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Caramelized Beer-Onion and Bacon Burgers

Enjoy this beer-onion burger featured with bacon, ground beef and lettuce – a cheesy dinner!

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Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
Total Time 1 hr 10 min
Servings 4

Ingredients

8: slices bacon, crisply cooked, drippings reserved

2: large sweet onions, thinly sliced (about 1 1/2 lb)

1: bottle (12 oz) pilsner style beer

1 1/2: lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef

1/2: teaspoon salt

1/4: teaspoon pepper

4: slices (about 3/4 oz each) Cheddar or American cheese

8: leaves red leaf lettuce or red romaine lettuce

4: slices tomato

4: kaiser rolls or crusty rolls, split

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Directions

1 In 10-inch skillet, heat 1 tablespoon bacon drippings over medium-high heat. Add onions; cook about 15 minutes, stirring frequently, until softened.
2 Reserve 1/2 cup of the beer. Stir remaining beer into onions. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, until onions are golden and liquid has evaporated, about 30 minutes. Cool.
3 Meanwhile, roughly chop 4 slices of the cooked bacon; set aside. Roughly chop half of the onion mixture; stir into chopped bacon.
4 In medium bowl, stir chopped onion and bacon mixture into beef. Add salt and pepper. Shape beef mixture into 4 large patties, thinner at center and thicker at edges for even cooking.
5 In 10-inch skillet, heat remaining bacon drippings over medium-high heat. Add patties; cook 8 minutes for medium-rare, 10 minutes for medium, 12 minutes for medium-well, turning once. After turning, add reserved 1/2 cup beer to burgers, then top burgers with cheese. Cover skillet to melt cheese.
6 Place burgers on bun bottoms; top with lettuce leaves, tomato slices, and remaining caramelized onions. Cut remaining 4 slices bacon in half; crisscross 2 pieces on top of onions on each burger, and cover with tops of buns.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Make the onions up to a week ahead. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator, and heat just before serving.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Burger

Calories: 620
Calories from Fat: 310),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 35g; 35%
(Saturated Fat 14g, 14% Trans Fat 2g 2% ),
Cholesterol: 145mg; 145%;
Sodium: 1090mg; 1090%;
Total Carbohydrate: 30g; 30%
(Dietary Fiber 2g 2% Sugars 5g 5% ),
Protein: 46g; 46%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 60%;
Vitamin C: 8%;
Calcium: 20%;
Iron: 30%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 2 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 8/26/2012 1:00:55 AM REPORT ABUSE bridget02 said:

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Not a fan of beer, but these burgers were great! Made them for my extended family and they were a hit all the way around! Been craving them ever since!

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Posted 6/18/2012 10:54:41 AM REPORT ABUSE Bowserbabe said:

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These were fantastic! I left out the beer but made everything else according to the directions. My picky 5 year old ate an entire hamburger! We only make burgers a couple times a year and this was a hit!

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