Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger

This bourbon bacon cheeseburger is big, juicy, and smothered in an amazing bourbon barbecue sauce.


This epic burger is part of a fantastic month-long event hosted by Girl Carnivore!

This burger is a 1/3 pound ground chuck patty, grilled to medium, topped with 2 strips of thick cut bacon, smoked cheddar cheese, and an amazing homemade bourbon barbecue sauce.

Bánh Mi Burger

Inspired by Vietnamese bánh mi sandwiches, this Bánh Mi Burger is loaded with pickled carrots, pickled radishes, cucumbers, cilantro, pickled jalapeños, and spicy sriracha mayonnaise (and a sprinkling of Maggi seasoning sauce). 

May is National Burger Month! This post is part of an awesome burger grill giveaway hosted by GirlCarnivore.

The Frisco Burger

The Frisco Burger is a cheeseburger sandwiched between two toasted Parmesan sourdough slices and topped with an extra tangy doctored up 1000 Island dressing (Frisco sauce) filled with sweet pickle relish.

What distinguishes a Frisco burger is that, instead of a bun, the burger sits between two slices of grilled sourdough bread. In addition, the burger sports two kinds of cheese and a delicious "Frisco sauce," which is comprised of 1000 Island dressing, French dressing, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and an extra dollop of sweet pickle relish.

Greek-style Lamb Burgers with Tzatziki Sauce

These Greek-style Lamb Burgers take the traditional American burger to a different level. The lamb is seasoned with onions, garlic, mint, and parsley, and then cooked on a hot grill or grill pan.

What I enjoyed about making these lamb burgers is that you actually get to make your own ground lamb in your food processor.

Animal Style Double-Double Burger | In-N-Out Copycat

Animal Style Burgers are part of the Not So Secret Menu from In-N-Out Burger.

The inspiration for this copycat In-N-Out Animal Style Double-Double is legendary. 

I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, the original home of In-N-Out Burger, and remember going to the Baldwin Park store (I'm pretty sure the original location of the burger chain) with my dad to get burgers and fries. This was before MacDonald's or any other fast food chain took over the landscape.

Salmon Burgers with Greek Yogurt Dill Sauce and Homemade Hamburger Buns

This salmon burger is so easy to make, and is pretty darned tasty. Amazingly, it is made from canned salmon. Naturally, I made homemade hamburger buns to go with these burgers. 

As I reported in this post about salmon noodle casserole, I easily succumbed to the lure of a large sleeve of canned salmon on a trip to Costco. I had a couple more cans left, so when my friend Heather of All Roads Lead to the Kitchen suggested the Fish Friday Foodies make burgers this month...

And because I'm a bread nutcase, I definitely had to make ridiculously soft and tasty homemade hamburger buns to go with these salmon burgers.

Homemade Smashburgers

These smashburgers bring you the best part of a burger cooked on a griddle... the crusty, browned, caramelized, full-of-flavor surface of the meat. Yes! 

Instead of forming a quarter pound of beef into a patty and then cooking it on a griddle, you break the meat up into 2 ounce balls, and then smash (thus the name) the meat into the griddle to create the thinnest patty possible. The patties are stacked on top of each other with slices of American cheese set between them.  Check out how melty the cheese gets. Eating one of these will transport you to your favorite childhood diner.

A little happy dance may or may not have broken out on first bite.

No Knead Brioche Hamburger Buns

I've always been curious about brioche hamburger buns. The idea of serving a juicy hamburger in a rich and buttery bun sounds totally decadent.