Barbecue Bacon Burgers

This recipe comes straight out of the book Against all Grain.  I didn't alter the recipe at all and it turned out amazing!

Barbecue Bacon Burgers
ingredients:

• 1 lb ground beef 
• 4 slices cooked bacon, chopped, cooking fat reserved 
• 1/4 cup bbq sauce (no high fructose corn syrup) 
• 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard 
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder 
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika 

mushrooms: 

• 1 tablespoon reserved bacon fat 
• 4 oz mushrooms, sliced 
• 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary or dried 
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic 
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 

1. Cut your bacon into small pieces and place in a pan over medium high heat.  Cook until crispy.  
2. While your bacon is cooking combine the other burger ingredients in a medium size bowl.  
3. Add in your bacon into the medium size bowl. 
4. Reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon fat for your mushrooms.  
5. Mix all of your burger ingredients really well in the bowl with your hands. 
6. Make 4 large patties with your meat mixture.  (They should be about 1/2-3/4 inch thick) 
7. Cook until no longer pink in the middle on the grill OR broil them. 

1. Heat your pan back up over medium high heat that you cooked the bacon in.  
2. Add all ingredients for the mushroom and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender. 

Serve with a cooked sweet potato or a roasted vegetable.