Skinnified Sunday: Rachael Ray’s Double Bacon Beer Burgers

Sorry this is so late! Life has been crazy. Yesterday I barely spent any time at home, and that time was spent choreographing and getting the pumpkin spice latte cupcakes up! Anyway, Sunday was a pretty amazing day, and in addition to all the food pictures, Steve took lots of pictures of the family

Like mother, like daughter 🙂

We even finally got one together!

I love my children!

Me & Jasy

But mom, when do I get a burger?

Onto the food! I guess I’ve been in a Rachael Ray kick lately. Next week I will have to open a different cook book. These burgers turned out pretty spectacular. At the end of the dinner everyone was like “Well this wasn’t the ‘skinnified’ part, right?” Ohhhhh yes it was! Here we go…

Original Recipe:

• 1 tablespoon EVOO – Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 10 slices smoky bacon, 2 of them chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)
• 3/4 pound ground chuck
• 3/4 pound ground sirloin
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• Salt and ground black pepper
• A few hearty glugs stout beer, such as Guinness, half a bottle
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
• 3 tablespoons grainy mustard
• 1/2 pound sharp white aged cheddar, sliced
• 8 leaves red lead lettuce or red leaf romaine
• 1 red onion, sliced
• 4 Kaiser rolls or crusty rolls, split open

My Swaps:

• I made 1.5 of the recipe because I was cooking for 6 instead of 4. We’re popular 🙂 (+fun!)
  
• Olive oil who needs it?! (-fat, -calories)
• Center cut or turkey bacon for regular bacon (-fat, -saturated fat, -calories)
• 1 slice bacon per burger (-calories)
• 2 lbs 96% lean ground beef for chuck/sirloin–the first time I’ve used actual beef in FOREVER! (-fat, -saturated fat, -calories)
• Fat free sour cream for sour cream-you could also use non fat Greek yogurt (-fat, -calories)
• Light havarti for sharp cheddar (-fat, -calories) But to be honest, next time I would skip the cheese for myself because with all the other flavors, I just didn’t need it.
• Red onion ehh just didn’t feel like slicing one haha
• Whole wheat sandwich thins for Kaiser rolls (-calories, +fiber, +protein)
• Grilled instead of pan friend in bacon drippings (-gross, -fat, -calories, -heart attack)

Skinnified Double Bacon Beer Burgers

yeild 6 servings (well it actually ended up making 7 burgers)

• 9 slices center cut or turkey bacon, 3 of them chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 lbs 96% lean ground beef
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• Salt and ground black pepper
• A few hearty glugs stout beer, such as Guinness, half a bottle
• 3/4 cup fat free sour cream
• 1.5 tablespoon prepared horseradish
• 4.5 tablespoons grainy mustard
• 6 slices light havarti
• 8 leaves red lead lettuce or red leaf romaine
• 6 whole wheat sandwich thins

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350.

2) Bake 9 slices of bacon for approx 15-20 minutes on a slotted broiler pan until crispy.

3) Spray nonstick pan and cook three chopped slices of bacon until they begin to crisp.

4) Add chopped onion and cook until tender. Approx 5-7 minutes

5) Remove, place in a large bowl and cool.

6) Add meet, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper and combine with hands–the fun part!

7) Form into desired size of patties (we had enough for 7) with a small thumb print in the middle for even cooking *see picture below

8) Grill until desired “doneness”

9) Place in a cake pan, and pour room temperature Guiness over to soak in.

10) Crisp up sandwich thins in the oven with cheese on top.

11) While buns are crisping, combine sour cream, horseradish and mustard.

12) Top buns with burgers, lettuce, sour cream mixture and any other desired toppings (I added tomatoes)

13) Enjoy!

 

Steve, me, Hank, mom, Charlie, Jason!! The best friends feel just like family!

TAAAAADDDDAAAA!!!!