Bacon Buckaroo Burgers: BBQ Caramelized Onion & Cheesy Loaded Potato Rounds

🥘 Ingredients

• bacon
  4 strips
• bbq sauce
  4 tbsp
• brioche buns
  2 unit
• butter
  1 tbsp
• cooking oil
  1 tbsp
• fry seasoning
  1 tsp
• gouda cheese
  2 slices
• ground beef
  ½ lb
• onion
  1 unit
• pepper jack cheese
  ½ cup
• potatoes
  2 unit
• salt
  1 tsp
• scallions
  2 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 all produce. Halve, peel, and very thinly slice onion ; mince a few slices until you have 2 TBSP. Halve brioche buns . Cut potatoes into ¼-inch-thick rounds. Toss on a baking sheet with a large drizzle of cooking oil , half the fry seasoning , salt , and pepper. Arrange in a single overlapping layer. Roast on top rack until lightly browned ⏱️ 20 minutes .

   onion: 1 unit, brioche buns: 2 unit, potatoes: 2 unit, cooking oil: 1 tbsp, fry seasoning: 1 tsp, salt: 1 tsp
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 minutes . Lower heat if onion begins to brown too quickly. Stir in half the bbq sauce ; cook until warmed through ⏱️ 2 minutes . Turn off heat.

   butter: 1 tbsp, bbq sauce: 4 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 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate. Carefully discard all but a thin layer of bacon fat. Once bacon is cool enough to handle, finely chop half the slices.

   bacon: 4 strips
4. 

   4

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

   ground beef: ½ lb, gouda cheese: 2 slices
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 minutes . Meanwhile, toast buns until golden. Trim and thinly slice scallions .

   pepper jack cheese: ½ cup, scallions: 2 unit
6. 

   6

   Spread buns with remaining bbq sauce. Fill with patties, caramelized onion, sliced dill pickle , and remaining 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