Quarter-Bite-You-Back Chipotle Bacon Burger Recipe

Ingredients

Ingredients	Weight	Measure
TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce	---	6 oz.
Beef, freshly ground chuck	3 lb.	---
Bacon, cooked crisp, chopped, with drippings	1-1/2 lb.	---
Red onion, chopped	12 oz.	---
Garlic cloves, peeled and chopped	---	24 ea.
Croutons, seasoned, crushed or chopped into crumbs	6 oz.	---
Hamburger rolls, toasted	---	12 ea.
Lettuce, shredded	---	12 oz.
Tomato slices	---	12 ea.
Onion slices	---	12 ea.

Preparation

Preheat broiler.

In a large mixing bowl, mix ground beef, bacon, red onion, TABASCO® Chipotle Sauce, garlic and croutons by hand, just until well combined and thoroughly blended.

Shape mixture into 12 equally large burger patties of about 1/2 lb. each.

Place burgers onto broiler pan and broil to desired doneness, turning only once (about 4 to 5 min. per side for medium doneness).

Serve each burger warm on a toasted roll with lettuce, tomato and onion, alongside 4 oz. steak fries and a big kosher pickle spear.