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"The Beast" Grilled cheese burger

Bring your appetite for this one. Not your typical burger !!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Burger
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Panini Press optional

Ingredients
  

  • cooking spray as needed
  • 8 slices thick cut bacon
  • 8 slices American cheese
  • 8 slices pepper jack cheese
  • 16 slices your favorite bread I use potato bread
  • 2 lb ground chuck
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tomato sliced thin
  • 1 small red onion sliced thin
  • 1 large Jalapeno or Fresno chili sliced you can also use Grumpy Cowboy candy
  • Your favorite hot sauce I use Grumpy blueberry reaper sauce
  • 4 Romaine lettuce
  • Grumpy spicy BBQ sauce optional

Instructions
 

Time to tackle "The Beast"

  • preheat your oven to 400 degrees
  • place bacon on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place in the oven.
    in about 10 minutes remove the baking sheet and brush the bacon with your choice of hot sauce and return to the oven until cooked to your desire crispness.
    When done set on a paper towel covered plate to drain.
  • Slice the hot pepper of choice, the tomato and red onion and place in the fridge
  • Place ground beef in a bowl with salt and pepper or 1 tbls Grumpy Hot pepper blend for extra heat. Mix and form out 8 equal burger patties.
    Place the patties on a grill pan or outdoor grill on medium high heat. Cook burgers about 3 minutes per side ( longer if you don't like medium rare.
    Set aside and cover
  • lay out the 16 slices of bread, place American cheese on 8 and pepper jack on the other 8.
    Place the bacon on 8 slices and sliced hot pepper on the other 8.
    Assemble your grilled cheese sandwich's and grill on a panini press coated with cooking spray or in a buttered pan.
    Grill until the cheese is melted and bread is toasted.
    Place 2 burgers on a bacon grilled cheese add tomato, red onion and lettuce. Add some Grumpy Spicy BBQ sauce (optional) Top with the hot pepper grilled cheese.
    Enjoy !!
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