Chili Dog Bacon Cheeseburgers and Fiery Fries

~Robyn~'s Note:

With a name like this it must be Rachael Ray!From 30 Minute Meals. Looks like a lot of ingredients but it is very easy!Great for football day.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 8 slices center cut thick-cut smoky bacon or 8 slices other lean thick-cut smoky bacon
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 2 beef hot dogs or 2 pork hot dogs , diced
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended ( Montreal Seasoning by McCormick)
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce , eyeball it
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce , eyeball it, divided
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce , eyeball it, divided
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• vegetable oil , for drizzling
• 4 slices deli sliced cheddar cheese
• 2 (8 ounce) bags frozen french fries (crispy style)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 garlic cloves , finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons chives , a handful
• salt
• ½ cup chili sauce
• 4 kaiser rolls , split
• ¼ head iceberg lettuce , shredded
• ¼ cup chopped cilantro leaf
• ½ lime, juice of

Directions:

1. Preheat broiler to high.
2. Place bacon on slotted broiler pan. Cook bacon 10 inches from the heat and cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side until crisp then adjust oven to bake setting for temperature recommended on fries packaging.
3. While bacon cooks, make the burgers. Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
4. Mix beef with diced dogs, chili powder, grill seasoning, Worcestershire, 1 teaspoon of hot sauce and ketchup.
5. Form 4 large patties.
6. Add a drizzle of oil, 1 turn of the pan and add the patties.
7. Cook burgers 6 minutes on each side, then top with 2 slices bacon and 1 slice of cheddar, each.
8. Turn pan off, cover with loose foil tent and let cheese melt, 1 to 2 minutes.
9. While the burgers cook, add fries to oven and cook until extra-crisp. Remove from oven.
10. Place butter, 1 tablespoon hot sauce and garlic in a small dish and microwave on high 20 seconds then transfer fries to a large bowl.
11. Toss fries with garlic-hot sauce butter and chives and season with salt, to taste.
12. Slather chili sauce on the tops of split kaiser rolls.
13. Place bacon chili-cheese burgers on bun bottoms and top each burger with lettuce, cilantro, and lime juice.
14. Set bun tops in place.
15. Pile fries alongside and serve.

Reviews

[Sophisticated Taste Buds!]

This was pretty decent, but eyeballing the hot sauce is terrible idea, please dont put hot sauce in your eyes unless you can tolerate spicyness

[daisygrl64]

These were not bad, but.....and I am being very honest, as I like to rate recipes that I make truthfully. I found that the chili powder and Montreal Seasoning was overpowering. I also had a problem from keeping my patty from falling apart while cooking. I didn't make the fries, because I had mac & cheese with it. Thanks for posting.

[Sooz Cooks]

This was our Sunday dinner and all I can say is "WOW"! I made only a couple of changes.... 1 tablespoon of chili powder to make it milder for my Dad and almost 3 year old twin granddaughters. I baked and tossed the Firey Fries which then seemed not too crispy so I put them back in the oven for another 10 minutes. Otherwise, followed the recipe with corn on the cob as another side and what a treat this dinner was! Thanks Robyn for posting this fantastic dinner recipe!