Bacon Cheese Burger

Cuisine: American

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Serves: 2

You cannot miss out on this cheeseburger and French fries combo! Super appetizing and loaded with proteins, you can easily try this fun snack at home.

4 burger patties (2 servings)
4 burger buns
Sliced American cheese
4 slabs of bacon
Lettuce leaves
1 tomato, chopped
1 tbsp butter
Mayo and pickle for taste
5 potatoes
2 cups of water
Salt for taste
½ grounded pepper

The cheeseburger of your dreams!

Soak the potatoes in water for 10 minutes before cooking. Cut the potatoes in thick ¼ inch wide sticks.
Drain the potatoes and dry them with a clean towel.
Heat oil to 300 degrees. Fry the potatoes for 4-6 minutes without overcrowding. Place them on a paper towel and set them aside.
Increase heat to 400 degrees and fry the potatoes again until golden brown.
Moving to the burger, grill the bacon in a grill until crispy.
Cook the patties and top each with a slice of American cheese.
Lightly toast the buns in a separate skillet.
Arrange the burgers with a patty and top them with sliced tomatoes, lettuce, and a slice of bacon.
Add mayo and pickle. Serve immediately.

Chef Tip: Experiment with the cheeses per your preference, like Swiss or pepper Jack.

Crispy fries and cheese-filled burgers, what’s not to love?! An easy take on an all-American classic, enjoy this combination on laid-back weekends with friends or family.

Quick Bites

Fun Fact

• Bacon Cheeseburgers breaches the Kosher's law which prohibits the mixture of meat and milk following a verse in the Book of Exodus that forbids Jews from “boiling a goat in its mother's milk”.

• This triggered opposition in Jerusalem when McDonald's started selling cheeseburgers, which led to the opening of both kosher and non-kosher McDonald's outlets in Israel.

Historical Fact

• The popularity of adding cheese to burgers rose in the late 1920s to mid-1930s.

• The invention of a cheeseburger is unclear with several claims and debates. One of the popular claims is that Lionel Sternberger, who was a fry cook, “experimentally” dropped a slab of cheese on a sizzling hamburger in the year 1926.