Burgers Anyone?

Inside Out Bacon Burgers

I stole the idea for this from a show on the Food Network called "Guy's Big Bite." The host, Guy, used different ingredients, but the basic method is the same. As you'll see, there are many different ways to make these.

Ingredients

1 pound of 80/20 Ground Chuck, thats 80% beef/20% fat
1/4 pound of Bacon
1/2 of a Sweet Yellow Onion
2 Slices of American Cheese
Salt
Cracked Black Pepper
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Steps

Start out with a little EVOO in a skillet. While that heats up, dice the onion. Make sure you dice it pretty small, because they are going inside the burger. Toss the diced onions into the skillet, and get your bacon. Slice the bacon into pieces about an inch long. Toss the bacon right in with the onions. Don't worry too much about separating the bacon, they will separate while they cook.

Take the beef, and mix it in a bowl with about a tablespoon each of the Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder, and Onion Powder. Once its mixed up nicely, divide the beef into four equal sections. These will be your four burgers. Once the bacon is nice and crispy, take and the onions out of the pan and onto some paper towels. Blot the grease off as much as possible and let it sit for a few minutes. That will help the bacon crisp up. Now to make the patties. Take one of the quarters that you made, and break it in half. If you have a little dish, or even a mayonnaise jar lid, it will help to make nice patties. Put some wax paper in your dish to help get the burger out, and place half of the meat into it. Spread it out to make a nice patty, with a little dent in the middle. Take some of the bacon and onions and place them right in the middle of the patty. Next, take a couple pieces of the cheese(I used half a slice each burger) and place it on the bacon.

Take the other half of the meat that you have for that one and form it into a patty and place it on top of the other patty. Like a bacon, onion, and cheese sandwich, but using beef instead of bread. Take the whole thing out of the dish or lid or whatever you used, and pinch the edges shut. It should now look like a regular burger, albeit kind of thick. Do this for all four burgers, and then onto the grill. Top however you like.