Inside-Out Bacon Cheeseburgers with Grilled Green Onion Mayo

This is just like a traditional bacon cheeseburger, but inside out! It's another innovative recipe from Rachael Ray. It looked delicious when she made it, so I can't wait to try it!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 5  slices bacon, chopped
• 4  scallions, cleaned and trimmed
•  extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 1 1⁄3 lbs  ground sirloin
• 1  tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
• 1  tablespoon  steak seasoning (or coarse salt and black pepper)
• 1⁄2 lb  extra sharp white cheddar cheese, crumbled
• 1  cup mayonnaise or 1  cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 1  teaspoon ground cumin
•  salt and pepper
• 4  crusty  kaiser rolls, split
• 4  leaves  crisp romaine lettuce

Directions

1. Preheat grill pan over high heat.
2. In a medium pan brown bacon over medium high heat and drain on paper towel lined plate.
3. Brush scallions with a little oil and grill on hot grill pan 2 or 3 minutes on each side; remove from heat to cool.
4. To make the burgers, combine ground beef with Worcestershire and steak seasoning or salt and pepper; divide meat into 4 equal parts.
5. Combine cheese crumbles and cooked bacon.
6. Take 1/4 of the meat in your hand and make a well in the center of it.
7. Pile in cheese and bacon, then carefully form the burger around the cheese and bacon filling; make sure the fillings are completely covered with meat.
8. When all 4 patties are formed, drizzle burgers with oil and place on hot grill pan.
9. Cook 2 minutes on each side over high heat, reduce heat to medium low and cook burgers 7 or 8 minutes longer, turning occasionally.
10. Do not press down on burgers as they cook.
11. Transfer burgers to a plate and let them rest 5 minutes before serving.
12. To make the green onion mayonnaise, chop cooled, grilled green onions and add to a food processor.
13. Add mayonnaise and cumin to the food processor and pulse the onions and mayonnaise.
14. Season with salt and pepper, to your taste.
15. Pile burgers on crusty buns and top with crisp lettuce leaves and a slather of green onion mayonnaise.
16. As you bite into the burgers, you will find a smoky, cheesy surprise at the center.