Bacon Cheeseburger Smash Tacos
All the flavors of a delicious bacon cheeseburger served up as a smash taco!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 18 Flour Tortillas street taco size
- 18 slices Cheddar Cheese thin-sliced
- 1 Tomato diced
- ½ White Onion diced
- 1 cup Romaine Lettuce shredded
- 1 lb Bacon
For the Burger Patty
- 1½ lb Ground Beef
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
For the Special Sauce
- ⅔ cup Mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup Ketchup
- ¼ cup Yellow Mustard
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Paprika
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix patty ingredients. Place a large layer of parchment paper on the countertop. Add half of the tortillas in a single layer. Using a 2oz food scoop, place a portion of patty mix to center of each tortilla. Cover with another layer of parchment paper. Use a burger press (or small frying pan) to flatten out each scoop of patty mixture on to each tortilla. Repeat with remaining tortillas. **Meat should be pressed all the way to the edge , and even over hanging. It will shrink up while cooking.
- In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add bacon. Cook until crispy and remove to paper towel covered plate. Allow to cool some before chopping into bites. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon grease in the pan.
- In a small bowl, combine special sauce ingredients.
- Begin frying patty/tortilla, patty side down, in same pan bacon was fried in. Cook for approximately 3 minutes on patty side, then flip and cook for 2 minutes on tortilla side. Add slice of cheese and remove from pan. Repeat with remaining smashtacos.
- Add portion of bacon to smashtaco. Sprinkle with romaine, tomato and onion. Drizzle with special sauce. Repeat with remaining smashtacos.
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