden brown.
Cheese Sauce
- Bring heavy cream to a boil and whisk in cheese, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and pinch of salt and pepper
- Reduce to medium heat and simmer about 3 to 4 minutes until thickened and sauce-like consistency; season to taste with salt and pepper.
Assembly
- Place about 1 tablespoon of special sauce, 2 tablespoons of minced lettuce, and 2 pickles on the bottom bun, then add burger.
- Place middle bun on top of burger, repeat condiment process, and then add second burger.
- Put about 2 to 3tablespoons cheese sauce on top of second burger, repeat condiment process, add sauce to bottom of top bun and place on top.