MICHAEL SYMON'S GRILLED ONION BURGER AND SPICY QUICK PICKLE

Steps:

• Vegetable Oil
• medium Yellow Onion (sliced)
• Heat a griddle to medium high. Add a few tablespoons of oil to the griddle and top with diced onions and season with salt.
• 1/2 pounds Ground Beef Chuck
• Salt and freshly cracked Black Pepper
• slices American Cheese
• Meanwhile, form 4 ounce balls of the ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Place a ball of meat on top of each onion pile and smashed down with a spatula to flatten. Season meat and cook for 2 minutes or until crispy on the first side. Flip and cook for 1 minute then top with a slice of cheese. Cook for 1 more minute just until the cheese is melted.
• Mayonnaise
• Hamburger Potato Buns
• Ketchup
• Mustard
• For the Condiments: Spread mayo on the bun and warm bun on the griddle the place a cooked cheesy pattie on the bottom of the bun. Top with the spicy quick pickle and your favorite condiments.
• cups White Vinegar
• teaspoon Sugar
• 2 teaspoon Red Chili Flakes
• teaspoon Fennel Seeds
• teaspoon Coriander
• Fresno Chilies (thinly sliced)
• Kirby Cucumbers (thinly sliced)
• For the Spicy Quick Pickle: Combine vinegar, sugar, chili flake, fennel and coriander in a small pot and bring to a boil. Pour over prepared vegetables. Allow to sit until liquid is room temperature. Strain and serve.
• Helpful Tips:
• When making burgers, you shouldn't use meat with less than 20% fat. Ground meat with a higher percentage of fat has more flavor than lean meat.
• Only press the patties when they first go on the grill. Pressing burgers after they've been cooking squeezes the juice out, leaving you with dry burgers.
• When melting cheese on the burger, put a splash of water on the griddle and cover the burger with a lid to create steam melting the cheese faster.