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Beef pita smash burger with quick tzatziki, cucumber-tomato-olive salad and feta

SAM THE COOKING GUY · ♥ 13.3K likes · 353.7K views · 9 min video

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Beef pita smash burger with quick tzatziki, cucumber-tomato-olive salad and feta, from the video Makes 3
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Ingredients
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  • English cucumber
Cut English cucumber into thin strips and then small and rough; do not salt or squeeze it.
Quick tzatziki without salting the cucumber
  • non-fat Greek yogurt
  • garlic
  • salt and pepper
  • lemon
  • fresh dill
Mix the cucumber with non-fat Greek yogurt, a little garlic, salt, pepper, a little lemon and fresh dill; refrigerate.
  • cucumber
  • Roma tomato
  • kalamata olives
  • garlic
  • salt and pepper
  • olive oil
For the salad, combine more cucumber cut the same way, Roma tomato, rough-chopped kalamata olives, a little garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, dill and a big grip of parsley.
  • parsley
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • red onion
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • kosher salt and pepper
  • Greek oregano
  • red pepper flakes
  • cumin
  • ½ tbsp soy paste
To a pound of ground beef add red onion, about a tablespoon of olive oil, kosher salt and pepper, Greek oregano, red pepper flakes, a little cumin and half a tablespoon of the paste; mix by hand - overworking does not matter since it is smashed.
Divide into three even-sized balls.
  • oil
  • pita
Heat oil on the griddle, set down a ball of beef, put a pita on top and press to smash.
Smashing the beef into the pita
Give it a little more time, avoiding too much grease - about one minute - then take it off.
  • lemon
  • feta
Build mostly down the middle like a taco: tzatziki, salad, a few drops of fresh lemon, crumbled feta and more fresh dill; fold to eat.
Building it like a taco