Ingredients
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8 slices center cut thick-cut smoky bacon or 8 slices other lean thick-cut smoky bacon
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1 lb lean ground beef
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2 beef hot dogs or 2 pork hot dogs, diced
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2 tablespoons chili powder
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1 tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended ( Montreal Seasoning by McCormick)
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2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
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1 teaspoon hot sauce, eyeball it, divided
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1 tablespoon hot sauce, eyeball it, divided
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2 tablespoons ketchup
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vegetable oil, for drizzling
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4 slices deli sliced cheddar cheese
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2 (8 ounce) bags frozen french fries (crispy style)
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2 tablespoons butter
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3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
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3 tablespoons chives, a handful
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salt
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1/2 cup chili sauce
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4 kaiser rolls, split
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1/4 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
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1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaf
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1/2 lime, juice of
Instructions
- Preheat broiler to high.
- 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.
- While bacon cooks, make the burgers. Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
- Mix beef with diced dogs, chili powder, grill seasoning, Worcestershire, 1 teaspoon of hot sauce and ketchup.
- Form 4 large patties.
- Add a drizzle of oil, 1 turn of the pan and add the patties.
- Cook burgers 6 minutes on each side, then top with 2 slices bacon and 1 slice of cheddar, each.
- Turn pan off, cover with loose foil tent and let cheese melt, 1 to 2 minutes.
- While the burgers cook, add fries to oven and cook until extra-crisp. Remove from oven.
- 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.
- Toss fries with garlic-hot sauce butter and chives and season with salt, to taste.
- Slather chili sauce on the tops of split kaiser rolls.
- Place bacon chili-cheese burgers on bun bottoms and top each burger with lettuce, cilantro, and lime juice.
- Set bun tops in place.
- Pile fries alongside and serve.