Classic Bacon Cheeseburger
A fully loaded double smashburger with cheese, bacon, all the veggies and a homemade sauce.
Ingredients
- 1½ Lb Bacon cut in half
- 2 lb Ground Beef
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 12 slices Cheddar Cheese
- 6 Hamburger Buns Store-bought or See recipe below
- 1 cup Fry Sauce Store-bought of See recipe below
- ½ White Onion thinly sliced
- 1 Large Beefsteak Tomato sliced
- 6 pieces Green Leaf Lettuce
Instructions
- In a bowl, thoroughly combine ground beef with salt, pepper, paprika and garlic powder. Use a 2 inch food scoop to form into 12 balls.
- Place each ball between two 6inch pieces of parchment and use a heavy pan or burger press to flatten out. Repeat with remaining ball.
- In a frying pan over medium high heat, add bacon. Cook until crispy and then remove to paper towel covered plate.
- In a wide flat pan or on a flat top griddle, over medium high heat, add 2 or 4 (depending on available space) flattened patties. Let cook for about 3 minutes then flip and smash down again. Cook another 3 minutes and then place a slice of cheese on each patty. Cover with lid and let melt for a minute then add 3 pieces of bacon on top of each patty. Stack two patties together and remove from pan. Repeat with remaining burgers.
- Build the burger - smear top bun with fry sauce. Place a piece of lettuce then two slices of tomato and some onion to the bottom bun. The place the double cheese burger on top, adding two or three pieces of bacon. Lastly add top bun and pressing down slightly.
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