Bacon Double Cheeseburger Grilled Cheese Sandwich

All of the flavours of a bacon double cheese burger in a grilled cheese sandwich with plenty of ooey gooey melted cheese!

This sandwich starts out with the bacon and then it moves on to some ground beef that is seasoned with some classic burger patty flavours such as onions, garlic, worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper or steak seasoning. You can't have a burger without some condiments like ketchup and/or mustard and since you don't really want a soggy grilled cheese sandwich I add them to the ground beef and cook off some of the excess moisture. 

Up next is the double cheese, the cheddar and mozzarella, followed by the fresh condiments including shredded lettuce, diced tomato and pickle. (You could skip the lettuce and tomato but trust me they work well in the sandwich without wilting or making it soggy.) I have to say that these are one of my new favourite grilled cheese sandwiches and they taste just like a bacon double cheese burger, only better! 

Ingredients

• 2 strips bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 small onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1/4 pound ground beef
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper or steak seasoning to taste
• 2 slices bread
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 cup cheddar, shredded
• 1/4 cup mozzarella, shredded
• 1/4 cup lettuce, shredded
• 1/4 cup tomatoes, diced
• 1 tablespoon pickle, diced

Directions

1. Cook the bacon in a pan over medium heat, set aside on paper towels to drain reserving 1 teaspoon of grease in the pan and the rest elsewhere.
2. Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
3. Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
4. Add the ground beef and cook draining any grease when done.
5. Mix in the ketchup, mustard, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, simmer to reduce, remove from heat and set aside.
6. Heat a clean pan over medium heat.
7. Butter the outside side of each slice of bread, place one slice in a pan buttered side down, sprinkle on half of the cheese, then top with the the bacon, beef, lettuce, tomato and pickle followed by the remaining cheese and slice of bread, buttered side up.
8. Cook until golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted, about 2-4 minutes per side.

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