Cheeseburger tacos
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes 8
Ingredients
- 500g steak mince
- 1 small onion, grated, juice squeezed out
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- 1 egg yolk
- for frying oil
- 8 corn tortillas, charred on a BBQ or griddle
- 2 Little Gem lettuces, shredded
- 100g ready-grated monterey jack
BURGER SAUCE
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp French’s American mustard
- finely chopped to make 2 tbsp gherkins, plus 1 tsp of brine from the jar
- finely chopped to make 1 tbsp onion
- ½ tsp caster sugar
PINK PICKLED ONIONS
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 1 red onion, cut into thin rounds
- a pinch (optional) dried chilli flakes
Method
- STEP 1
Mix the burger sauce ingredients and leave to sit at room temperature while you prepare everything else.
- STEP 2
Mix the vinegar and sugar then add the red onions with a pinch of salt and chilli flakes, if using, and toss.
- STEP 3
Put the mince, onion, garlic salt, paprika, egg yolk and lots of pepper in a bowl. Mix together well using clean hands, then form into 8 balls. Squash each one into a really flat patty. Heat a large frying pan, griddle or BBQ to hot. Oil the patties then sear for 2 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
- STEP 4
To build the tacos, add some lettuce to each tortilla then break up a patty into chunks and sit on top. Add some cheese, pickled onions and burger sauce.
