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| Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger | By Todd Wilbur
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| Recipe Type: Sandwich |
| Calories: 453 |
| Cook Time: 30 minutes |
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Recipe Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
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In 1989, Carl's Jr. became the first fast-food chain to allow customers to use their ATM cards to make purchases. Not only can customers buy a Western Bacon Cheeseburger and fries to go without using cash, they can get cash back out of their account.
Onion rings, bacon, American cheese and tasty barbecue sauce combine to make a manly gut-grinder that can be thoroughly enjoyed during the grilling season, or any time of the year if you use an indoor grill. The sandwich was introduced in 1983, and has since become so successful that it has spawned variations, from a junior version to the monstrous double, both of which are included here. While any barbecue sauce you use for this recipe will work just fine, track down some Bulls-Eye Hickory Smoke flavor barbecue sauce if you want the closest cloned results. This recipe makes one sandwich. Double, triple, and quadruple it as needed based on current hunger requirements.
This recipe also includes clones for the Junior Western Bacon Cheesesburger and the Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger
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2 frozen onion rings
1/4 pound ground beef
1 sesame-seed hamburger bun
2 slices bacon
salt to taste
1 slice American cheese
2 tablespoons Bull's-Eye Hickory Smoke barbecue sauce
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1. Preheat a clean barbecue to medium grilling heat.
2. Bake the onion rings in the oven according to the directions on the package.
3. Form the ground beef into a flat burger the same diameter as the bun. It's best to pre-form your patty and store it in the freezer, then cook it frozen.
4. Grill the faces of the top and bottom bun in a frying pan on the stove over medium heat. Keep the pan hot.
5. Cook the bacon slices in the pan.
6. Grill the burger for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until done. Lightly salt each side.
7. Spread 1 tablespoon of the barbecue sauce on the faces of each bun, top and bottom.
8. Place both onion rings on the sauce on the bottom bun. Next stack on the burger, then the cheese and the 2 bacon slices, crossed over each other.
9. Top off the sandwich with the top bun.
Makes one sandwich.
Carl's Jr. Junior Western Bacon Cheeseburger
For about a buck, Carl's Jr. sells this smaller version of the preceding sandwich. It's made with a slightly smaller bun, a smaller portion of beef, half the bacon, and half the onion rings. Here's what you do: Pat out 1/8 pound of ground beef to the same diameter as the bun. Use only one slice of bacon, broken in two, with the pieces crossed over each other. Use only one big onion ring, and build the burger in the same stacking order as the larger, original version.
Carl's Jr. Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger
For real cholesterol fans, Carl's Jr. has designed a supersize version of this very popular burger. It is essentially the same as the original, with an additional 1/4-pound patty of beef and an additional slice of American cheese stacked on top of the other cheese and beef. Everything else is made the same as in the original. If you try it you'll like it. Just remember to jog an extra mile or two.
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GOUVEIA
Submitted on 05/25/09 |
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| Had one last night, my wife made me an excellent Carls Jr. buger using this recipe. |
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Brenda
Submitted on 07/26/05 |
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| This recipe tastes better than Carls's Jr. I worked ther when I was a teenager and even though they are not hard to make this is one of the most popular hamburgers. Thank you to all at the Top Secret Recipe Staff! |
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