The Pastrami Burger Bomb

Name: The Pastrami Burger Bomb
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 hearty burger buns, toasted; 355 milliliters creamy cole slaw; 567 grams fresh ground beef, about 20% fat; 2 Tbsps ketchup; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 59 milliliters mayonnaise; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish; 4 slices swiss cheese; 2 teaspoons white vinegar

The Pastrami Burger Bomb might be just the American recipe you are searching for. For $2.22 per serving, you get a main course that serves 4. One serving contains 704 calories, 37g of protein, and 48g of fat. A mixture of burger buns, pickle relish, kosher salt and pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Divide beef into four even five ounce portions, gently pressing each into a patty about 4 1/2 inches wide. Cover with plastic and refrigerate until needed. Meanwhile, combine mayonnaise, ketchup, vinegar, sugar, and relish in small bowl. Stir with spoon until smooth. Set aside.

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Mayonnaise

Ketchup

Vinegar

Relish

Sugar

Beef

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Bowl

Place as much pastrami as can fit in one layer in a 12-inch non-stick or cast iron skillet or griddle and place over medium high heat. Cook until pastrami is well-browned and crisp on first side, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until browned on second side, about 45 seconds longer.

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Pastrami

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Frying Pan

Transfer to paper towel-lined plate. Repeat with remaining pastrami, placing directly on hot skillet, using as many batches as necessary (you'll probably need about three batches). Set pastrami aside until needed.

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Pastrami

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Return empty skillet to heat (leave the pastrami fat) and add two buns, cut-side down. Toast until golden brown, about 1 minute. Repeat with remaining buns. Set aside

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Pastrami

Toast

Roll

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Frying Pan

Return pan to heat. Season burger patties generously with salt and pepper and add to pan. Cook until well browned on both sides and center of burger reads 130 degrees on an instant-read thermometer for medium rare, about 5 minutes total, flipping and adding cheese halfway through cooking. While burgers are cooking, divide mayonnaise mixture and cole slaw evenly between bottom buns. Top with cooked burgers, crispy pastrami, and bun tops.

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Salt And Pepper