Nothing says “good morning” like… hearty burgers for breakfast. YES, today we are making smashed breakfast burgers on the Traeger Flatrock Griddle (gifted). These griddle burgers are stacked high with griddled peppers and onions, sliced avocado, a fried sunny side up egg, and Everything Bagel seasoning. Wear your pajamas for this one and let’s get griddling…
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Why breakfast smash burgers are great to make…
- The key toppings: everything bagel seasoning, perfectly fried egg, griddled onions and peppers.
- Blends two worlds together. Burgers and breakfast don’t usually go hand-in-hand, but this smash burger perfectly marries them together.
- It’s super tasty. Having an egg with a runny yolk on top adds an extra flavor bomb that you wouldn’t get otherwise.
- Easy. The lovely thing about griddling, is that you can cook all of this at once. Use one burner for the onions and peppers, another for cooking the patties, and the third section for toasting buns and frying your eggs.
New to griddle cooking burgers?
Scroll to the bottom of this post for step-by-step video instructions.
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make breakfast burgers on the griddle grill.
Ingredients for making smashed breakfast burger patties
- 1 LB ground beef, 80/20 blend
- 2 tbsp butter, salted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 4 slices cheddar cheese
Griddled peppers and onions breakfast burger topping
- 2 tbsp butter, salted
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 red onion
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- salt + pepper
- 1 tbsp avocado oil, optional, to add while cooking so they don’t burn, as needed
Check out these Philly cheesesteak smash burgers…
Griddled fried egg breakfast burger topping
- 1 tbsp butter, salted
- 4 eggs
Serve with griddled breakfast smash burger toppings
- 4 hamburger buns
- 1 tsp cilantro, fresh chopped
- 1 tsp everything bagel seasoning
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 1 tbsp hot sauce or worcestershire sauce
- You could also top with tomato, lettuce, etc.
See popular smoked food recipes on Sip Bite Go…
How to make breakfast burgers
Now I’ll walk you through it…
Quick look at how to make this smash breakfast burgers recipe
- Make hamburger balls and chill them.
- Griddle onions and peppers.
- Smash burgers and melt cheddar cheese on top.
- Griddle hamburger buns to toast them up.
- Fry eggs.
- Assemble breakfast smash burgers topped with a sprinkle of everything bagel seasoning, avocado, cilantro, and hot sauce.
Now for the step by step breakfast burgers griddle recipe…
1. How to prep smash burgers from ground beef
- Divide up the ground beef into 4 equal portions. You don’t need to season them with salt and pepper at this time (you’ll do that when cooking the smash burgers on the griddle).
- Roll ground beef into hamburger beef balls. (don’t form into patties now, you’ll do that on the griddle)
- Transfer smash burger meat to the fridge to chill while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
2. How to griddle onions and peppers topping
- Heat one griddle burner area to medium heat (~350 – 375 degrees F).
- Add butter to the griddle and spread around.
- Add the sliced onions and peppers to the griddle surface.
- Season with a little salt and pepper.
- As needed, add a little avocado oil to the griddling onions and peppers while flipping them around every couple of minutes, as they cook. This will keep them from burning while they cook.
- Cook until done to your liking. Once done, we like to leave the burner on low, or turn it off but leave the onions and peppers on the griddle to stay warm while cooking the rest of the food.
3. How to griddle breakfast smash burgers
- First, get some sort of kitchen tool to help you smash burgers. I use the (gifted) Traeger Grills meat smasher. In the Sip Bite Go Oklahoma smash burger recipe, you’ll see our method for using a large metal spatula to smash burgers. If you use a spatula to make smash burgers, add a piece of parchment paper between the spatula and the burger patty as you smash it, so it doesn’t stick).
- Preheat one griddle burner area to high (500 degrees F). The Sip Bite Go recipe demonstration is on the Traeger Flatrock but this recipe will work on the Blackstone Grill or whatever outdoor griddle you’re using to cook.
- Add butter to the griddle and spread around.
- Place beef balls onto the griddle and then use a burger press to smash the balls into a thin circular burger patty.
- Season with salt and pepper and continue to griddle for 2 minutes.
- Flip burger patties, season with salt and pepper, top with a slice of cheese (cheddar), and cover with a steam dome to melt. About 2 minutes.
- Griddle smash burger until done to your liking.
- Remove smash burger patties from the griddle and place on top of your burger buns.
- Enjoy!
4. How to griddle hamburger buns
- Preheat one griddle burner area to low heat. (~300 degrees F)
- I don’t usually add more butter, because I cook the buns in an area of the griddle that was cooking the onions and peppers, and usually they toast up just fine. But if you want to, add butter to the griddle and spread around.
- Cook until done to your liking. I prefer to only griddle the inside of hamburger buns, not the outside, but you do you! Buns are toasted within 3 minutes.
5. How to griddle fried egg / sunny side up egg to breakfast burger topping
- Preheat one griddle burner area to low heat. (300 degrees F)
- Add butter to the griddle and spread around.
- Crack egg onto the buttered surface and cook until done. For a sunny side up egg as seen in this recipe, the egg will cook within 4 minutes.
- Cook the eggs until done to your liking.
See how to griddle eggs for this breakfast burger recipe…
Also see how to griddle bacon…
6. How to assemble breakfast burgers
- Add toasted bun bottom to a plate.
- Add an overflowing amount of griddled peppers and onions.
- Add smash burger with cheese.
- Gently place the fried egg on top of the burger patty.
- Sprinkle egg yolk with everything bagel seasoning and fresh chopped cilantro.
- Top as desired with avocado and hot sauce, plus the top bun.
See how to make smoked burgers…
FAQs
This one is easy. First make your beef balls. Once you place them onto the hot griddle surface, use a burger press or a heavy spatula and press down on the ground beef balls to smash them into a burger patty shape.
Cook at 500 degrees F for 2 – 3 minutes per side or until they reach your desired level of doneness.
Most definitely! Having a runny yolk adds some additional flavor to your smash burger.
Preheat your griddle to a low to medium low temperature. Melt some butter on the surface then place your egg right on top. Cook for about 4 minutes or until the egg is done to your liking. I enjoy a runny yolk, but if you like a firm yolk, then cook the egg for an additional minute.
Try these easy griddle recipes…
- Smashed breakfast burgers
- Griddled bacon
- Griddled onions
- Griddled chicken breast
- Griddle corn on the cob
- Quesadillas on the griddle
- Onion smashed burgers
- Philly cheesesteak smash burgers
- Steak fajitas on griddle
- GUIDE: seasoning Blackstone Griddle grills for the first time
See new griddle recipes for beginners…
Griddle cooking tools in the SBG setup…
Main griddle equipment
- Outdoor flattops: Blackstone Griddle + Traeger Flatrock (gifted).
- Indoor griddle: Lodge Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Grill Pan
Other helpful grilling tools, accessories, ingredients…
- Heavy-duty Traeger tongs
- Traeger Tray (love for prep and to carry ingredients to the grill)
- Meat Church Texas Sugar BBQ
- California Avocado Oil Blend
Traeger Flatrock guides
- Traeger Flatrock grill review
- Tips for seasoning Traeger Flatrock grills
- Guide to Flatrock grease bucket
- See demos for the Traeger Flatrock grill cover
- Check out popular Flatrock accessories and the Flatrock smash burger kit
Meat thermometer recommendations
Every home chef needs a reliable meat thermometer to cook food perfectly.
On Sip Bite Go, you’ll often see me using:
- Meater thermometer – a fancy wireless thermometer that connects to a phone app – gifted to me from a Traeger partnership.
- ThermoPro digital thermometer – which has a wire that connects the thermometer to a display box outside the oven/grill.
It’s like being psychic! The great thing about either of the thermometers above is that I don’t have to take the food out of the oven to know the temperature.
How to use ‘em… What I do is stick the digital thermometer in steak, pork, chicken, whatever… Then put the food in the oven, on the smoker, or grill.
While the meat cooks, it reads the temperature so I know exactly what temp meat is as it’s cooking. Without having to take it out and check. It’s really difficult to overcook food when you know exactly what temp it is inside!
See how to make half pound Blackstone burgers…
Why we wrote this recipe
What you think about before bed is what you dream about…
right?
Well, my husband came out of the pantry at 9pm one night craving everything bagel seasoning.
We knew the next day was going to be beautiful, so griddled smash burgers were already on the brain.
As we were getting ready for bed we started dreaming about how to make breakfast burgers that would blow our taste buds minds….
And the rest is recipe writing history!
Gourmet burger recipes from Sip Bite Go to check out…
- Smoked burgers
- Viral taco smash burgers
- Breakfast burgers
- Onion smash burgers
- Philly cheesesteak smash burgers
- Blackstone burgers
- Burger sliders
- See how to make hamburger patties step by step
- GUIDE: how long to grill burgers
- Sous vide burgers
- Mayo seared sous vide burgers
- Sous vide lamb burgers
- Smoked bacon wrapped burgers
- Bacon wrapped burgers
- Cheeseburger pizza
- See more Blackstone griddle recipes
- Learn how to toast buns on griddle
- See the best burger recipes…
Meat thermometer recommendations
Every home chef needs a reliable meat thermometer to cook food perfectly.
On Sip Bite Go, you’ll often see me using:
- Meater thermometer – a fancy wireless thermometer that connects to a phone app – gifted to me from a Traeger partnership.
- ThermoPro digital thermometer – which has a wire that connects the thermometer to a display box outside the oven/grill.
It’s like being psychic! The great thing about either of the thermometers above is that I don’t have to take the food out of the oven to know the temperature.
How to use ‘em… What I do is stick the digital thermometer in steak, pork, chicken, whatever… Then put the food in the oven, on the smoker, or grill.
While the meat cooks, it reads the temperature so I know exactly what temp meat is as it’s cooking. Without having to take it out and check. It’s really difficult to overcook food when you know exactly what temp it is inside!
Are you a foodie, too?
Hey home chef, hope that answers all your questions about making a smash breakfast burgers.
Enjoy cooking and chat soon on Instagram / TikTok / YouTube.
– Jenna
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Smashed Breakfast Burgers Flatrock Griddle Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
Ingredients for making smashed breakfast burger patties
- 1 LB ground beef 80/20 blend
- 2 tbsp butter salted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 4 slices cheddar cheese
Griddled peppers and onions breakfast burger topping
- 2 tbsp butter salted
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 red onion
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- salt + pepper
- 1 tbsp avocado oil optional, to add while cooking so they don’t burn, as needed
Griddled fried egg breakfast burger topping
- 1 tbsp butter salted
- 4 eggs
Serve with griddled breakfast smash burger toppings
- 4 hamburger buns
- 1 tsp cilantro fresh chopped
- 1 tsp everything bagel seasoning
- 1 avocado sliced
- 1 tbsp hot sauce or worcestershire sauce
- You could also top with tomato lettuce, etc.
Instructions
How to prep smash burgers from ground beef
- Divide up the ground beef into 4 equal portions. You don’t need to season them with salt and pepper at this time (you’ll do that when cooking the smash burgers on the griddle).
- Roll ground beef into hamburger beef balls. (don’t form into patties now, you’ll do that on the griddle)
- Transfer smash burger meat to the fridge to chill while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
How to griddle onions and peppers topping
- Heat one griddle burner area to medium heat (~350 – 375 degrees F).
- Add butter to the griddle and spread around.
- Add the sliced onions and peppers to the griddle surface.
- Season with a little salt and pepper.
- As needed, add a little avocado oil to the griddling onions and peppers while flipping them around every couple of minutes, as they cook. This will keep them from burning while they cook.
- Cook until done to your liking. Once done, we like to leave the burner on low, or turn it off but leave the onions and peppers on the griddle to stay warm while cooking the rest of the food.
How to griddle breakfast smash burgers
- First, get some sort of kitchen tool to help you smash burgers. I use the (gifted) Traeger Grills meat smasher. In the Sip Bite Go Oklahoma smash burger recipe, you’ll see our method for using a large metal spatula to smash burgers. If you use a spatula to make smash burgers, add a piece of parchment paper between the spatula and the burger patty as you smash it, so it doesn’t stick).
- Preheat one griddle burner area to high (500 degrees F). The Sip Bite Go recipe demonstration is on the Traeger Flatrock but this recipe will work on the Blackstone Grill or whatever outdoor griddle you’re using to cook.
- Add butter to the griddle and spread around.
- Place beef balls onto the griddle and then use a burger press to smash the balls into a thin circular burger patty.
- Season with salt and pepper and continue to griddle for 2 minutes.
- Flip burger patties, season with salt and pepper, top with a slice of cheese (cheddar), and cover with a steam dome to melt. About 2 minutes.
- Griddle smash burger until done to your liking.
- Remove smash burger patties from the griddle and place on top of your burger buns.
- Enjoy!
How to griddle hamburger buns
- Preheat one griddle burner area to low heat. (~300 degrees F)
- I don’t usually add more butter, because I cook the buns in an area of the griddle that was cooking the onions and peppers, and usually they toast up just fine. But if you want to, add butter to the griddle and spread around. Add buns.
- Cook until done to your liking. I prefer to only griddle the inside of hamburger buns, not the outside, but you do you! Buns are toasted within 3 minutes.
How to griddle fried egg / sunny side up egg to breakfast burger topping
- Preheat one griddle burner area to low heat. (300 degrees F)
- Add butter to the griddle and spread around.
- Crack egg onto the buttered surface and cook until done. For a sunny side up egg as seen in this recipe, the egg will cook within 4 minutes.
- Cook the eggs until done to your liking.
How to assemble breakfast burgers
- Add toasted bun bottom to a plate.
- Add an overflowing amount of griddled peppers and onions.
- Add smash burger with cheese.
- Gently place the fried egg on top of the burger patty.
- Sprinkle egg yolk with everything bagel seasoning and fresh chopped cilantro.
- Top as desired with avocado and hot sauce, plus the top bun.
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