Meatloaf Sliders with Bacon, Pepper Jack and Frizzled Onions.
Two of my favorite things today!
Burgers and friends.
It’s Monday, I’m in a chocolate-peanut butter egg coma, I’ve got a full day of work, bruises on my knees from falling on my face in the Target parking lot (it would happen there) and half of a coconut cake left in my fridge. And I’m about to tell you why I am oh-so in love with Andie Mitchell’s cookbook, which is going to make you want to eat all the things.
Oh but wait. The MAIN reason I need to share the burgers from Andie’s book with you today is because…
Max had his very first burger last Fall with Andie at Shake Shack. And no, she didn’t offer it up to him, at least she hadn’t yet – he literally grabbed it out of her hand and started attacking it with his mouth. I’m pretty sure he ate at least a quarter of it and covered another third in baby drool, rendering it impossible to eat unless you were his mother.
And now? Cheeseburgers are one of this favorite foods. Not blaming him at all.
SO. The good stuff.
This recipe comes from Eating in the Middle, Andie’s cookbook which comes out… TOMORROW!! You must must go order it now, as it’s absolutely fabulous. For years I’ve told you how Andie is my Oprah, and then she went and wrote a fantastic memoir that I managed to read in one day and mostly bawled my eyes out while doing so.
If you’re familiar with Andie, then you probably know that she is genuine and possesses an authenticity that is hard to find these days. She’s relatable and hilarious and still seems to struggle between the Noel or Ben love triangle on Felicity, which I can obviously understand. One of the things I love most about Andie though? Is that she eats real food! All food. She loves real food, shares her favorites in the book and talks about how to eat what you love for a happy and healthy LIFESTYLE.
When she first told me about her cookbook last year, it struck a chord with me. You guys know I am SUCH an all-or-nothing person, it’s by far my biggest flaw. Andie’s concept for this cookbook is that so often, when we’re struggling with eating or with weight or habits, we’re on one side or the other – restricting or overindulging. And she likes to show that we CAN eat in the middle and maintain a healthy life with delicious food. I LOVE IT.
It’s actually the mindset that I grew up with, where eating in the middle was just “normal.” My mom has the best mindset about food and I hope that I can pass it on to my kids.
These burgers are an absolute dream and just what we needed to break us out of our burger rut. Yes, we get in burger ruts. Which is probably terrible. But it’s real life.
Luckily, we’ve both always loved meatloaf and even though my mom made the most delicious meatloaf when I was a kid, I have completely failed at this dish more than once. Also, I just realized my mom probably hasn’t made meatloaf in like fifteen years so I’m going to nag her until she does so! Yes yes.
The burgers are PACKED with flavor. Packed, I tell you. I decided to make mine into sliders instead of burgers since mini things are adorable and you can eat two burgers. The outside has this fabulous crunchy crust and the inside is moist (YES I’M SORRY it is, unless you’d rather me say it’s soggy or damp) and juicy. I threw on some extra BBQ sauce, the cheese is melty and a big spicy and the onions are so lightly fried and crispy. Perfection?!
This is exactly how I want to start every week.
Meatloaf Sliders with Frizzled Onions
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 pound ground sirloin, I used 93% lean
- 2/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon djion mustard
- 1/2 cup smoky BBQ sauce, plus extra for serving
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 ounces pepper-jack cheese, sliced
- 8 to 10 slider buns, I used multigrain dinner rolls from a local bakery
frizzled onions
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large sweet onion, sliced into super thin rings
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- peanut oil for frying
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- In a large skillet, cook the bacon until crispy and the fat is rendered. Once crispy, remove the bacon and place it on a paper towel to drain. Once cool, break it into thirds or fourths so it fits on the burgers. Pour most of the bacon fat out of the skillet, leaving just a little to cook the sliders in.
- In a large bowl, combined the beef, breadcrumbs, worcertershire, mustard, bbq sauce, honey, salt and pepper. Mix with your hands until the ingredients are dispersed and distributed. Form the mixture into 8 or 10 (depending on the bun size) equal patties.
- Heat the same skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sliders and cook until browned and crisp on both sides, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Reduce the heat to low, cover the sliders with the cheese slices and cover the skillet until it melts.
- To serve, add a bit of bbq sauce on each bun. Cover with the meatloaf patty, a few pieces of bacon and the other bun top.
frizzled onions
- In a bowl, whisk together the egg and buttermilk. Add the sliced onion rings and cover them completely in the milk. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- In a baking dish, whisk together the flour, garlic powder, smoked paprika and pepper. Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat and fit it with a candy thermometer. Add enough peanut oil so you have a few inches to fry in. You want the temp of the oil to reach 375 degrees F.
- Take the onion rings out of the fridge. Remove each ring and shake off the excess milk, then dredge it through the seasoned flour mixture. Add it to the oil and fry until it’s golden and crispy, about 2 to 3 minutes, flipping once or twice. Remove the onions with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel to drain the excess oil. Cover with salt while still hot!
- As a note, I like to start the burgers and heat the oil while the onion rings are in the fridge! This way, it makes for a fairly “quick” meal, given the components.
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42 Comments on “Meatloaf Sliders with Bacon, Pepper Jack and Frizzled Onions.”
oooooohhhh MAMA, I gotta get me somma these!!!!! Monday=SAVED!
That’s a delicious looking “burger”. We just have to recover from the easter chocolate coma!
What’s the drink, root beer with lime? I want!
Sounds like a great attitude towards food, we couldn’t agree more! Also love these cute little sliders, the onion sound like a great addition!
OMG those onions!
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Oh my goodness! Those onion rings look so incredible! I want to take a bite out of my phone. I think I might actually like meatloaf this way!
You make everything look amazing! Those onions….irresistible!
OMG Noel vs Ben!! I think about this every time Olivia chooses Fitz over Jake and it makes me stabby. Who in their right mind would choose an.y.one over Scott Foley?? He sure has had a rough life.
Also, those burgers look fantastic and I need them in my face right now.
Well this just made my morning! Seriously, burger ruts are real life. And I’m thinking this is the BEST way to break out of it. Thanks!!
Those crispy onions are so inviting. Very creative recipe.
Recovering from the chocolate frenzy and this is the way to do it, OMG that melty cheese! Could eat like 4 of these.
Love these burgers!!! They look so good, I could eat about 4 of them in one sitting ?
I love the little onion rings on those! Sliders are so the perfect excuse for having friends over.
Kari
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Oh my gosh I LOVE YOU! Thank you so so MUCH for sharing the burgers and for this incredibly loving post, Jess!! I truly could not have explained my eating philosophy better :) You are the most wonderful person and I’m so happy to have you in my life.
xoxoxo
Andie
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Oh my god! These meatloaf sliders look sooo amazing. They’re perfect for entertaining guests! Who wouldn’t love bacon, pepper jack, and frizzled onions!
Seems like the perfect Saturday evening snack :))
I can’t wait to receive Andie’s book. I’m sooo excited! These burgers look delicious! how fun that you and Andie are food blogger friends. <3
hey girl these look amazing! yummy!
hi
Gimme all of the frizzled onions! I’ve seen lots of Andie’s recipes lately and they all look so tasty!
Oh my goodness! Those onion rings looks so incredible
This looks delicious. I am so excited for her cookbook. I loved the memoir and am still thinking about how honest and real the her story came through with so many emotions.
I pre-ordered Andie’s cookbook ages ago and can’t WAIT to get it in. These slider look amazing. I almost always order the burgers/sliders that come with onion slivers/frizzled onions so these are right up my ally. :)
That little guy knows his stuff! These look INCREDIBLE! Seriously, I’m probably drooling more than the baby. It’s casual.
Made this recipe tonight, it was delicious and so filling. I ate 3 and my husband ate 4 sliders and the onion rings,so yummy. Thank you Andie and Jessica!
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AGHGHGHGH!! Looks amazing! Can’t wait to read that book!
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The burger and drink are looking really yummy. The onion rings will merge very well with the burger. I just found your blog through StumbleUpon and I loved it. :)
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I made these this week and it’s by far my husbands favorite thing I have ever cooked. I found that the sliders fell apart when I was cooking them. I removed them, added an egg, and then it worked perfectly.
I love your blog! I’ve been cooking nothing but your recipes for the last two months! They’re easy to follow and don’t have too many ingredients!
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Sorry, this was a disaster for me. I haven’t failed in the kitchen in a long time, and this was certainly my first failure in a long time. These fall apart like mush. I followed the recipe and I really thought it sounded awesome. I have grown young men in my household who love red meat and burgers so it really isn’t hard to please them. The last few I cooked stayed together enough to get on the plate. We tasted even though they would never make it to the bun in one piece, and it just wasn’t worth eating. Sorry. Maybe the ground meat where I live (Midwest) isn’t conducive to this recipe.
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I have cooked dinner almost every night for the past 26 years and I have meal planning notebooks back to 2010. This recipe has to be, hands down, the worst thing that I have ever made. This recipe was doubled, and with one cup of bbq sauce, the mixture is beyond moist. I didn’t add the honey, which turned out to be a very good thing. The sugars from the bbq sauce burn while the burgers are cooking, making a very unappetizing char on the outside. The finished product is a strangely textured burger with not good flavor. My daughter took the burger off the bun and just ate the bun with lettuce and tomato.
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