Crispy Cheese Burger Sliders

Have you ever made cheeseburgers when you lifted them off the grill or out of a pan….and there was this piece of cooked cheese that was kind of hanging off the side of the burger. 

Then when no one was looking you broke that piece off and ate it.  And that piece of cooked cheese was so good.

Here’s a recipe that has a big piece of that cooked cheese as part of the burger itself!

This idea came from one of my fave Food Network shows, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives with Guy Fieri. 

Guy was visiting a restaurant called the “Squeeze Inn” in Sacramento, CA where they made this delicious cheeseburger with cooked cheese hanging over the entire burger that was served in a regular size bun.

Here’s a video clip from the Squeeze Inn that shows how they make this burger at the restaurant using ice and steam.

In the recipe below I made a slider version of this cheeseburger with an onion poppy seed dinner roll. 

It was “over-the-top”, “off-the-hook”, and “the real deal” as Guy would say!

Let’s check out the ingredients:

Here’s how to make it.

For the Burger:

Remove the seeds from the jalapeno pepper (unless you like more heat).

Dice the jalapeno pepper and garlic.

In a medium size bowl, add the ground beef, diced jalapeno pepper and garlic.

Then add the pepper and mix all of the ingredients together. 

Next, form the hamburger into patties.

Try to make the diameter of the patty the same as the diameter of your roll.

In a small diameter size skillet, brown the hamburger patty on one side….

…..then on the other side.

Before the hamburger patty is done,

pile one cup of shredded cheese on top of the patty.

Yum.

Cover the pan with a lid.

When the cheese has spread over the bottom of the pan (about 3 minutes)….

…..and can be lifted up along with the patty, remove it from the pan and set aside while toasting the buns.

For the Buns:

Add the butter to a large skillet on medium heat.

Put the buns in face down so that the inside of the bread gets covered with the butter.

Cook until the inside of the buns are a golden-brown toasted color.

For the Crispy Cheese Burger Sliders:

Set the crispy cheese burger on top of the bottom side of the toasted bun.

Double Yum.

Add a touch of your favorite dressing (ranch, blue cheese, mayonnaise or whatever you like). 

I used a cilantro based dressing that was so good with this burger.

Triple Yum.

Slice the avocado….

….and the tomato.

Next, add a slice of tomato on top of the burger….

….and then the avocado, a dash of pepper, and a dash of salt.

Then, last but not least, add the top side of the bun to the crispy cheese burger.

Enjoy!

Delish.

Quandruple Yum.