In contrast to the KFC Doubledown*shudder*, there are some fast food items that I actually think sound good.
The baconator is one of them. I mean, c’mon, it has bacon–need I say more? I wanted it. I wanted it bad. So I went ahead and made my own.
First, I heated some frozen hormone and nitrate-free bacon in a pan over medium heat. After taking out some of the fat, I thought of what else I could add…
I still have all these chickpeas from when I made my own from dried, so I decided to use some of them.
I believe in Food Network terms this is “adding chickpeas to the party”. It was definitely a party in that pan. I threw in a little maple syrup, too, to enhance the flavor of the bacon.
The end product was just as I would hope for it to be.
The burger was juicy and rare, cooked on the grill with hormone-free, grass-fed beef. The salty/sweet combination with the maple bacon was a little ridiculous.
And no burger is complete without caramelized onion, right?
What is your guilty pleasure food?
Well, because I’m working my way back to introducing guilty pleasures, I can’t say that I have one that I’ve really indulged in in a loooooong time.
However, we used to go out to breakfast buffets when I was younger and I would load up my plate with the biscuits and sausage gravy. Pretty much anything Pilsbury used to be heaven for me, haha!
That or a triple cheeseburger from George Webb’s. That was the best.
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Ooh I’m not a fan of bacon (even when I ate meat, I wasn’t a fan). I would definitely say my guilty pleasure is anything covered in cheese!
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Probably either a medium rare cheeseburger or a brownie sundae!
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Man oh man does that look good! Ice cream is most definitely my guilty pleasure, which makes me want an ice cream maker even more!!
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Favorite guilty pleasure… a huge piece of cheesecake!
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Cheesecake is a new one for me – never used to like it and now i eat it every night…by the chunks…yeah…
wow your new look is really coming together!
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Your homemade baconator looks MUCH more appealing than the fast food one.
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My guilty food pleasures…. salmon bacon (roasted/broiled salmon skin)… salmon belly… hamachi kama (tuna neck)… eel… oh man, I just love fat!
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