BITE-YOU-BACK TABASCO® CHIPOTLE BACON BURGER

Ingredients:

• Beef, freshly ground chuck 3 lbs.
• Bacon, cooked crisp, chopped, with drippings 1-1/2 lbs.
• Red onion, chopped 12 oz.
• Tabasco Brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce 6 oz. (Click to buy)
• Garlic, fresh, peeled and chopped 24 cloves
• Croutons, seasoned, crushed or chopped to crumbs 6 oz.
• Hamburger rolls, toasted 12 ea.
• Lettuce, shredded 12 oz.
• Tomato, sliced 12 slices
• Onion, sliced 12 slices
• Steak fries 3 lbs.
• Kosher pickle 12 spears

Directions:

1. Preheat broiler.
2. Mix first six ingredients together by hand in a large mixing bowl just until well combined and thoroughly blended.
3. Shape mixture into 12 equally large burger patties of about 1/2 lb. each.
4. Place burgers onto broiler pan and broil to desired doneness, turning only once (about 4-5 minutes per side for medium doneness).
5. Serve each burger warm on a toasted roll with lettuce, tomato and onion, alongside 4 oz. steak fries and a big kosher pickle spear.