The Deep Fried Bacon Burger

Bacon, mozzarella, pepper jack cheese and buns laid out before cooking — Our goal today - one pound of bacon, stuffed with cheese, deep-fried, topped with more cheese.

Supplies list

Hickory Smoked Bacon
Pepper Jack Cheese
Mozzarella Cheese
Hamburger Buns

Making the deep fried bacon burger

Grind the bacon

Grinding bacon in a meat grinder — I cranked up the meat grinder and ground the bacon twice, once with the coarse plate and a second time through the fine plate.

Stuff it with mozzarella

Mozzarella filling a hollow in the bacon patty — I made a hollow in the patty and filled it with the mozzarella. I sealed a second patty over this and kneaded the edges together.

Batter it

Stuffed bacon patty coated in beer batter — I mixed up a beer batter and coated the entire patty. The final layer wasn't as thick as it looks here.

Deep fry it

Battered bacon burger frying in a pot of oil — Into the oil it goes!

Checking the temperature of the deep fried patty — Almost done. It was hard to get it to cook correctly. The patty was almost an inch thick and I didn't want to burn the outer parts.

Serve it

Deep fried bacon burger with a Shiner Bock and deep fried jalapenos — Served with a cold Shiner Bock and a side of deep-fried jalapenos.

The verdict

The finished deep fried bacon burger cut open — It was pretty good, but not as good as the original 100% Bacon Burger. I think using a smaller patty and cooking it on the grill would have been better. Perhaps that will be Bacon Burger 3.0...

Start with the one that started it all: the original 100% bacon burger. Frying a plain beef patty instead? Season the outside with the burger and skillet rub before it goes in the batter.