Smash burgers, these are the burgers that changed my life. It is by far the best
burger in the world.
After sharing my recipe with you guys last time you asked me to make a wagyu
smashed burger. I'm excited to find out because Wagyu is
fantastic. But at the same time, is it worth making a burger out of it? There's
no way that I'm gonna let you down and we're gonna find out together.
So let's do it!
This is an Australian Wagyu shoulder clod. When I first got it I thought
it was picanha. As you can see it has very similar shape but it's not
picanha. I thought process was that shoulder clod would be perfect to make
burgers out of it. I don't think we should be using a Japanese Wagyu a5 it's
way too much fat. However shoulder clod by itself it is not enough. The first
thing I need to do is make some ground beef out of this Wagyu. So I started off
by slicing it, and when I did this is what it looks like.
The marbling on this
piece of meat is incredible. I've used regular shoulder clod be fore and it
looks nothing like this. Now in order to make smash burgers we have to grind it
up and as you can tell the meat still partially frozen and that's what you're
looking for when you're gonna grind your own meat. When you're cutting them open
the only thing you're looking for is small pieces so that it will fit in your
grinder. Let me tell you something this piece of meat is extremely marbled.
There's also a small piece of silver skin in the middle. Since we're gonna be
making burgers it's not a big deal. But you can tell there's not enough fat,
so we need to supplement and for that I have some Japanese wagyu A5 fat.
Every time I show this type of fat everyone says fat is fat, however not all
fats are the same. To better explain I try to pick this one up it is frozen and
by me handling it it starts melting in my fingers. The closest thing to it I can
think of is butter. It just melts quickly and if you are working with it you need
to work fast. Doesn't only feel different it tastes different. While it's still
frozen and before it kept melting even more I put it in my grinder and using
the thickest die I grind it all up. Once I was done this is what it looks like.
Then it was time to grind up the wagyu meat.
Now when grinding it I had a very different experience than regular meat. Usually you
double grind things with this one there's no way I could do that.
The meat is way too soft so instead of double grinding it I decided to grind it
only once. Now I like my burgers with a ratio of 80% of meat and 20% of fat.
After measuring both of them I just got to combine everything together and mix
it well. As I mentioned the Wagyu fat is like butter and started melting inside
of the meat. Then I went on to making my meatballs. And just like before I do like
to measure them that will make sure that every single one is even. As you can tell
from this footage the fat is already melting if you're not interested on
grinding your own meat and mixing them together you can buy them already
pre-made and it's just as good. And moving on forward I'm definitely gonna
choose that route. My brother Emilio from Grand Western Steaks will hook me up next
time, and if you're interested check out the description down below.
Now to have a fair comparison I'm using regular ground beef with the same ratio
80% lean in 20% fat. I follow the exact same process and weighted every single
meatball. For a better comparison here are both of them together I know the one
on the right is good, actually it's amazing but I never had the one on the
left. This is getting me super excited I have a feeling this is gonna be good.
For the sauce I kept a pretty simple threw in a little bit of mayo, followed by
ketchup, yellow mustard for some aesthetic I threw in a little bit of
ponzu sauce and finished it up with my favorite hot sauce. And remember exact
amount and ingredients always in the description down below.
Now there's left to do is mix it well and my sauce is done.
For my buns just like the previous video I'll be using brioche. Now let's talk
about the cheese usually I just use the cheapest one there is, but today we're
gonna upgrade it and use the deluxe version. Oh boy this one should be better.
I know last time you guys told me I should not use American cheese but let
me tell you something for this burger there's nothing better and come on this
is the deluxe version hashtag go easy on the comment section. But now that we have
everything ready I say it is enough talking and it is time to make some
amazing smash burgers. So let's do it!
alright everybody you asked for it you asked for it and you asked for it. We had
to have Chris back here with us. So we, you guys saw it, they were making
it together with me. I gotta say that wagyu has a lot of fat on it.
I felt like jelly. Yeah when you were, it's a completely different texture I know a
lot of you will think fat is fat, no it's different. It's weird man is weird.
If it melts too fast -
it's like. When you hold it. Yeah it's like butter all the time. Yeah falls
it falls into pieces. Exactly it's hard to explain it if you never held on your
hands but it's just like as soon as I put it on the thing well I hope that he
came trough the camera I don't know I works but usually. It desintegrated.
Another thing I'm gonna tell
you if you're gonna do a wagyu smash burger when you're smashing it it's hard
to take it out because it's just butter. Right it gets stuck. Not only stuck it's
like you just start disintegrating. But anyway I think it's enough talking they
want to know which one is better but I have not told you which one is
which. Oh that's right. You know which one it is which one is it? No.
By looks Angel?
The one that taste better. Wow we're gonna see it everybody yes let's go for it go for it.
Go for the one on the right right. Right is always right. Yes cheers everybody!
Oh that's good!
This is the regular one. How do you know is the regular one?
I ain't gonna forget that taste!
It is amazing!
Smash burger is always fantastic everybody. It is incredible it is a nice
taste, it is juicy it is wet because of the cheese well. And the sauce. And the
sauce, the sauce is kind of a little bit sweet so you have a little bit of sweet
tanginess together with the beef. Wow! So good. That's amazing. I can eat this.
I'm happy with this one boy. Okay let's go for the second one the one
on the left you ready for it? Cheers! Cheers everybody!
Oh that one is extra juicy!
You might have done something.
What do you think Chris?
It's a success!
The flavor is different. Yeah.
The mouth feels different everything is different. It's awesome it's great. What
do you think Angel? Which one is which?
This is wagyu. This is wagyu you can tell.
Yeah you can tell right away.
This much like creamier I guess it's creamier that's the word I was looking
for. It's smooth. It's like in creamier, smooth, buttery, You can taste the fat.
You can taste the dif...It's
different everybody you can tell. The flavor profile is little bit nicer. Yeah more of a kick. And it has a
wonderful aftertaste in the end you're like it just lingers in your mouth that
little beefy flavor with the caramelization of the beef.
This is good. This is a winner bro.
Thank God I was invited.
To answer the final question is this worth doing it?
Yeah. Yeah it is. It is right? It's worth burning down your house though. Yeah.
You'lI burn your house down?
I wasn't expecting much because I thought you know burger is a burger, but when you
change the beef it makes a huge difference. I hope you give it a shot
if you don't want to put the work and mix all the meat together with the fat
you know you could buy it already made which is easier you just go in your
house and make it and chop it up and you're ready to go. But anyway guys these
are the results I hope you enjoyed this video if you do enjoyed this video make
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for future videos. Remember if you're interested in anything I use, everything
is always in the description down below. Thank you guys for watching we're gonna
enjoy as you saw it we have a few more burgers to cook.
And we are out everybody. Take care bye bye.
Oh my god let me have mine at least. I'll cook you guys more we have more take it
easy bro. Let me have mine please. At least you said please because you said please.
Cuz this thing is good! See on the next one everybody take care bye bye.