If you’re going to indulge in a bacon cheeseburger, you might as well go whole hog (sorry for the pun) and get the most bacon flavour out of it. Serious Eats shows us how to do that.
The first part of the puzzle is how to arrange the bacon for the most coverage and stability (no bacon-less bits or valuable pieces falling off your burger). Comparing several methods, including the simple X shape, triangle shapes, parallel placement, and the bacon quilt, Kenji Lopez-Alt found weaving the bacon before cooking it is the best solution. (we mentioned this technique before for BLTs.)
Don’t just stop at topping your burger with bacon, though. For more bacon flavour that surprisingly doesn’t overwhelm the burger taste, sear the meat patty in the bacon fat, toast the buns with a layer of it, and also add a dab of the rendered bacon fat to your special sauce.
Hit up the link below for the full recipe and a step-by-step slideshow to take your burgers to the next bacon level.
The Burger Lab: How To Make The Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger [Serious Eats]
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7 responses to “Make The Most Bacon-Laden Burger Ever With The Bacon Weave”
I see your bacon cheeseburger and raise you one of these : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fL2A_PTJkY
whole hog indeed…….
That isn’t a REAL bacon weave! After being subscribed to EpicMealTime for over a year, nothing can measure up.
That’s all well and good if you get a hold of that horrible stuff American’s call bacon. Kind of difficult to come across in Australia though, unless you go out of your way to find it.
Uh I guess you could use picnic bacon heh..
It would probably work with the “tails” of middle cut bacon. In my house everyone dives for the short-cut bit, so maybe this would get the rest of bacon eaten?
Man, id love to be at your house, the tails are the most flavour filled section (the best taste is in the fatty party)
Confused on how to make said bacon weave?
Why not listen to the baconweave dreams song for inspiration!
https://soundcloud.com/jamesflamestar/baconweave
(shameless self plug)