What do you get when you combine a foodie trend with a food-fusion recipe? This recipe, Chef! Impress with a smashed burger patty turned into a taco, topped with oozy melted cheese and drizzled with a South African-inspired taco sauce. Side with a tomato, coriander, piquanté peppers, and gherkins salsa.
Smashed Beef Burger Tacos
Smashed Beef Burger Tacos
with a tomato, spring onion & gherkin salsa
Hands on Time: 30 - 35 minutes
Overall Time: 30 - 35 minutes
Ingredients:
- Almonds
- Beef
- Free-range Beef Burger Patties
- Free-range Beef Burger Patty
- Fresh Coriander
- Gherkins
- Grated Mozzarella & Cheddar Cheese
- Green Leaves
- Piquanté Peppers
- Plain Tangy Mayo
- Spring Onion
- Spring Onions
- Taco Sauce
- Tomato
- Tomatoes
- Wheat Flour Tortillas
From your kitchen:
- Oil (cooking, olive or coconut)
- Salt & Pepper
- Water
- Sugar/Sweetener/Honey
CHOP-CHOP
Rinse the green leaves, the tomato, the spring onion, and the coriander. Finely shred the green leaves. Roughly dice the tomato. Trim and roughly slice the spring onion. Pick and roughly chop the coriander. Drain the gherkins and the piquanté peppers. Finely chop the gherkins. Roughly chop the almonds. Set all aside separately.
ALL THE ALMONDS
Place the chopped almonds in a pan over medium heat. Toast until golden brown, 2-4 minutes (shifting occasionally). Remove from the pan and set aside.
CREAMY TACO SAUCE
In a bowl, combine the mayo with the taco sauce, a sweetener, a drizzle of oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TACO MEATBALLS
To a bowl, add the burger patty and season. Break up the patty and mix to combine. Divide the mince mixture into 2 small meatballs. Lay the tortillas out and press a meatball onto each one in a thin layer.
CHEESY MEATBALLS
Place a pan (with a lid) over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, fry the tortillas, meat-side down, until browned and cooked through, 1-2 minutes. Flip and remove from the heat. Scatter over the grated cheese. Cover to melt, 30 seconds - 1 minute. Remove from the pan and set aside.
LET’S SALSA
In a bowl, combine the diced tomato, the sliced spring onion, ½ the chopped coriander, the drained piquanté peppers, the diced gherkins, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TAKE A PIC AND SHARE
Plate up the tacos and top with the shredded leaves and the zingy tomato salsa. Drizzle over the taco sauce. Garnish with the toasted almonds and the remaining coriander. Fold up and dig in!
Green Leaves - 20g
Tomato - 1
Spring Onion - 1
Fresh Coriander - 3g
Gherkins - 10g
Piquanté Peppers - 10g
Almonds - 10g
Plain Tangy Mayo - 1 unit
Taco Sauce - 20ml
Free-range Beef Burger Patty - 1
Wheat Flour Tortillas - 2
Grated Mozzarella & Cheddar Cheese - 40g
CHOP-CHOP
Rinse the green leaves, the tomato, the spring onion, and the coriander. Finely shred the green leaves. Roughly dice the tomato. Trim and roughly slice the spring onion. Pick and roughly chop the coriander. Drain the gherkins and the piquanté peppers. Finely chop the gherkins. Roughly chop the almonds. Set all aside separately.
ALL THE ALMONDS
Place the chopped almonds in a pan over medium heat. Toast until golden brown, 2-4 minutes (shifting occasionally). Remove from the pan and set aside.
CREAMY TACO SAUCE
In a bowl, combine the mayo with the taco sauce, a sweetener, a drizzle of oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TACO MEATBALLS
To a bowl, add the burger patties and season. Break up the patties and mix to combine. Divide the mince mixture into 4 small meatballs. Lay the tortillas out and press a meatball onto each one in a thin layer.
CHEESY MEATBALLS
Place a pan (with a lid) over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, fry the tortillas, meat-side down, until browned and cooked through, 1-2 minutes. Flip and remove from the heat. Scatter over the grated cheese. Cover to melt, 30 seconds - 1 minute. You may need to do this in batches. Remove from the pan and set aside.
LET’S SALSA
In a bowl, combine the diced tomato, the sliced spring onion, ½ the chopped coriander, the drained piquanté peppers, the diced gherkins, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TAKE A PIC AND SHARE
Plate up the tacos and top with the shredded leaves and the zingy tomato salsa. Drizzle over the taco sauce. Garnish with the toasted almonds and the remaining coriander. Fold up and dig in!
Green Leaves - 40g
Tomato - 1
Spring Onion - 1
Fresh Coriander - 5g
Gherkins - 20g
Piquanté Peppers - 20g
Almonds - 20g
Plain Tangy Mayo - 1 unit
Taco Sauce - 40ml
Free-range Beef Burger Patties - 2
Wheat Flour Tortillas - 4
Grated Mozzarella & Cheddar Cheese - 80g
CHOP-CHOP
Rinse the green leaves, the tomatoes, the spring onions, and the coriander. Finely shred the green leaves. Roughly dice the tomatoes. Trim and roughly slice the spring onions. Pick and roughly chop the coriander. Drain the gherkins and the piquanté peppers. Finely chop the gherkins. Roughly chop the almonds. Set all aside separately.
ALL THE ALMONDS
Place the chopped almonds in a pan over medium heat. Toast until golden brown, 2-4 minutes (shifting occasionally). Remove from the pan and set aside.
CREAMY TACO SAUCE
In a bowl, combine the mayo with the taco sauce, a sweetener, a drizzle of oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TACO MEATBALLS
To a bowl, add the burger patties and season. Break up the patties and mix to combine. Divide the mince mixture into 6 small meatballs. Lay the tortillas out and press a meatball onto each one in a thin layer.
CHEESY MEATBALLS
Place a pan (with a lid) over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, fry the tortillas, meat-side down, until browned and cooked through, 1-2 minutes. Flip and remove from the heat. Scatter over the grated cheese. Cover to melt, 30 seconds - 1 minute. You may need to do this in batches. Remove from the pan and set aside.
LET’S SALSA
In a bowl, combine the diced tomato, the sliced spring onion, ½ the chopped coriander, the drained piquanté peppers, the diced gherkins, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TAKE A PIC AND SHARE
Plate up the tacos and top with the shredded leaves and the zingy tomato salsa. Drizzle over the taco sauce. Garnish with the toasted almonds and the remaining coriander. Fold up and dig in!
Green Leaves - 60g
Tomatoes - 2
Spring Onions - 2
Fresh Coriander - 8g
Gherkins - 30g
Piquanté Peppers - 30g
Almonds - 30g
Plain Tangy Mayo - 2 units
Taco Sauce - 60ml
Free-range Beef Burger Patties - 3
Wheat Flour Tortillas - 6
Grated Mozzarella & Cheddar Cheese - 125g
CHOP-CHOP
Rinse the green leaves, the tomatoes, the spring onions, and the coriander. Finely shred the green leaves. Roughly dice the tomatoes. Trim and roughly slice the spring onions. Pick and roughly chop the coriander. Drain the gherkins and the piquanté peppers. Finely chop the gherkins. Roughly chop the almonds. Set all aside separately.
ALL THE ALMONDS
Place the chopped almonds in a pan over medium heat. Toast until golden brown, 2-4 minutes (shifting occasionally). Remove from the pan and set aside.
CREAMY TACO SAUCE
In a bowl, combine the mayo with the taco sauce, a sweetener, a drizzle of oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TACO MEATBALLS
To a bowl, add the burger patties and season. Break up the patties and mix to combine. Divide the mince mixture into 8 small meatballs. Lay the tortillas out and press a meatball onto each one in a thin layer.
CHEESY MEATBALLS
Place a pan (with a lid) over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, fry the tortillas, meat-side down, until browned and cooked through, 1-2 minutes. Flip and remove from the heat. Scatter over the grated cheese. Cover to melt, 30 seconds - 1 minute. You may need to do this in batches. Remove from the pan and set aside.
LET’S SALSA
In a bowl, combine the diced tomato, the sliced spring onion, ½ the chopped coriander, the drained piquanté peppers, the diced gherkins, a drizzle of olive oil, and seasoning. Set aside.
TAKE A PIC AND SHARE
Plate up the tacos and top with the shredded leaves and the zingy tomato salsa. Drizzle over the taco sauce. Garnish with the toasted almonds and the remaining coriander. Fold up and dig in!
Green Leaves - 80g
Tomatoes - 2
Spring Onions - 2
Fresh Coriander - 10g
Gherkins - 40g
Piquanté Peppers - 40g
Almonds - 40g
Plain Tangy Mayo - 2 units
Taco Sauce - 80ml
Free-range Beef Burger Patties - 4
Wheat Flour Tortillas - 8
Grated Mozzarella & Cheddar Cheese - 160g