Tex-Mex Bacon Cheeseburger With Chipotle Ketchup

Submitted by gailanng

"A smoky, cheesy, spicy burger adapted from Everyday With Rachael Ray."

 

• Ready In: 38mins
• Ingredients: 21
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 slice bacon (to be cooked whole in the broiler)
• 4 slice bacon, chopped (to be cooked in the frying pan)
• olive oil, for drizzling
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped
• 2 jalapeno chiles, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 680.38 g ground beef
• 14.79 ml sweet smoked paprika
• 7.39 ml ground cumin
• 7.39 ml ground coriander
• 14.79 ml oregano, preferably mexican
• salt and pepper
• 4 slice smoked cheddar cheeseor sharp cheddar cheese
• 4 slice monterey jack cheese or 4 slice monterey jack pepper cheese
• 4 crusty burger rolls, split and toasted
• lettuce leaf, and red onion slices for serving

• Chipotle Ketchup

• 236.59 ml tomato sauce
• 44.37 ml pureed chipotle chiles in adobo
• 29.58 ml light brown sugar
• 29.58 ml vinegar
• 14.79 ml Worcestershire sauce

directions

1. To Make The Chipotle Ketchup: In a saucepan, combine all of the ingredients. Simmer over low heat until thickened, about 20 minutes. (Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.)
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees . Place the 8 whole slices of bacon on a broiler pan. Bake in the oven until crisp, about 15 minutes.
3. In a skillet, heat a drizzle of the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the chopped bacon and cook until crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain, leaving 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat in the pan. Add the yellow onion, jalapenno and garlic to the pan and cook until softened, 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool.
4. In a bowl, combine the beef, chopped bacon, onion mixture, paprika, cumin, coriander and oregano; season with salt and pepper. Form into 4 patties (making them thinner at the centers and thicker at the edges for even cooking). Add to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning once, for 8 minutes for medium doneness. Add 1 slice of each cheese on top during the last minute or two of cooking.
5. Layer each roll bottom with a burger, 2 bacon slices, lettuce, red onion, Chipotle Ketchup and a roll top.