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Mini Big Mac Style Skewers w/ Broiled Salt & Vinegar Potatoes

  • Author: driftwoodcorner
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Method: Pressure Cooker/Air Fryer
  • Cuisine: American

Description

INSTANT POT METHOD

THE BEST RECIPE FOR YOUR NEXT SUMMER PARTY! Mini Big Mac Style Cheeseburger Skewers w/ Salt & Vinegar Potatoes.  


Ingredients

Scale

FOR THE POTATOES: 

  • 1-pound Yukon Gold or Fingerling potatoes, sliced lengthwise to 1/4-inch thickness
  • 2 cups distilled white vinegar (apple cider works well but adds a sweetness to it)
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Pepper

 

FOR THE SLIDERS:

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 TBS Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 TBS total of preferred spices

My preferred spices : pepper, garlic and onion.  I do not use salt as I add a small amount of organic veggie juice.

 

Burger Toppings:

  • Cheddar cheese – cut into small squares
  • Iceberg lettuce
  • Grape/cherry tomatoes
  • Dill pickle chips
  • Optional: jalapeno slices

Instructions

  1. Wash and slice potatoes
  2. Pour 2 cups distilled vinegar into the IP
  3. Add sliced potatoes
  4. Cover with lid and let soak while you prep the burgers, sauce and toppings.
  5. In medium bowl combine ground beef, spices and Worcestershire sauce.
  6. Form ground beef into small meatball-like rounds, placing each one in your IP “egg bite molds” as you go.
  7. Place trivet in Instant pot over the potatoes in vinegar. Lower meat tray onto trivet and secure IP Lid.
  8. Set venting valve to seal and cook at manual high pressure for 2 minutes
  9. Quick release the pressure.
  10. Using heat shield gloves, lift trivet and mini burger tray out of IP and set aside.
  11. Gently transfer potatoes to a baking sheet and drain liquid. Using a paper towel pat dry the potatoes.  Coat potato slices with olive oil, salt and pepper and gently toss. 
  12. Transfer potatoes back to IP with air fryer lid.
  13. Air fry @ 475 F until brown and crispy. Remove lid, gently toss potatoes and crisp again. Time varies by air fryer – in my 8 qt pot with potatoes in the bottom, it took 20 minutes x2. The closer the element is to the potatoes, the faster it’ll crisp – I recommend broiling in oven for larger batches/quicker batches.  
  14. Remove lid and return burgers to IP in Air Fry Basket (on trivet about potatoes) with a square of cheese on top each one.  
  15. Melt cheese using Air Fryer Lid @ 475 F – about 1 minute. 
  16. Enjoy

Notes

My favorite air fryer lid for instant pot: https://amzn.to/3ee4rBE

If you are making a large batch of these for a picnic/party I highly suggest using your oven to broil the potatoes and to cook the burgers.  You will be able to cook the large batch much faster (see blog post)

To lessen the vinegar taste, use ½ water, ½ vinegar (1 cup of each)

To increase vinegar taste, allow potatoes to soak for 30 minutes prior to cooking

Serve burger skewers with the copycat big mac sauce (recipe on blog)

Serve potatoes with a cool dip such as Greek yogurt or sour cream with dill. No salt is needed in dip.