Authentic Elvis Burgers

You can serve these delicious and unusual burgers for Elvis's birthday, but the taste of a cheeseburger with peanut butter, bacon, and dill pickle slices is sure to be a hit anytime.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 581 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup shredded lettuce
• 4 slices Cheddar cheese
• 1 tomato, sliced
• 4 hamburger buns
• 4 teaspoons peanut butter
• 1 large dill pickle, sliced
• 4 thick slices bacon
• 4 teaspoons ketchup, or to taste
• 1 onion, chopped - or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Divide ground beef into 4 patties, sprinkle with salt and black pepper, and set aside.

Step 2

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels and keep warm. Cook onion in the bacon drippings until lightly browned, about 10 minutes, stirring often; sprinkle with sugar during frying if desired. Set onion aside.

Step 3

Open hamburger buns and place onto a baking sheet with cut sides up; toast under the broiler until browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Set buns aside.

Step 4

Pan fry ground beef patties in the same skillet as onions until browned and the juices run clear, 5 to 8 minutes per side. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of a burger should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Place a slice of Cheddar cheese onto each patty and allow cheese to melt.

Step 5

To assemble, spread peanut butter onto bottom halves of buns; spread ketchup onto top halves. Top the peanut butter with pickle slices, cooked onion, burgers with cheese, a slice of bacon, several tomato slices, and about 1/4 cup shredded lettuce per sandwich.

Step 6

Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.