Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger... it'll change the way you make your burgers :)

 

Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger

 

 

 

 

 

This is the most delicious way to make bacon cheeseburgers, eating at a fast food place wont be the same after you have these. Adding the cheese and the bacon to the meat make the hamburger so moist and juicy. You can top it with grilled onions, veggies, BBQ sauce, or any other sauce you like on your cheeseburgers. I chose to use cheddar cheese for the top and pepper jack for the inside of the patty but again you can use any kind of cheese you prefer. Either way you're going to love them! :)

 

 

 

First step is to pulse the bacon in the handy dandy food processor until it resembles ground beef. You can use as much or as little bacon as you like depending on how many hamburgers you are making. I used 4 strips for 1 pound of ground beef which made 4 hamburgers.

 

 

 

Mix the bacon with ground beef using your hands. Then add chopped green peppers, onion, pepper jack cheese, salt, pepper, seasoning salt and/or any other seasonings you like.

 

 

Mix all the ingredients well using the best tools in the kitchen; your hands.

 

 

 

Once everything is all mixed in make the meat mixture into desired sized patties. For me its easiest to roll them up into balls then squish them down. If you're using 1 lb. of beef like I did you can make four pretty good sized patties, which would be the same thing as a quarter pounder at a fast food joint.

 

 

 

You can grill them, bake them, or pan fry them just remember they contain cheese so it will melt. Daniel and I both like our hamburgers well done so I let them cook for a long time. The thicker your patty the longer it will take to cook. 

 

 

Cheryl bought this cool contraption at the Home Improvement Expo in Delmar. The lady doing the demo had us try some chicken she had grilled/steamed on it using orange juice as the steaming liquid. It was so moist and delicious we were sold. I think it was about $30 but it's totally worth it for indoor grilling. The cool thing about this is that it has a reservoir under the grill plate for liquid so it steams the food while it grills it giving it the flavor of whatever liquid you use. Since I was making cheeseburgers I decided to use beer for the liquid and the hamburgers came out amazing. So if you are making these on the grill you pour some beer on top of the patties before you flip. If you don't have a grill or one of these cool contraptions, you don't have to use the beer.

 

 

Cook the patties to desired temperature. Add a slice of cheese to top while it still hot. Assemble your favorite way and enjoy!!