- Hot & Bold
- Mains
- Prep 25 min
- Cook 25 min
- Serves 4 burgers
A burger for a very hungry evening. The onion ring goes right on top, so every bite has something crunchy in it.
Ingredients
For the burgers
- 600 g beef mince
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- Salt and black pepper
- 8 rashers streaky bacon
- 4 slices smoked cheddar
- 4 tbsp barbecue sauce
- 4 burger buns
- A few lettuce leaves
For the onion rings
- 1 large onion, cut into 1 cm rings
- 80 g plain flour
- 40 g cornflour
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 150 ml cold sparkling water
- Oil, for frying
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C. Lay the bacon on a tray and bake for 15 minutes until crisp.
- Whisk the flour, cornflour, paprika, salt and sparkling water into a batter. Heat 4 cm of oil in a pan to 180°C.
- Dip the onion rings in the batter and fry for 2 to 3 minutes until golden. Drain on paper.
- Mix the beef with the paprika, salt and pepper and shape into four patties.
- Cook the patties in a hot pan for 4 minutes on one side, flip, brush with barbecue sauce, add the cheese and cook for 3 to 4 minutes more.
- Toast the buns. Build with lettuce, patty, bacon and an onion ring on top.
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