Smash Burger Infused with Bacon!

Smash burgers are all the rage right now. I wanted to kick it up a notch and add ground bacon with the ground beef to make the ultimate smash burger! If you want to impress your friends or family whip up a smash burger infused with bacon.

Ingredients:

• 1lb Ground beef (80/20 works great)

• 1/2 lb Bacon

• Salt

• Pepper

• American Cheese

• Oil to grease the griddle or pan

• Onions and Mustard are optional

Directions:

• Cut bacon into chunks

• Place bacon into a food processor and pulse until the bacon resembles ground beef

• Add bacon with ground beef and mix together with your hand until well combined

• For meat into balls that are a little bigger than a golf ball

• Set on a lined cooking sheet and cover with plastic wrap

• Place cooking sheet into the refrigerator until ready to cook (I don’t go longer than an hour in the refrigerator)

• Set heat to high on your griddle or pan

• Add a thin layer of oil

• When the surface begins to smoke add your meatball

• Place a square piece of parchment paper on top of the meatball and smash it down with a metal spatula

• Smash the meat down until evenly flat around a 1/4 of an inch

• Remove the parchment paper and lightly dust with salt and pepper

• *Optional add onions and/or mustard

• When you see the edges of the meat begin the brown flip the burger over

• Add cheese

• Once the cheese is completely melted remove the burger and place it onto a toasted hamburger bun

ENJOY!!!!

Cheddar Cheese Sauce:

• 8 oz. Velveeta, cut into small cubes

• 4 American cheese slices, torn into small pieces

• 5 Tbl. milk

• 2 Tbl. butter

• 1/4 tsp. apple cider vinegar

• 1/8 tsp. dry mustard

• 1/16 tsp paprika

• 1/2 tsp chipotle powder

Warm all ingredients in a saucepan until smooth and delicious. Once this sauce cools it will thicken up drastically.

KEEP WARM UNTIL READY TO EAT