Bacon Cheeseburger Quesadillas

Burgers and Mexican are very popular choices in my home so I make them often. Then I decided to mash things up and made some Bacon Cheeseburger Quesadillas that got devoured by my crew. So much so that I ended up making another round of them after later that evening.

The special sauce is what really brings the “burger” flavor out in this dish. And it is a super simple sauce to pull together- whisking helps it smooth out faster. It doubles as a fry sauce too. My family prefers Mt. Olive Hamburger Dill Pickles on our burgers, so that is what I use for the juice in the sauce.

I made several large (burrito-sized) quesadillas but you could certainly make small soft taco sized ones and just not cut them as much. I didn’t make a side dish to go with it but you could go classic and do French Fries. You could also try my Black Bean Salad that has some hints of Tex-Mex and would be yummy with these quesadillas.

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Bacon Cheeseburger Quesadillas

A delicious bacon cheeseburger in a tortilla with a simple special sauce!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Mexican, Tex-Mex

Keyword bacon, burger, burger recipes, cheese, cheeseburger, ground beef, quesadilla, tortilla

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 1½ lb Ground Beef
• 1 lb Bacon cut into ½-inch pieces
• ½ White Onion diced
• 3 Garlic Cloves minced
• 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Parsley
• 3 cup Cheddar Cheese shredded
• 1 Romaine Heart shredded
• 3 Roma Tomatoes diced
• 10 Tortillas burrito-sized

For the Special Sauce

• 1 cup Mayo
• ½ cup Ketchup
• 1 tbsp Dill Pickle Juice
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• ¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper

Instructions

• Prepare all of the ingredients.
• In a large saute pan over medium high heat, add bacon. Cook until crispy and remove to paper towel covered plate. Reserve grease.
• Add garlic and onions to pan and cook for 3 minutes. Then add ground beef, red pepper flakes, salt, and parsley. Crumble and cook until no longer pink. Add 1 cup of cheese and bacon back to pan. Stir to combine and remove from heat.
• Preheat griddle to medium-high heat.
• In a small bowl, combine special sauce ingredients and then place in refrigerator until ready to serve.
• Sprinkle some cheese on one half of a tortilla. Add a portion of meat mixture. Fold tortilla over and place on griddle. Cook for 3 minutes on each side. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
• Cut each tortilla into 3 triangles. Serve with lettuce, tomatoes, and special sauce on top.