Easy Smash Burger Tacos
Enjoy the smash burger craze with these smash burger tacos! This family friendly Tex-Mex recipe has a seasoned smash burger wrapped in a grilled tortilla shell topped with pica de gallo
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- 1 propane grill
- 1 flat metal spatula
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 1/2 tbsp taco seasoning
- 1/2 -1 tsp seasoning salt can use regular salt
- 4-5 soft tortilla shells (soft taco size)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Pico De Gallo
- 5 roma tomatoes or small tomatoes
- 1/2 medium onion chopped finely
- 1 whole jalapeno chopped finely I remove the seeds
- 1/4 cup cilantro washed and chopped
- lime juice
- 1 tsp salt add more to taste if needed
Instructions
- Put a pound of ground beef in a mixing bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of taco seasoning and 1/2 tsp of seasoning salt. Mix.
- Roll seasoned ground beef into 4 balls. Put aside.
- Next prepate the Pico De Gallo. On a cutting board cut up the tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, and cilantro for the pico de gallo. To keep the pico de gallo from being too hot, I cut the jalapeno in half and then trim out all the seeds.
- Mix pico de gallo. Add salt and squeeze of lime juice. Taste and add more salt if needed. Place in fridge.
- Turn on your grill. Allow grill to get hot for several minutes, while you gather your tortilla shells, canola oil spray (like Pam), and shredded cheese.
- After grill is heated, scrape anything off the grill before spraying a little no stick spray on the grill. Place your seasoned ground beef balls onto the grill. Sprinkle with 1/2 tbls of taco seasoning on top.
- Allow the burgers to cook for 3-4 minutes. Flip burgers over and let them cook another 2 minutes. While they are a little over half done cooking, firmly, smash burger tacos with a flat metal spatula. Be sure not to press too hard or the beef will go through the grill slats. .
- Cook for another minute. If beef is still noticeably pink, then flip back over for another minute.
- Place tortilla shell on the smashed burger, placing the hamburger to one side of the tortilla shell. Allow tortilla to cook for a minute.
- Flip hamburger and tortilla so that the tortilla in under the smashed hamburger. Sprinkle cheese on top of the burger on the tortilla.
- After the bottom side of the tortilla is crisp (1-2 minutes), use the metal spatula to flip up the one side of the tortilla into a taco shape. Flip over and smash again so that the tortilla will keep its taco shape with the burger inside the shell.
- Pull smashed burger tacos from the grill and place on plates. Serve hot with sour cream and pico de gallo!