Fajita Cheeseburger | Food Wishes

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Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with fajita cheeseburger. That's right, this is my take on the very viral burger video that's been making the rounds. And while I did not pan fry mine in an inch of margarine or butter spread or whatever that stuff was, I still love the idea and thought this came out incredibly well. And to get started, we'll mix up our fajita spice, which for me will include some chili powder, as well as some smoked paprika, plus way more than a few shakes of cayenne.

We will also add some ground cumin, some onion powder, some garlic powder,

and then last but not least, some Mexican oregano. And that's it. We'll take a spoon and give this a mix. And believe it or not, we just saved like $7, which is what a jar of fajita spice costs in my local store. And no, I don't add salt to mine since how much I use of that will depend on what I'm cooking. But anyway, once that's mixed up, we'll set it aside and we'll go ahead and form our burger. And as usual, we'll dampen our hands so the meat doesn't stick.

And we will shape this using our famous three-step method, the old ball patty

and press, which is where we first make a smooth ball. Then we go around shaping it into a patty before giving it a final pressing to whatever size we want, which ideally is a little bit larger than the size of our bun. And then what we'll do is season this on both sides very generously with some kosher salt in which I mixed a little bit of freshly ground black pepper. And that's it.

Besides our burger and our fajita spice, we're also going to need some sliced onions, some sliced seedated jalapeno rings, as well as half a small tomato I cut in quarters. And then as far as the bun we're going to serve this on, I am going to toast it as usual, but we're not using butter.