Smashed Cheeseburger Tacos
Inspired by TikTok Creators
- Milk
- Eggs
- Wheat
- Soy
We never tire of scrolling through tantalizing cooking videos—remind you of anyone you know? That’s how we encountered this quick and easy technique for making crispy, delicious cheeseburger tacos that involve three of our favorite things: cheeseburgers, tacos, and smashing stuff! Our chefs had a blast in the test kitchen recreating this internet-famous mash-up that comes together in a flash…er, smash (and so will you!).
Ingredients
1 unit
Sliced Dill Pickle
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 tablespoon
Fry Seasoning
1 unit
Ketchup
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
1 unit
Tomato
6 unit
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Wheat, Soy)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Halve tomato; slice into ¼-inch-thick half-moons. Roughly chop pickle.
• In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and ketchup. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• In a medium bowl, combine beef*, Fry Seasoning, a big pinch of salt, and pepper until thoroughly combined. • Form beef mixture into 6 2-inch meatballs (12 meatballs for 4 servings).
• Place tortillas on a clean work surface. Place meatballs in the centers of tortillas. • Working one at a time, cover each meatball with a piece of plastic wrap and flatten out with the palm of your hand until meat almost reaches edges of tortilla.
• Heat a large dry, preferably nonstick, pan over medium heat. Working in batches, carefully add burger tortillas, meat sides down, to pan (we were able to fit two tortillas per batch). Cook until beef is almost cooked through, 2-3 minutes. • Flip tortillas; top each with a small handful of cheddar. Cook until tortillas are toasted, cheese starts to melt, and beef is cooked through, 30-60 seconds more. • Turn off heat; transfer to a baking sheet and cover with foil to keep warm. Wipe out pan and repeat to cook remaining burger tortillas. TIP: If pan gets too hot in the last couple batches, lower the heat.
• Divide burger tortillas between plates. Top with tomato slices and as much chopped pickle and special sauce as you like. Fold into tacos and serve.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the tasty cheeseburger-taco fusion; some found it bland and suggested adding onions or extra seasoning 🍔
- Ease of prep: While some found it quick and fun to make, others struggled with the smashing technique and greasy cooking process
- Suggestions: Consider adding lettuce, onions, and mustard for crunch and flavor; cook meat separately to reduce greasiness
- Portions: Several mentioned the meat shrank significantly during cooking, leaving tacos feeling underfilled
- Cooking method: Some preferred cooking on a griddle or air fryer instead of a pan for easier preparation
Reviews from our home cooks
Best way I've seen to smash a burger! Love that it cuts down on the amount of spatter from cooking the meat and it was easier to eat without making a mess than a burger on a bun. I added a drizzle of mustard because I like that but, there was plenty of other fillings to make this a meal. Would definitely get this again!
I've been wanting to try something similar and was pleasantly surprised by how easy and tasty this was to do. Only feedback is it would have been nice to have lettuce included to really mimic a cheeseburger. I ended up using a Caesar salad kit I had bought for that.
Very yummy tacos! I was hesitant that the hamburger meat would cook enough but they came out awesome. I prefer having a hard copy of the recipe ingredients as I got the wrong recipe card.
We don't order tacos that often...but this was definitely a winner for us! The smashed cheeseburger filling was fantastic.
I'm not on TikTok so maybe I missed a key step so these would be successful??? I found these to be too greasy, but I love the idea and it would be great to see the recipe refined to reduce greasiness.
This was really good. I cooked the hamburger up like I would for tacos, rather than smashing it. The sauce, pickles, and tomatoes were a great addition.
First time trying this recipe & we loved it. Easy to prepare and tasty. Our 6 yr old grandson gobbled two of them down.
An unusual take on burgers and tacos, I really enjoyed this one! My suggestion though, would be to add in a side of some sort.
Loved these. They were a fun change from regular tacos or hamburgers. Flavors mingled nicely.
Delicious! Would never have thought of making burgers this way. Everyone enjoyed this recipe.
