Instructions:

• Step 1 - Gather your ingredients. You’ll need #1 - 1 Cup Shredded Lettuce, #2 - ½ Cup Smoked Chipotle Mayo, #3 - ½ Cup Onion Confit, #4 - 2 Sesame Seed Buns, #5 - 6 Slices Smoked Gouda, #6 - ½ TBSP Kosher Salt, #7 - 2 Hamburger Patties.
• Step 2 - Salt burgers on one side. Get out a saute pan and heat it on medium to high heat. While you are waiting for it to heat, salt your burgers generously with half the salt on the side that's up. Place burgers in hot pan salt side down and salt the other side with the remaining salt. Don't touch and let the burgers cook.
• Step 3 - Toast your buns. While the burger cooks for 3-4 minutes on one side. When juices start appearing on the top, then flip it. Add three slices of cheese to the top of each burger. When I cut from the smoked gouda log, my slices were a little thin and not all the way through so adjust accordingly. After flipping the burger and adding the cheese, drop the bun in the toaster.
• Step 4 - Assemble condiments. Burger is almost done and your toast just popped. If the cheese is not as melted as you would like, place a mixing bowl, upside down over the pan where the burgers are cooking to steam the cheese. Spoon on the chipotle mayo on the top side, then add the shredded lettuce. Add a spoonful of the onion config on the bottom bun.
• Step 5 - Add burger patty to complete. Once your bun has been decorated, your burger, depending on how big it is, should be ready to eat. I used ⅓ burgers in my recipe. Remove the burger from heat. Be careful removing the mixing bowl - it can get hot. Use a spatula to grab the burger patty, then drain any excess fat by tilting the burger and waiting a few moments. Add it to the top of the onion confit.