Animal Style Smash Tacos
These Animal Style Smash Tacos are made with seasoned ground beef and mustard patties, cheddar cheese, caramelized onions and a homemade animal style special sauce. The seasoned patties are smashed into the pan to lock in flavor, making these juicy, flavorful and absolutely delicious.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 270kcal
Ingredients
For the Spread
- 1/4 cup avocado mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup chopped pickles
- 1.5 Tbsp. pickle juice
- 1/3 of the cooked caramelized onions
For the Tacos
- 1 lb. lean ground beef (96/4)
- 6 white corn tortillas Guerrero 6"
- Kinders Caramelized Onion Burger Seasoning
- yellow mustard
- 6 slices thin sliced cheddar cheese Sargento Ultra Thin
- 1 medium white onion, finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil or avocado oil
- pinch of salt
- shredded iceberg lettuce
- chopped pickles
- choppd tomatoes
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, ketchup and pickles. Mix to combine and set aside. You will add caramelized onions to this mixture once done.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. I like using a cast iron skillet but any works. Add the oil and heat and coat the pan. You want a gentle heat.
- Add the onions and a pinch of salt. Stir to coat. Cook the onions low and slow for 25-30 minutes stirring often while you prepare your burgers. You want a deep golden brown. If they stick to the pan add a splash of water and scape the pan with a wooden spoon (extra flavor!).
- When done cooking, add ⅓ of the onions to the spread and leave the rest for topping your tacos.
- Split the ground beef into 6 equal balls (2.66 oz.). Do not overwork them, loose is good, just roll them up.
- Place one ball on one corn tortilla and SMASH it thin with your hand so it covers the tortilla.
- Season the exposed beef side generously with burger seasoning and then flip it on a plate so the tortilla is up. Peel the tortilla off and season the underside of the beef. Replace the tortilla and press it together again. This makes a huge taste difference when both sides are seasoned well, so don't skip this step.
- Flip back over and spread a thin layer of yellow mustard directly onto the beef side.
- Heat a large skillet or flat top over medium-high heat. Lightly oil the pan and place the tacos in beef side down. Press firmly with a spatula and cook for 3-4 minutes until the beef is cooked through, the edges are crispy and you’ve got a dark smash burger crust on the meat.
- Flip the tacos and top with the cheese. Cook the tortilla for 1-2 minutes until golden brown, the cheese has melted and the tortillas are crispy but still flexible enough to fold. Remove from the heat, fold like a taco and add shredded lettuce, spread, pickles, tomato and caramelized onions. Repeat with all 6 tacos.
Notes
- You can skip mustard if not your thing. This is the traditional “mustard fried” and doesn't make it taste like mustard.
- You NEED to season both sides of the meat, it makes a huge difference when combined with the tortilla. You will lack flavor if you only do one side.
- Nutritional information is ASSUMING you split the sauce between 6 tacos. If you use less or a light mayo the calories will lower. I saved the sauce in tracking apps to track as 1 gram to use, search OHSNAPMACROS Animal Style Sauce; it makes a total of 137 grams and you can log by gram. I also saved with Smash Tacos without the sauce so you can log the sauce separately. 👌🏻
- Nutritional information is an estimate and will vary with substitutions.
Nutrition
Serving: 1taco | Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 353mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g
