Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- ½ cup sour cream
- ⅓ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup pickled jalapeño slices
- finely chopped
- 1 small handful cilantro
- finely chopped
- 12 slices meaty bacon
- 1 ½ pounds 80% lean ground beef
- Salt and pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- or half a palmful
- 3 tablespoons grated onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- grated or pasted
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons pureed chipotle in adobo
- or Chipotle Tabasco
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- or safflower oil or canola oil
- 8 slices Pepper Jack cheese
- Gem Romaine or leaf lettuce
- Sliced tomatoes
- Thinly sliced red or white onions
- 4 hamburger rolls
- sesame seed or plain
Instruction
- Heat oven to 375˚F
- In a small bowl, combine sour cream, ketchup, pickled chopped jalapeño peppers and cilantro
- Bake the bacon on wire rack-lined baking sheet to crisp, 17-18 minutes
- In a large bowl, combine beef, salt and pepper, cumin, grated onion, garlic, Worcestershire and chipotle
- Form 4 patties from the beef mixture, thinner at center than edges for even cooking
- Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle pan over medium-high
- Add oil, one turn of the pan
- Add the patties and cook, turning occasionally, for 7-8 minutes
- Melt 2 slices of cheese on each patty for the last minute or so
- Pile burgers on buns with bacon, lettuce, tomato, onions and special sauce
- Serve with Taco-Tots and ketchup or taco sauce
