Bacon Buckaroo Burgers

🥘 Ingredients

• bacon
  4 oz
• bbq sauce
  2 tbsp
• black pepper
• brioche buns
  2 unit
• butter
  2 tbsp
• cooking oil
  4 tsp
• fry seasoning
  2 tbsp
• gouda cheese
  2 slice
• ground beef
  1 lb
• onion
  1 unit
• paper towels
• pepper jack cheese
  1 c
• potatoes
  8 oz
• salt
  4 tsp
• scallions
  1 unit
• sliced dill pickle
  1 unit
• sour cream
  2 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• baking sheet
• medium pan
• large pan
• large bowl

1. 

   1

   Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion ; mince a few slices until you have 2 TBSP (4 TBSP for 4 servings). Halve brioche buns . Cut potatoes into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Toss on a baking sheet with a large drizzle of cooking oil , half the fry seasoning (you'll use the rest later), salt , and black pepper . Arrange in a single overlapping layer. Roast on top rack until lightly browned, 20 minutes (you'll add more to the sheet then).

   onion: 1 unit, brioche buns: 2 unit, potatoes: 8 oz, cooking oil: 4 tsp, fry seasoning: 2 tbsp, salt: 4 tsp, black pepper
2. 

   2

   Meanwhile, melt 1 TBSP butter in a medium pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced onion and season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. TIP: Lower heat if onion begins to brown too quickly. Stir in half the bbq sauce (save the rest for serving); cook until warmed through, 2-3 minutes. Turn off heat.

   butter: 2 tbsp, bbq sauce: 2 tbsp
3. 

   3

   While onion cooks, heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy, 6-10 minutes. Turn off heat; transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towels . Carefully discard all but a thin layer of bacon fat (you'll use this to cook the patties). Once bacon is cool enough to handle, finely chop half the slices.

   bacon: 4 oz, paper towels
4. 

   4

   In a large bowl , combine ground beef , minced onion, remaining fry seasoning, and salt (we used 1/2 tsp; 1 tsp for 4 servings). Form mixture into two patties (four patties for 4), each slightly wider than a burger bun. Heat pan with bacon fat over medium-high heat; add patties and cook to desired doneness, 3-5 minutes per side. In the last 1-2 minutes of cooking, top each patty with gouda cheese ; cover pan until cheese melts.

   ground beef: 1 lb, gouda cheese: 2 slice
5. 

   5

   Once potatoes have roasted 20 minutes, remove sheet from oven; evenly sprinkle with pepper jack cheese and chopped bacon. Return to oven until cheese melts and potatoes are tender, 5-7 minutes more. Meanwhile, toast buns until golden. Trim and thinly slice scallions .

   pepper jack cheese: 1 c, scallions: 1 unit
6. 

   6

   Spread buns with remaining bbq sauce. Fill with patties, caramelized onion, sliced dill pickle (you may have extra; if so, serve on the side), and bacon slices. Divide burgers and potatoes between plates. Garnish potatoes with sour cream and scallions and serve.

   sliced dill pickle: 1 unit, sour cream: 2 tbsp