PrintBurger Made of Ground Bacon
The burger above might look fairly ordinary, but the patty is not ground chuck or ground sirloin or any kind of ground beef.
That, my friends, is 100 percent ground bacon, skillet-cooked ("to avoid having it break apart on the grill"), and sandwiched between two slices of pepper Jack cheese.
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21 Comments:
Insane! Brilliant!
jperlow at 2:18PM on 06/19/07
Obviously wonderful. Will try it soon.
DocChuck at 2:20PM on 06/19/07
That's obscene. Yet I'm strangely drawn to trying one right now.
ronfrankl at 2:34PM on 06/19/07
I'd like to try it with some non-smoked ground pork belly. With a couple strips of thin-sliced pan-fried smoked duck magret strips on top...
seyo at 2:48PM on 06/19/07
Oh yeah ...
rbryants at 2:59PM on 06/19/07
It begs a sunnyside egg atop! ooo baby!
Colorado Jim at 3:11PM on 06/19/07
I can't help but ask -- how was it? The blogger stopped short of the full experience! Will I have to go make one myself, and put it on my homemade hamburger bun, just to find out? The suspense is killing me!
Peace, V.
VictoriaB at 3:16PM on 06/19/07
I wish he'd added how it tasted and whether it lived up to his expectations.
DaveFaris at 3:16PM on 06/19/07
You know, I loves me some bacon. I loves my cheeseburgers. But this is just....wrong. So far as I can tell, it's basically going to be a grease bomb, as fat renders out from the interior of the "burger" but can't escape, since the exterior has crisped in the skilled and formed a shell. I never thought I'd see the day that a dish would strike me as "too fatty" (like "too rich," this is a concept my brain has never effectively wrapped around), but this one manages to do it.
maggiesara at 3:27PM on 06/19/07
The guy responsible for it, Kirk D., emailed me and said, "It was a darn tasty burger. Crunchy bacon exterior with a chewy bacon interior. The next one will be topped with sliced jalapenos."
For some reason, I don't know why, but jalapeños just seem like a perfect topping — as does an egg, Colorado Jim!
Adam Kuban at 3:32PM on 06/19/07
reminds me a bit of what people call "squeelers" but thats a burger with 25% bacon ground in....
would it be nice with mayo? as mayo on a bacon sandwich on toast is quite nice...
Kbear919 at 3:36PM on 06/19/07
Howdy folks!
It's not really a blog page, just a how-to page from my BBQ site. I usually grind a 50/50 mix of steak and bacon for my burgers, but I decided to see what would happen if I used 100% bacon. It was Father's Day, so I deserved a treat.
It was a very tasty burger. Crunchy bacon on the outside, chewy bacon on the inside. It wasn't a grease bomb at all. I'd say it was much less greasy than the standard burger at Fuddruckers. I will probably use low sodium bacon next time to make it a little bit less lethal.
The next one will definately have sliced jalapenos on top. That would make it perfect.
A friend suggested hash browns and scrambled eggs to make the ultimate breakfast burger. I agree, but only if I use an English muffin as a bun.
Kirk
PhotoKirk at 3:38PM on 06/19/07
oh . . my . . gawd . . Now I have to go out and get a meat grinder (ashamed that I don't have one already) and make myself one. English muffin, yes . . . I like the pepper jack. Some taters, for sure.
ride&cook at 4:22PM on 06/19/07
I use the grinder that attaches to my KitchenAid mixer. I need to get the sausage stuffer attachment and make some all-bacon sausage.
PhotoKirk at 4:26PM on 06/19/07
The Food Police want to know the total sodium & fat numbers---ha-ha!
JEP at 6:54PM on 06/19/07
Just when I thought the bacon placemat was the first on my to do list...
FKC at 12:07AM on 06/20/07
Good way to use up too-lean city bacon.
But it's still gonna be too salty if you use real bacon.
If you use unsmoked uncured bacon, it's just going to be a ground pork burger that you have to overcook, blah.
peekpoke at 5:37AM on 06/20/07
I ALWAYS CHECK THE SALT CONTENT OF THE FOOD I EAT BY TAKING MY BLOOD PRESSURE 15 MINUTES AFTER A MEAL. AFTER EATING THIS BURGER, IT WAS 195/112. NEXT TIME, I'LL HAVE IT WITHOUT KETCHUP!
VCARLOS at 6:29AM on 06/23/07
Mmmmmmmm. Light the candles. Pour the icewater.
manny at 7:25PM on 12/24/07
OMG - I'm so there. The lower sodium idea sounds like a good one tho. I love salt as much as any 3 men, but that might be a lil crazy.
sherifffruitfly at 6:27PM on 05/18/08
I added a handful of dried bread crumbs and a small egg to the ground bacon and the burgers held together when grilled. These have quite the potential for a grease fire if not closely monitored.
NaturalBornGriller at 5:47PM on 05/27/08