Deluxe BBQ Burgers

Name: Deluxe BBQ Burgers
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds ground chuck (80 percent lean); 1 small shallot, finely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 slices pepper Jack cheese, each 1/4 inch thick; 6 hamburger buns, split and buttered; 12 slices apple-wood-smoked bacon, fried to a crisp; 1 recipe Comeback Sauce (recipe follows); Neely’s coleslaw (recipe follows); Onion rings (recipe follows); 2 beefsteak tomatoes, sliced

December 14, 2011

PAT The secret to this recipe is the sauce. Kids and grown folks will not be able to eat just one. Using 80-percent-lean ground beef leaves just enough fat so the burger will plump up and be extra juicy. And we can’t leave out Gina’s pig: top these darlings with bacon, Comeback Sauce, pepper Jack, Neely’s coleslaw, and fried onion rings, and you’ll have a burger like no other.

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