The Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make BBQ Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Avocados (the exact measurements and full recipe instructions are below in the easy to print recipe card):
Ground beef – use a lean ground beef. 80/20 works well, but even leaner is better.
Seasoned salt
Ground black pepper
Avocados – use small to medium size avocados. You don’t want them to be over-ripe or they’ll be too mushy to make this recipe. They need to be just ripe enough to not be hard.
Pepper jack cheese – I buy a block of the cheese and use what I need to fill all of the avocados.
Bacon – you’ll want to use a thin cut bacon and you’ll need about 5 strips of bacon per avocado.
BBQ sauce – any flavor you like.
How to Make Burger Bombs
Preheat a gas grill to medium heat (350F).
In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, seasoned salt, and black pepper.
Cut each avocado in half and remove the pit. Fill the center of each avocado with as much cheese as will fit, then put the two halves of each avocado back together to recreate a whole avocado.
Gently peel (by hand) the avocado peel away from each avocado, leaving fully peeled whole avocados that are stuffed with cheese in the center.
Divide the seasoned ground beef into 5 equal portions and flatten each into a very large hamburger patty. Lay an avocado in the center of one of the patties and wrap the meat around it, completely encasing the avocado. Repeat with each avocado and beef patty.
Wrap 5 strips of bacon around each beef encased avocado. Make sure at least most of the meat is covered with bacon.
