Smash taco burger
- ⏱ 25 minutes
- Easy
- Serves 2
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Crispy tortilla tacos filled with seasoned smashed beef, melted cheddar, and fresh pico de gallo.
Adapted from Lynn van de Vorst.
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Smash taco burger
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Make the pico de gallo
Finely chop the tomatoes
Finely slice the shallot
Finely chop the coriander
2Season the beef
3Plate and serve
+ 9 more steps in the app
Smash taco burger
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Make the pico de gallo
2Season the beef
Season the ground beef with paprika powder, cumin...
3Plate and serve
+ 9 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 300 g ground beef
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- pepper and salt, to taste
- 4 tortillas
- 50 g cheddar
- 2 tomatoes (finely chopped, without juice)
- 1/4 cucumber (diced, without seeds)
- 1 small shallot (finely sliced)
- 6 pickled jalapeños (finely sliced)
- coriander, to taste (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
What you'll need
You'll share: Bowl and Frying pan.
Each of you needs your own: Cutting board, Chef's knife, and Mixing bowl.
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Make the pico de gallo COOK 2
- Finely chop the tomatoes
- Finely slice the shallot
- Finely chop the coriander
- In a bowl, mix the cucumber, tomatoes, shallot, jalapeños, coriander, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper
2. Season the beef COOK 1
- Season the ground beef with paprika powder, cumin seeds, garlic powder, pepper, and salt
🤝 Cook 2 hands the bowl to Cook 1.
3. Dice the cucumber COOK 1
- Remove the seeds from the cucumber and dice it
- Finely slice the jalapeños
4. Shape the beef COOK 1
- Knead the ground beef well, divide it into 4 portions, and roll them into balls
5. Heat the oil COOK 2
- In a frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat
6. Place beef on tortillas COOK 1
- Place 1 portion of the ground beef on 1 portion of the tortillas and flatten the ground beef onto the tortilla
🤝 Cook 2 hands the frying pan to Cook 1.
7. Cook the taco COOK 1
- Place 1 portion of the tortilla with the ground beef facing down in the pan and cook until golden brown
- Turn the tortilla and place 1 portion of the cheddar on the ground beef
- Cover the pan and let the cheese melt
8. Plate and serve BOTH
- Spoon 1 portion of the pico de gallo onto the taco and fold it closed
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