Bacon Bit Burgers

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 slices smoked bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 yellow onions
• 1 1/2 lbs ground sirloin
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon grill seasoning (like mccormick montreal steak seasoning)
• 4 crusty kaiser rolls, split
• 4 slices smoked gouda cheese
• 1/4 cup steak sauce (like a1)

Recipe

• 1 in large skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp, about 4-5 minutes. remove from pan and drain on paper towel lined plate.
• 2 discard all but about 1 t. of the bacon drippings.
• 3 chop 1/4 of an onion finely, then slice the other 1 3/4 onions.
• 4 sweat the chopped onion in the reserved bacon drippings for 2-3 minutes. remove from pan and combine with the bacon.
• 5 coat pan with the olive oil and drop in the sliced onions. let sweat until soft and slightly browned, about 10 minutes. remove and place in bowl; keep warm.
• 6 while the onions are sweating, combine the sirloin, worcestershire, hot sauce, grill seasoning, and the bacon/onion mixture. form into 4 equal-sized patties.
• 7 cook burgers, covered, in skillet, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare and 6 minutes per side for medium-well.
• 8 place a slice of cheese on each burger and cover over low heat to melt the cheese.
• 9 stir steak sauce into the cooked sliced onions.
• 10 toast the buns if desired.
• 11 serve burgers with the smothered onions on a toasted bun.
• 12 *note* i served these without the buns and enjoyed them that way also. just topped the burgers with the smothered onions and left the bun out of the equation.