Dinner · 25 min · american

Copycat Bacon Cheeseburger (Five Guys’ style)

This is the kind of American dinner you’ll make on repeat — lean ground beef (90/10) and sesame burger buns, 25 minutes, big payoff. At 560 calories and 46g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. No specialty equipment and nothing hard to find at a regular grocery store.

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb Lean ground beef (90/10)
• 2 Sesame burger buns
• 2 slices American cheese
• 4 slices Center-cut bacon
• 2 tbsp Light mayo
• 1/2 Yellow onion
• 8 Dill pickle chips
• 1 cup Shredded iceberg lettuce
• 4 slices Tomato
• 2 tsp Yellow mustard

Steps

1. Cook the bacon in a cold cast-iron skillet over medium heat until crisp at the edges, about 8 minutes; drain it on a rack, not paper towels, so it stays snappy.
2. Divide the beef into four loose 3-oz balls — Five Guys patties start as balls, and loose meat sears into a better crust than a packed puck.
3. Sear the balls in the bacon fat, smashing once with a stiff spatula; season with salt and pepper and leave them alone for 2 minutes.
4. Flip, drape cheese over two of the patties, stack a plain patty on each, then cross two bacon slices over the top.
5. Toast the sesame buns cut-side down in the same pan until golden at the rim.
6. Mayo on both buns, then lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onion — the full all-the-way pile, no holding back.
7. Crown it, wrap in foil for 2 minutes so the bun steams soft, and eat it over the wrapper like you mean it.

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