Gorgonzola Burgers

By joejudy

Recipe courtesy Head Coach Howard

Ingredients

• 3 pounds ground chuck
• 1 (2-ounce) bottle Cajun hot sauce, or to taste
• 2 cups hickory wood chips, soaked for 30 minutes
• 4 muffaletta buns, or other very large rolls, spilt
• 1 pound maple bacon, cooked until crisp
• Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce, recipe follows
• Barbeque Sauce, recipe follows

Preparation

Step 1

Mix ground chuck and Cajun hot sauce together in a large bowl. Form mixture into 4 burgers of equal size. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat charcoal grill to medium-high heat. When coals are white hot, scatter soaked chips over. When chips have ashed over, grill burgers, turning once, to desired doneness.

Meanwhile, toast muffaletta buns on grill. Place finished burgers on buns, top with maple bacon and Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce. Spear burgers with skewers or long toothpicks and quarter each. Serve Barbecue Sauce on the side.

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