Vitamin G Bacon Burgers

Okay... so you are asking yourself, what the hell is a vitamin G burger. Simply the best darn hamburger that you can possibly make, but, I wouldn't advise eating one more than once a month.

Okay, so what are they. Simply, they are homemade burgers, fried in bacon grease. Yes, you head me, bacon grease. My oldest son and his Godfather made a trip a few years back to Memphis and they ate at this place called Dyers. He hasn't stopped talking about these burgers since. Anyhow, he asked me one day if I could make something similar. Well after doing some research and adding a few touches of my own, this is it.

Okay, so first you need a pound of bacon. I find this best to do outside on a grill if possible. What I do is take a large dutch oven, remove the lid, and add a little Crisco / Lard / Shortening to the pot. One other thing I do is I remove the grates to my grill and allow the dutch oven to sit directly on the flavor bars. I do this so I can get the heat that I need in the pot. Once everything is hot and the grease is melted, I add all the bacon. Fry it up just like you normally would.

While the bacon is cooking, make some homemade burgers with ground beef. Don't make them too think as it will not cook right. In fact, it's not a bad idea to whack them once with a cast iron skillet to flatten them a bit.

Once the bacon is all cooked, set it aside and keep warm.

Next, check the oil level in the dutch oven. You ideally want enough grease to cover the entire burger. I like about 2 - 3 " of grease in the pot for this. When everything is set, add a few hamburgers into the pot, and close the lid on your grill. Allow these to cook a few minutes, then open the grill and turn the burgers over so they cook on both sides evenly (sometimes they tend to float and the tops don't cook right). When they look to be done, remove them from the grease.

When all of the burgers are done, you need to quickly dip the buns into the grease as well. I just lay the inside part of the bun halves in the grease for a second or two and then remove them.

Once all done, you need to top the burgers with some cheese, pickles, an onion and the bacon. Place these on your buns and enjoy!

Like I said before, yes there is a ton of grease in these, so you won't want to eat them every day, but the grease is what makes them Vitamin G burgers.

Enjoy!