The Best Smash Burger You'll Ever Make

This smash burger recipe is loaded up with my secret meat blend and is seared to perfection with melted American cheese, special sauce, and toppings on a toasted bun. Once you try it, this will hands down be your new favorite burger recipe
The smash burger is a burger patty that is created by a ball of seasoned ground beef being smashed down on a griddle using a press that helps compress and flavor and cook faster. It is then served up on a toasted bun with sauce, tomato, onion, pickles, and lettuce. It is a delicious burger, and it cooks in way less time than a traditional burger.
While most people associate this with the Smash Burger restaurant, it originated in Ashland, Kentucky at the Dairy Cherry Burger Shop by a man named Bill Cullerton. He created it by smashing burgers with a no 10 can of beans and discovered that it brought out a lot of flavors and cooked very quickly. It has become more popularized in the last 10 to 15 years across restaurants in the United States.
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Ingredients for this recipe:
• 2 pounds 80/20 ground beef
• 4 finely minced strips of bacon
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• dash of Tabasco sauce
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 8 American cheese slices
• 4 leaves of green leaf lettuce
• 2 thinly sliced Roma tomatoes
• 1 peeled and thinly sliced red onion
• 2 thinly sliced dill pickles
• 4 toasted brioche burger buns
• dijonnaise sauce

[@chewbacca7856]

Made this for lunch since you video came out when I was in the store. My wife asked where I got the burger from. I said I made it. She replied was it frozen or pre-made. I said, I made it, not frozen, not pre-made. Just some good ingredients and better cooking skills. Thanks for making my home a better place to live. Happy wife, happy home.

[@kathleencrisp1]

@chefbillyparisi , thank you for your recipes, techniques and tips you share with us. Definitely upgrading my Smashburger with your recipe from now on. All the best to you and yours and to everyone reading this.

[@katjamison]

I've never eaten a smash burger but now I must have one! The chopped bacon in the burger mix is genius. You are the Capo tutti cappi of burgers 💕

[@ChefBillyParisi]

It just makes it!

[@WellesleyHarkrader]

Made these last night and they were essy and absolutely delicious

[@marycatherinewright174]

I made these right after watching the video. Delicious!!! Making them again tonight. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks!!!

[@bridgethamann4664]

We loved this sooooo much, I’m making them again today!! 🤤 Thanks for sharing!!

[@phillipverver4737]

Made this for the family tonight. It turned out perfect ! Thank you Chef!

[@JohnCranberry23]

I'm so hungry for this burger right now!!!!!

[@dianed2448]

I’ve never thought about cutting up bacon and adding it to my hamburger meat. This is a great idea. I’m going to try it. Looks delicious. Thank you, Chef Billy Parisi

[@CallumIsRaving]

5:18 Wooshier sauce 😂
It’s always oddly charming how Americans try and pronounce Worcestershire haha.
Awesome recipe!

[@anthonymarocco955]

Fantastic! Perfect Burger As Always

[@GodsObedientChild-Deuteron6262]

Smash burger lift-off to another whole level🍔 🚀😋!

[@startketochallenge8715]

Thanks for the tips.

[@realtorclairerolo]

minced bacon! will have to try this weekend!

[@eatsandbaby]

Chef, I love how you teach to make your sauce and prep your condiments 1st!
I really love meat prep and the addition of spices & bacon!
Why did you want to get your meat balls cold before cooking?
Thanks!

[@safreeny1]

Love the voice style and the way u express all the ingredients feel like m tasting it already from.the.vid.
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Love from india

[@Jossierentas]

You made me hungry….again 😋

[@rcarrona]

I don’t have a kitchen scale…would 4 ounces be about half a cup of the meat mixture?

[@ccaff96]

This is the way.

[@shonthelawn]

lettuce gotta go on top

[@DosMasTequila]

I was wondering if you had a recipe for deli style new pickles? Thanks

[@pattyrech4471]

"new" pickles? Google time, new term for me!

[@DosMasTequila]

If you go to a Jewish deli here in the suburbs of Detroit they have 2 different types of pickles. A new pickle is one that is maybe a week or two in the barrel and the other one has been in the brine much longer. They are kind of like a dill pickle but with a different taste. It’s hard to describe but if you had one they are fantastic. I was looking to see if the chef had that recipe for that kind of brine or something similar.

[@jrhelios6469]

Omg. My heart skipped when you grabbed the uncooked meat and said you were gin a taste it. BUT you cooked it. I was like duh.

[@TiMalice2009]

🤤 yum

[@sklages_82]

What about a patty melt chef?

[@TheKruxed]

WOOSTERSHEER sauce

[@anitraahrens905]

I like to use a sandwich-sized toasted English muffin, as I find a regular toasted hamburger bun becomes soggy.

[@soudabehtazh7296]

👍👍👍

[@colettemcwilliams1325]

I made these tonight for dinner. Mmmm thank you Chef P.

[@2021-j2d]

I’m in!

[@Drew039]

Not gonna lie. You had me until you said American cheese. Brioche bun-YES! American cheese-NO!

[@ChefBillyParisi]

You’re missing out!

[@chewbacca7856]

I used smoked gouda.

[@Drew039]

@@chewbacca7856 🙏🏿

[@martygould5114]

You lost me at American cheese. It's just about my least favorite. Only one thing worse is Velveeta.
My favorite cheese for burgers is Havarti.

[@Nickbraun666]

Tomatoes on burgers... no thanks