Shaq's Smash Burger With Jalapeño Pimiento Cheese - Shaq Fu Radio

Ingredients

• 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
• ½ cup canned pickled jalapeños, drained and chopped
• ¼ cup plain cream cheese, at room temperature
• ¼ cup mayonnaise
• 1 tsp hot sauce (such as Tabasco or Crystal)
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
• 1 tbsp kosher salt
• 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 6 sesame-seed burger buns, split
• 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, sliced (optional)
• 6 lettuce leaves (optional)