Categories: Ground Beef, Hamburgers, Main Dish, Rachael Ray

Ingredients

• 8 slices center cut thick-cut smoky bacon or 8 slices other lean thick-cut smoky bacon
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 2 beef hot dogs or 2 pork hot dogs, diced
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended ( Montreal Seasoning by McCormick)
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce, eyeball it, divided
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce, eyeball it, divided
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• vegetable oil, for drizzling
• 4 slices deli sliced cheddar cheese
• 2 (8 ounce) bags frozen french fries (crispy style)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons chives, a handful
• salt
• 1/2 cup chili sauce
• 4 kaiser rolls, split
• 1/4 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaf
• 1/2 lime, juice of

Directions

1. Preheat broiler to high.

2. Place bacon on slotted broiler pan.

3. Cook bacon 10 inches from the heat and cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side until crisp then adjust oven to bake setting for temperature recommended on fries packaging.

4. While bacon cooks, make the burgers. Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.

5. Mix beef with diced dogs, chili powder, grill seasoning, Worcestershire, 1 teaspoon of hot sauce and ketchup.

6. Form 4 large patties.

7. Add a drizzle of oil, 1 turn of the pan and add the patties.

8. Cook burgers 6 minutes on each side, then top with 2 slices bacon and 1 slice of cheddar, each.

9. Turn pan off, cover with loose foil tent and let cheese melt, 1 to 2 minutes.

10. While the burgers cook, add fries to oven and cook until extra-crisp. Remove from oven.

11. Place butter, 1 tablespoon hot sauce and garlic in a small dish and microwave on high 20 seconds then transfer fries to a large bowl.

12. Toss fries with garlic-hot sauce butter and chives and season with salt, to taste.

13. Slather chili sauce on the tops of split kaiser rolls.

14. Place bacon chili-cheese burgers on bun bottoms and top each burger with lettuce, cilantro, and lime juice.

15. Set bun tops in place.

16. Pile fries alongside and serve.

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