Smash Burgers with Corn on the Cob
Toddler tip: Cut the burger into quarters and the corn off the cob for the toddler.
Low-carb fork: For Cam: skip the potato bun and go lettuce-wrapped.
Ingredients
Smash Burgers
- 1¼ lbground beef (80/20)
- 4 slicesAmerican cheese
- 4potato buns
- to tastesalt and pepper
Toppings
- few leaveslettuce
- 1tomato, sliced
- ¼onion, thin-sliced
- for servingketchup & mustard
Corn on the Cob
- 4 earscorn
- 2 tbspbutter
- to tastesalt
Instructions
1Get a cast-iron skillet or griddle screaming hot. While it heats, microwave all 4 ears in their husks together, about 8-10 min total (3-4 min per ear if your microwave is small), so they steam while you cook the burgers.
2Form the beef into 4 loose balls. Working in 2 batches so you don't crowd the pan, smash each ball hard onto the hot griddle, season with salt and pepper, and sear undisturbed 2-3 min until a deep, lacy crust forms.
3Flip, top each patty with a slice of American cheese, and cook 1 min more to melt. Toast the potato buns cut-side down in the rendered fat while the cheese melts.
4Build the burgers on the potato buns with lettuce, tomato, onion and condiments. Cam can go lettuce-wrapped.
5Shuck the steamed corn, rub with butter and salt, and serve alongside. Cut a cob's worth off for the toddler.