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Diner Cheeseburger Sliders
Andre Lewis

Diner Cheeseburger Sliders

These aren't one baked slab cut into vague squares: six small griddled patties give every slider its own browned edge. American cheese, pickles and griddled onions keep the flavor at the diner counter; serve two per person.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 36 minutes
Servings: 3
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb 80/20 ground beef divided into 6 loose balls
  • 3/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion
  • 3 slices American cheese halved
  • 6 slider buns
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 18 dill pickle chips
  • 2 tbsp yellow mustard

Method
 

  1. Heat a steel griddle or cast-iron skillet over high heat and toast the buttered slider buns for 1 minute.
  2. Scatter the onion in 6 small piles on the hot surface and place one cold beef ball over each pile.
  3. Immediately press each ball firmly through parchment into a thin patty, then season with salt and pepper.
  4. Cook untouched for 90 seconds until the edges brown; do not re-smash the patties.
  5. Scrape, flip onion-side up and cook for 60 to 90 seconds until the beef reaches 160°F.
  6. Add half a cheese slice to each patty for the final 30 seconds.
  7. Spread mustard on the buns and assemble each slider with one patty and 3 pickle chips.