Pimiento Cheeseburgers with Bacon

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Burgers

Ingredients

  • Pimiento Cheese Topping:
  • 1/2 cup shredded yellow sharp cheddar
  • 3 tbsp. cream cheese, at room temp
  • 2 tbsp. sour cream
  • 1 1/2 tsp yellow mustard
  • 1 small garlic clove, grated
  • 1/2 tsp Frank's RedHot sauce
  • 1/2 tsp granulated onion
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp Worcestershire
  • 1/3 cup well-drained diced pimiento peppers
  • Burgers:
  • 8 slices meaty bacon
  • 1 1/2 lb. ground beef sirloin
  • Salt and pepper
  • 3 to 4 tbsp. grated onion with juices
  • 2 tbsp. Worcestershire
  • 1 tbsp. canola oil
  • Fixings:
  • 4 sesame seed burger buns
  • Sliced bread-and-butter pickles, chopped white onion, lettuce and sliced tomato, for topping

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375. For the topping, in a food processor, puree all the ingredients except the pimientos. Transfer to a bowl and mix in the pimientos.

  2. Arrange the bacon on a slotted broiler pan or a wire-rack set in a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake until crisp, about 20 minutes.

  3. In a bowl, season the beef with salt and pepper. Mix in the grated onion with juices and the Worcestershire. Form into 4 patties. Heat a large griddle or cast-iron skillet over medium-high to high. Add the oil. Add the patties and cook, turning occasionally, for 7 to 9 minutes.

  4. Build the burgers with the bun bottoms, pickles, chopped onion, the patties, pimiento cheese topping, bacon, lettuce, tomato and bun tops.

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