Recipe Background
Stuffed Cheeseburger Bombs do things differently... deliciously differently. The cheese isn't on top of the succulent, juicy beef patties. Nope, the cheese is a gooey center that explodes into a sharp and creamy blanket for your taste buds with each bite. With a classic burger sauce, Stuffed Cheeseburger Bombs are an explosion of amazing cookout flavor! You've never had a cheeseburger like this before.
Stuffed Cheeseburger Bombs do things differently... deliciously differently. The cheese isn't on top of the succulent, juicy beef patties. Nope, the cheese is a gooey center that explodes into a sharp and creamy blanket for your taste buds with each bite. With a classic burger sauce, Stuffed Cheeseburger Bombs are an explosion of amazing cookout flavor! You've never had a cheeseburger like this before.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
- 3 ounces cheddar cheese coarsely grated
- kosher salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 4 hamburger buns split
- green leaf lettuce leaves to taste
- 2 tomatoes sliced
- 1/2 pound sliced bacon cooked crisp
Directions
- Preheat the grill to medium.
- In small bowl, add the mayonnaise and the ketchup and stir to combine. Set the sauce mixture aside.
- Divide the ground beef into 8 equal portions.
- Shape 4 of the beef portions into 1/2-inch patties.
- Using your clean thumbs, make shallow 2-inch-wide indents in the tops of the patties.
- Divide the cheese evenly among the patties, filling up the indents.
- Form the remaining beef portions into 1/2-inch-thick patties.
- Top the indented, cheese-filled patties with the non-indented patties, putting the cheese in the center and pinching the edges firmly together to close.
- Season both sides of the stuffed patties with the salt and the black pepper.
- Transfer the patties to the grill and cook, covered, until the patties reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees F for a medium doneness, about 3-4 minutes per side.
- Spread the cut-sides of the buns evenly with the sauce mixture.
- Top the bottom buns evenly with the lettuce leaves and the burgers.
- Add the the tomatoes and the bacon to the burgers.
- Close the burgers and serve.
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