Blue Cheese Bacon Sliders

These sliders are compliments of my fabulous sister-in-law Brandi!!  With an extra shout out to Our Best Bites.  These sliders are creamy, salty, crunchy, and satisfy just about every area on the tongue!!  Despite what the recipe may show, it is pretty easy to throw together, and you can adjust to serve just your family, or even a crowd.  SO GOOD!!!

Blue Cheese Spread
1/2 c Mayo
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp. Red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic finely pressed
1/4 c crumbled blue cheese

Mix all ingredients together and store in the fridge until you are ready to use.

BBQ Bacon Sliders
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
1/2 c BBQ sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
8-10 white rolls, or Hawaiian sweet rolls if your local grocery store carries them (I live in Japan so I use frozen Rhodes rolls and it turns out great!)
Blue cheese spread
8-10 crisp lettuce leaves
8-10 slices bacon, cooked crisp
Crispy shoe string onions (slice onions thin, toss in flour, and fry in hot veggie oil: optional)

Heat a grill pan.  Mix the beef, BBQ sauce, salt and pepper, and portion out into 8-10 patties (same size as the buns)

Cook the burgers on the grill pan until cooked through.  While burgers are cooking, brush with BBQ sauce. 

To assemble burgers, lightly spread the buns with the blue cheese spread on both sides and layer with a burger patty, a piece of lettuce, a strip of bacon and extra BBQ sauce if desired.  You can add the crispy onions if you decided to make them too :)

Enjoy!!  Serves 4.