Inside-out Bacon Cheeseburgers With Grilled Green Onion Mayo

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 slices bacon, chopped
• 4 scallions, cleaned and trimmed
• extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 1 1/3 lbs ground sirloin
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
• 1 tablespoon steak seasoning (or coarse salt and black pepper)
• 1/2 lb extra sharp cheddar cheese, crumbled
• 1 cup mayonnaise or 1 cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• salt and pepper
• 4 crusty kaiser rolls, split
• 4 leaves crisp romaine lettuce

Recipe

• 1 preheat grill pan over high heat.
• 2 in a medium pan brown bacon over medium high heat and drain on paper towel lined plate.
• 3 brush scallions with a little oil and grill on hot grill pan 2 or 3 minutes on each side; remove from heat to cool.
• 4 to make the burgers, combine ground beef with worcestershire and steak seasoning or salt and pepper; divide meat into 4 equal parts.
• 5 combine cheese crumbles and cooked bacon.
• 6 take 1/4 of the meat in your hand and make a well in the center of it.
• 7 pile in cheese and bacon, then carefully form the burger around the cheese and bacon filling; make sure the fillings are completely covered with meat.
• 8 when all 4 patties are formed, drizzle burgers with oil and place on hot grill pan.
• 9 cook 2 minutes on each side over high heat, reduce heat to medium low and cook burgers 7 or 8 minutes longer, turning occasionally.
• 10 do not press down on burgers as they cook.
• 11 transfer burgers to a plate and let them rest 5 minutes before serving.
• 12 to make the green onion mayonnaise, chop cooled, grilled green onions and add to a food processor.
• 13 add mayonnaise and cumin to the food processor and pulse the onions and mayonnaise.
• 14 season with salt and pepper, to your taste.
• 15 pile burgers on crusty buns and top with crisp lettuce leaves and a slather of green onion mayonnaise.
• 16 as you bite into the burgers, you will find a smoky, cheesy surprise at the center.