Double Pimento Burger with Crispy Bacon

Yield: Serves 2

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef
Tabasco
Salt and Pepper
1 package pimento cheese, room temperature
1 tomato, sliced
4 slices bacon, cooked
Romaine lettuce
2 hamburger buns

Directions:

In a large bowl, add ground beef. Add a couple of dashes of Tabasco to the beef along with salt and pepper. Form into four patties. Preheat a grill pan to medium-high heat and cook burgers for about 4 minutes on each side. Remove from grill and let them rest before serving.

To assemble the burger: take the bottom of a hamburger bun and spread about a tablespoon of pimento cheese on the bottom. Top cheese with a slice of lettuce and then a tomato. Add one hamburger patty on top of that with another layer of cheese and two slices of bacon. Top with final burger patty and and more cheese! Wash it down with a beer!