Hickory Smoked Chipotle Bacon Cheese Burgers
By: Ken & Patti Fisher
Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 11:26pm

Ingredients




2 pounds lean ground beef
1 pound bacon
1 tablespoon chipotle chili powder
2 tablespoons coarse black pepper
2 tablespoons dry roasted garlic
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
Your favorite burger cheese
Your favorite buns

Preparation

1 Directions: 2 Cook the bacon until it is just done, still limp and juicy. Then cut it up into bite size pieces. I used kitchen shears for this first. It is easier than using a knife. 3 Put everything in a large bowl and mix well. 4 Don’t worry if the meat is on the dry side, the bacon will take care of that. 5 Put it covered into the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight to let everything get happy. 6 We make 5 patties out of 2 lbs of meat. 7 Preparing Grill: High Direct Heat 8 Preheat your grill to High heat (400-450). Add your wet hickory chips to the fire and oil the grill. A cooking spray is easiest for this. (Note: you can add your hickory directly to the grill or you can use foil smoke packets.(Two handfuls wet chips and one dry, fold foil into a packet, poke holes in it with a fork and you’re good to go.) 9 Note: I use a spray bottle when cooking on the grill filled with a Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke mix that keeps things moist and adds tons of flavors. (Mix is 3 parts Worcestershire with 1 part liquid smoke) 10 Directions: 11 Place them on the grill and because they are so big they are going to cook a little longer. About 10 to 15 minutes before you’re done brush them with a little Raspberry Chipotle BBQ sauce. (The recipe for the sauce is on my web site, http://datenightdoins.com) 12 Then add the cheese, dab a little sauce on it and pull them when the cheese is melted. 13 Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to your taste. 14 Take it and run with it…. 15 Enjoy, 16 Ken & Patti

About



This week I wanted to put a different twist on the bacon burger. I can never keep the bacon in place on one of these things so I thought I would put it in the burger. And what can be better than bacon with chipotle and cheese …
(We just used the beef to hold it together.)
The bacon flavor just jumped out at you followed with the smoky flavor of the chipotle; add beef and cheese and you’ve got a nice juicy burger. This one is a real winner.