Inside-Out Bacon Cheeseburger

When tailgating you can never go wrong with a good old fashion hamburger. The bacon, cheese, all the fixing can be a lot to pack up. Why not mix everything together! This is a fantastic recipe that you can make up ahead of time and grill when ready!

Ingredients

- 5 slices bacon, chopped

- 4 scallions, cleaned and trimmed

- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling

- 1 1/3 pounds ground beef sirloin

- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

- 1 tablespoon steak seasoning blend or coarse salt and black pepper

- 1/2 pound extra sharp white cheddar cheese crumbled - I could not find this and used yellow and it was fantastic!

- 1 cup mayonnaise or reduced fat mayonnaise

- 1 teaspoon ground cumin

- Salt and pepper (I did not use salt b/c so much of the steak seasoning has salt in it.)

- 4 crusty Kaiser rolls, split

- 4 leaves crisp romaine lettuce

Directions

Preheat grill

In a medium pan brown bacon over medium high heat and drain on paper towel lined plate. Brush scallions with a little oil and grill on low grill pan 2 or 3 minutes on each side. Remove from heat to cool.

Combine ground beef with Worcestershire and steak seasoning or salt and pepper. Divide meat into 4 equal parts. Combine cheese crumbles and cooked bacon. Take 1/4 of the meat in your hand and make a well in the center of it.

Pile in cheese and bacon, then carefully form the burger around the cheese and bacon filling. (This was not as hard as it sounds!) Make sure the fillings are completely covered with meat. When all 4 patties are formed, drizzle burgers with oil and

place on hot grill. I cooked on medium heat, since they are so thick it took a while to get them cooked all the way, the flatter you can get the hamburgers the better. Do not press down on burgers as they cook. Transfer burgers to a plate and let them rest 5 minutes before serving.

Chop cooled, grilled green onions and add to a food processor. Add mayonnaise and cumin to the food processor and pulse the onions and mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

Pile burgers on crusty buns and top with crisp lettuce leaves and a slather of green onion mayonnaise. As you bite into the burgers, you will find a smoky, cheesy surprise at the center.