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Cheeseburger tacos with red onion, cheese and lettuce

Cheeseburger Tacos

By: Deborah
Moist and full of flavour burger meat, combined with tangy burger sauce and crunchy sweet pickled onions - delicious!
PREP: 20 minutes
COOK: 10 minutes
TOTAL: 30 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 4 people
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Equipment

Ingredients

Burger sauce:

  • 3 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tbsp French’s American mustard
  • gherkins finely chopped to make 2 tbsp, plus 1 tsp of brine from the jar
  • onion finely chopped to make 1 tbsp
  • 0.5 tsp caster sugar

Pink pickled onions:

  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp caster sugar
  • 1 red onion cut into thin rounds
  • a pinch of salt
  • a pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

Tacos:

  • 500 g (1.1 lb) steak mince
  • 1 small onion grated, juice squeezed out
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • 0.5 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 egg yolk
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • oil for frying

To serve:

  • 8 corn or flour tortillas charred on a BBQ or griddle
  • 2 little gem lettuces shredded
  • 100 g (3.5 oz) monterey jack or mature cheddar cheese grated

Instructions

  • Make the burger sauce – mix the ingredients together in a small bowl and leave to sit at room temperature while you prepare everything else.
  • Make the pink pickled onions - mix the vinegar and sugar in a bowl, then add the red onions with a pinch of salt and chilli flakes, if using, and toss together. Set aside.
  • Now make the tacos - 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.
  • 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.

Notes

  • This cheeseburger tacos recipe is easily adapted if you’re cooking for less or more people.

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 840kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 1768mg | Potassium: 618mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 635IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 365mg | Iron: 6mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

KEYWORDS 30 minute meal, beef mince, burger sauce, pickled onions, summer food
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