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BBQ Bacon Sliders with Blue Cheese and Crispy Onions

5 from 14 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 21 minutes
Servings4 burgers
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Ingredients

Burgers

  • 1½ lbs high-quality 85/15 ground Angus
  • ½ cup BBQ sauce or your favorite bottled BBQ sauce
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 8-10 dinner rolls, small, white or Hawaiian sweet rolls, sliced in half and toasted if desired
  • 8-10 crisp lettuce leaves
  • 8-10 slices bacon cooked crisp

Garlic Blue Cheese Spread

  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 clove garlic pressed or finely minced
  • ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese not a blue cheese fan? Leave it out!

Instructions

Garlic Blue Cheese Spread

  • Combine mayonnaise, salt, pepper, red wine vinegar and garlic. Mix well and stir in crumbled blue cheese. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

Burgers

  • Heat a grill pan on the stove top, or an outdoor grill to medium-high heat. Combine beef, 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce, salt and pepper. Divide and shape mixture into 8-10 3/4"-thick patties (keep the size of your buns in mind as wells the fact that the burgers will shrink quite a bit while cooking when shaping the patties). Grill for 2-3 minutes and then flip. Brush the top side of each burger with remaining sauce. Continue grilling for another 2 minutes and flip burgers again, brushing the other side with additional sauce. Continue to cook and baste until the internal temperature of the burgers reach 160-165℉.

Assembly

  • Lightly spread the bottom half of each bun with Garlic Blue Cheese Spread and top with a lettuce leaf. Break each bacon piece in half and place on top of lettuce leaves. Place burger on top and drizzle with additional barbecue sauce if desired. Top with a small handful of Crispy Shoestring Onions. Spread remaining Garlic Blue Cheese Spread on top halves of buns.

Nutrition

Calories: 718kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 32g, Fat: 58g, Saturated Fat: 18g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g, Monounsaturated Fat: 20g, Trans Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 139mg, Sodium: 1234mg, Potassium: 576mg, Fiber: 0.4g, Sugar: 12g, Vitamin A: 163IU, Vitamin C: 0.5mg, Calcium: 92mg, Iron: 4mg
Course: Main Courses
Cuisine: BBQ
Keyword: BBQ Bacon Sliders, Sliders
Calories: 718kcal
Author: Sara Wells
Cost: $12
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