Smash Burgers

Ingredients:

1 large onion very thinly sliced (use a mandolin slicer if you have one)

1 pound TVF 100% grass-fed beef divided into 8 equal parts and rolled into small balls

8 slices american cheese (thinly sliced)

4 hamburger buns of your choice

Salt/Pepper/other seasoning of choice (montreal steak seasoning, etc)

Directions:

1.  Heat olive oil in on flat cooking surface (griddle, large cast-iron skillet, blackstone grill, etc)
2. Pile onions into 8 separate piles (use all of them even if it seems like too many).  Cook for 2-3 minutes without disturbing until nicely charred
3. Place one meat ball on each pile of cooking onions.  Using a piece of parchment or waxed paper so as not to stick, smash the meat ball with the back of a flat metal turner.  Smash it as thin as you can get it (it will rebound).
4. Season with salt and pepper.  Cook for additional 5 minutes. Then, flip the onion/burger combo over.
5. Cover each patty with cheese slice and grill until melted.
6. Assemble two patties on top of each other on buns and cover with your favorite condiments (traditionally smash-burger sauce is a combo of mayo/ketchup/mustard/relish, but you do you!)