chef john's beef sliders

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 pound ground beef
• 16 paper muffin liners
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• secret sauce ingredients:
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
• 8 slider-size burger buns, cut almost through horizontally
• 8 slices roma (plum) tomato

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• place ground beef a work surface; divide into 8 equal-size pieces using a knife or pastry cutter. line 8 muffin cups with paper liners.
• sprinkle bottoms of paper liners with salt and black pepper. form each piece of burger into a rough ball and place into a muffin cup. season tops with salt and pepper.
• place a second paper liner on top of each piece of meat and gently press it down to shape the mini burger into a round, flat shape. pull off the paper tops and remove burgers from the muffin cups; remove bottom paper liners from burgers.
• heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. cook burgers in the hot skillet until they have a browned crust and are slightly pink in the middle, about 3 minutes per side. flip burgers and cook 3 minutes on other side. remove burgers to a plate to rest for 2 minutes.
• mix mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, and pickle relish in a bowl; spoon a dollop each bun. place burgers buns, season with more black pepper, and top with a tomato slice. close buns and serve.