These Queso Bacon Burgers are loaded with bacon and two kinds of peppers sandwiched between a layer of avocado salsa on the bottom and a creamy, spciy queso sauce on top! It’s become a family favorite that my kids ask me to make again and again.
Since it’s barbecue season, I thought it was the perfect time to update some of my burger recipe posts with better photos and share them with my readers who may have missed them the first time around.
Crystal, Mrs. Happy Homemaker, was my secret blogger for the Secret Recipe Club. We choose any recipe from the assigned blog to bake/cook from, and blog about the recipe keeping the blogger a secret until posting day. As soon as I saw this burger I had to give it a try.
This is an awesome burger. In fact, Crystal describes this burger as “awesomer.” I was having family over for a BBQ/birthday party, and I decide they deserved awesomer burgers. Burgers made with bacon and roasted peppers, dripping with a queso cheese sauce and loaded with an avocado salsa.
I’m so glad I did. It’s a fantastic, juicy, messy, burger, loaded with great Mexican flavors and it got rave reviews. The original recipe called for 6 jalapenos but I thought that was too hot for our crowd, so I used mostly Anaheim peppers. I made 16 ⅓ lb. burgers, so if you’re not feeding a crowd, you’ll may want to downsize the recipe.
Crystal has lots of awesome recipes on her site, like Mini Oreo Cheesecakes and the Best Ever Coconut Custard Pie, so be sure and stop by.
Queso Bacon Burgers with Avocado Salsa
Ingredients
- 3 Anaheim peppers
- 1 jalapeno pepper
- 1 pound of bacon
- 3 pounds ground chuck
- 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 2 avocados pitted & thinly sliced
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped
- ½ onion diced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 16 hamburger buns
Instructions
- Coat Anaheim and jalapeno peppers with oil. Roast peppers over a gas flame or in the oven until well charred. Transfer to a bowl, cover, & let cool slightly. Remove & discard the skin, stem, & seeds and finely chop the chiles.
- Fry the bacon until crisp. Reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon fat.
- In a large bowl, combine the reserved bacon fat, half of the chopped chiles, and crumbled bacon. Then mix in the ground beef. Form into 16 patties. Season with salt & pepper.
- In a medium bowl, combine the crumbled queso fresco, mayo, buttermilk, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and the remaining chiles. Season with salt & pepper - refrigerate.
- In another bowl, toss together the sliced avocados, onion, cilantro, lemon juice, and remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Set aside.
- Grill the burgers, turning once, for about 10 minutes for medium rare - longer if you like them more well done. Just before the burgers are done, toast the buns on the grill (or skillet) for about a minute.
- Place some avocado salsa on each bun bottom, top with a burger and queso fresco dressing and finish with the top half of the bun.
bakingaddict
Definitely looks like an awesome burger!
Crystal @Mrs Happy Homemaker
These burgers are definitely awesomer than the rest, and I am so thrilled that you chose them for SRC! You pictures look so amazing! I’m looking forward to getting to know your blog a little better, it looks like you have some great recipes too!
Lauren from Lauren's Latest
Well, I was going to say something else, but now all I can think of is how awesomer these burgers look! {Corny, I know…I couldn’t resist!}
My Inner Chick
“awesomer.” pretty much says it all 🙂 WOWIE>
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc
These look fabulous! Hope you had a great weekend!
natalie (the sweets life)
I need to get my act together and join this club–esp if it yields amazing recipes like this one! YUM!
Barbara | Creative Culinary
They do look awesomer for sure…and I’m in the mood for that right about now. Very nice!
JG
Yum! What an appetizing burger! I like the avocado salsa peeking out of the bun.
~Judy
Susie Bee on Maui
Wow, what a burger! Great pick for SRC. I love bacon and avo together.
Blond Duck
You weren’t kidding when you said you were making a good burger! Please please please let this be part of my burger party!
Katrina
That does look awesomer. Gonna have to try this one, my hubby would love it.
Lisa~~
That looks wonderful and I wish that I could sink my teeth into one right now.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my SRC recipe this month: Cilantro Lime Chicken
Lisa~~
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Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
This burger does look “awesomer!” We’ll definitely be giving this a try before grilling season is over.
Rocky Mountain Woman
I love the anaheim substitution. I have a boatload of anaheims right now so this will definitely go into the “August rotation”.
The photo is wonderful also!!
xxoo,
RMW
Lisa
If only I could get burgers like this when out. I’ve been so disappointed with burgers as of late – even ones that are touted as ‘the best’ because it loses quality due to the sheer volume of customers. which leads to cutting corners. Will you open a restaurant and put these burgers on the menu? I’d fly to UT for those! Love the avocado salsa!
Melissa@IWasBornToCook
This looks soooo good – I’m always looking for new ideas with burgers, since I love them so much 🙂
This was my first month participating in SRC – so much fun!
Rosa
A lovely collection of recipes and a scrumptious burger!
Cheers,
Rosa
Maris (in Good Taste)
This looks like the most perfect burger I have seen!
Kitchen Belleicious
Burgers are our favorite in this household and we are always looking for new ways to mix things up a bit. I think this burger will do just that. It looks amazing and so flavorful
Lora
This looks amazing! What a perfect looking burger.