Pimento Cheese Burger with bacon and classic toppings inside a butter bun. It's a stack of sublime southern deliciousness.
Course
Sandwich
Cuisine
American
Prep Time25minutes
Cook Time13minutes
Total Time38minutes
Servings4servings
AuthorRenee Dobbs
Ingredients
For the pimento cheese:
1/4cupcream cheeseat room temperature
1/4cupmayonnaise
1teaspoongrated onion
1/4teaspoongarlic powder
2to 3 drops Tabasco sauce
Pinch of salt
Pinch of fresh ground pepper
2cupsshredded sharp Cheddar cheesesee note
1cupshredded Pepper Jack cheese
1cupshredded Monterey Jack cheese
1jar chopped pimentos4 ounces, drained
For the burgers:
20ouncesground beefround or chuck
Salt and pepper
2cupsleaf or romaine lettuce
1tomatosliced
4slicessweet onion
4slicescooked thick sliced bacon
4hamburger bunsbutter buns recommended, toasted
Instructions
For the pimento cheese:
In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a knife blade, process cream cheese, mayonnaise, onion, garlic powder, Tabasco sauce, salt, and pepper until smooth.
Add the shredded cheeses and pimentos and pulse to combine. Do not over-process.
Transfer pimento cheese to a bowl and stir if needed to combine ingredients thoroughly.
Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.
You will have extra pimento cheese leftover. Keep it chilled and use it to make sandwiches, serve it with crackers or celery, or stuff in mini bell peppers or other peppers.
For the burgers:
Shape beef into four 1/2-inch thick patties. Sprinkle patties with salt and pepper.
Place patties on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, covered, 13 - 15 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 13 - 14 minutes) until instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into center registers 160°F, turning occasionally.
Place lettuce, tomato, onion, and burger on bottom half of bun, top with bacon and 2 tablespoons pimento cheese. Close sandwich with top of bun.
Recipe Notes
Do not use pre-shredded cheese for any of the shredded cheeses.
Time stated does not include time for chilling pimento cheese (minimum 1 hour).