Chris loves when he catches Sam the Cooking Guy on channel 11 (the local Cox channel, I think?). I happened to be in the room when they aired the episode where he cooked these little, scrumptious sliders. I was like, “Oh em gee. I like totally have make those!” Ha!
Seriously though.. I love burgers. I love bacon. I love blue cheese. Can’t go wrong with the 3 B’s, right?!
Blue Cheese Stuffed Sliders
From Sam the Cooking Guy
Makes 6 mini burgers
You’ll need:
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 (2 oz) package ready bacon, cut into small pieces
- 1 to 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- 2 oz blue cheese crumbles
- 2 oz cream cheese
- Olive oil
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- Small buns
Directions:
1. Microwave the bacon pieces for 45 seconds or so until crisp
2. Place the beef in a bowl and add the season salt and bacon pieces and mix together really well
3. Divide the mixture into 6 even sized balls, then split each ball in half to make two small ones that you can shape into two small patties
4. In a small bowl add even amounts of cream cheese and blue cheese crumbles and microwave for about 20 seconds to soften so you can mix together really well
5. Drop about a teaspoonful of the cheese onto one patty and spread it but not too close to the edge so you can top with a second patty and seal them together by pinching the edges really well
6. Preheat a nonstick skillet, griddle or electric grill pan really well (or bbq them if you got one)
7. Rub each patty with a little olive oil and sprinkle with freshly ground pepper to taste
8. Place on the heated grill and cook on each side for about 3 minutes or until done
9. While that is going on preheat the broiler and slice the buns in half
10. Place them on a baking sheet and broil for 2 or 3 minutes so they crisp a bit
11. Once the burgers are cooked put one on each bun
Tada! These were incredibly packed with flavor and would probably make awesome regular sized burgers. The one thing I will do better next time is flatten each patty better and seal them better. A lot of the cheese mixture would gush out, but that’s not a dealbreaker now is it? Chris loved them and I’m sure the man (or woman) in your life will enjoy these! Bon appétit!
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Yum! I’m craving a burger now.
Those look super yummy
I don’t know when it was that I started to prefer blue cheese on my hamburgers – probably a couple years ago – but now, I just love them that way. I will forego just about any kind of hamburger for one with blue cheese and bacon. These, these look like they’re perfect for parties and for … really, anything else. Thanks for the inspiration!