Grilled Bacon-Avocado Cheeseburger with Honey Sriracha Mayo
Learn how to build the best grilled bacon-avocado cheeseburger at home. With a one-inch thick all-beef burger patty, thick-cut bacon, mashed avocado, smoky gouda, and a homemade honey sriracha mayo sauce, this decadent burger makes firing up the grill on a weeknight worth it.
Why This Burger Is Worth Firing Up the Grill
Some days, you just want a big, juicy beef burger—not the kind you get from a drive-thru or a lightened up alternative made with turkey and wrapped in lettuce. I mean a real all-beef burger—the kind that you only have on occasion because it is indulgent, but you don’t care because it’s rare.
This bacon avocado burger, with six layers of flavor on top of a soft bread roll, is that kind of burger. At 25 minutes of prep time, it’s a great quick dinner idea, and it’s also my absolute favorite combination of burger-related flavors.
From top to bottom, it’s got my spicy-sweet honey sriracha mayo, spinach, melty smoked gouda, a flame-grilled all-beef patty, thick-cut butcher’s bacon, and mashed avocado. Serve it up with some crispy sweet potato fritters or baked sweet potato slices, and I am in my own version of foodie heaven.
What You’ll Need
This burger recipe has a long ingredients list. Six of those items make up the seasoning combo for the ground beef, and three of them make the sauce that gives this burger its unique finger-licking flavor. All together the list may seem like a lot, but broken down into elements, it’s much more approachable.
How to Make Bacon Avocado Burgers
To make this homemade burger recipe even easier to follow, I’ve broken it down into three sections: the beef burger patties with homemade spice blend, the sweet & spicy sriracha sauce, and the burger toppings. It will all come together in no time. See the recipe card below for exact measurements.
Burger prep work
Like most burgers, the prep work is the most time-consuming part of the process. The meat has to be seasoned and the toppings have to be prepped, but the actual cooking time on these burgers is only about 5 minutes on a hot grill. So, get that grill fired up and then do your prep work while it heats.
Grilling and Assembling the Burgers
If you’ve been following along, you now have all the elements needed and a fiery hot grill ready to quickly turn these tasty ingredients into tonight’s dinner.
The Best Ground Beef for Burger Patties
There are more options than ever when shopping for ground beef these days. At my grocery store, I can find a variety of grass-fed, organic, wagyu, Angus, prime rib, conventional, and even plant-based “ground beef”. While I personally do spring for the grass-fed option, one of the most important flavor factors in picking a great ground beef for patties is to look at the fat content.
The fat content is often presented as a fraction like 96/4 or 80/20, but it can also be written as 93% lean 7% fat, or 73% lean 27% fat. For the juiciest, richest, most indulgent homemade burger, you’ve got to go for the 80/20 blend. If you must go with a lower-fat option, look for 85/15, but going below that may result in dryer than expected results.
My personal opinion: a delicious burger is a rare indulgence that is good for my soul. If it’s made with anything less than 85/15 ground beef, it isn’t usually worth the calories.
How to Store and Reheat
Assembled bacon avocado burgers are best eaten immediately, but cooked burger patties can be refrigerated and reheated in the oven or on the grill. If you are planning for leftovers, don’t add the cheese or any other toppings to the burger until you reheat it.
The raw burger patties can be seasoned and shaped a day or two in advance and kept refrigerated in an airtight container until ready to grill.
Grilled Bacon-Avocado Cheeseburger with Honey Sriracha Mayo
Ingredients
For the Burger Patties:
- 10 ounces 80/20 ground beef
- 1/16 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/16 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/16 teaspoon cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
Spicy Sweet Sriracha Sauce
- 2 tablespoon sriracha
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 1/3 cup plus 1 TBSP of mayo
Burger Toppings
- 2 buns Kings Hawaiian burger buns
- 2 slices thick cut butcher's bacon
- 2 tablespoons spicy sweet sriracha sauce (see above)
- 1/2 avocado
- 10 – 12 leaves of baby spinach
- 2 slices smoked gouda
Instructions
Preparing the Patties and Toppings
- Preheat your grill on high.
- Place the ground beef in a medium mixing bowl. Add the garlic, onion, cumin, salt, pepper, and worcestershire sauce. Mix to thoroughly combine then separate into two equal sections and shape into flat patties that are roughly the same diameter as your burger buns and about 1" thick.
- Using your thumb, make an indention in the middle of the burger that is about one inch around and 1/4 inch deep to keep the burgers from puffing up in the middle as they cook. Let the patties rest while you prepare the toppings.
- Cook the bacon using your preferred method. Oven, stovetop, airfryer, and microwave all work just fine. Once it reaches the desired degree of doneness, place the bacon on paper towels to drain and cool.
- Cut an avocado in half, scoop the flesh into a small bowl, and mash using a fork.
- Make the spicy sweet sriracha sauce by whisking together the sriracha, mayo, and honey in a small mixing bowl.
- Wash the spinach and pat it dry.
Grilling the Burgers
- Take the raw burger patties, a clean plate for the cooked burgers, a meat thermometer, and the sliced cheese to the grill.
- The burgers are cooked medium-well over direct high heat until they reach an internal temperature of 150º, which should take about 5 – 6 minutes total. If you prefer your burgers medium, aim for 140º, while well-done calls for an internal temperature of 155º.
- Add the cheese on top the last minute they are on the grill.
- Place the cooked burgers on a clean plate and allow to rest 5 – 10 minutes.
Assembling the Burgers
- Starting with the bottom bun, add a layer of mashed avocado. Place the two strips of bacon on next, followed by the burger patty with melted cheese.
- Moving to the top bun, apply a layer of sriracha sauce and top that with a bit of spinach.
- Add the cheese-topped beef burger patty to the bottom bun, then add the top bun on top. Take a bite and enjoy!
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Nutrition
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Looks like 6 layers of heaven! I know my husband would adore this!! With some grilled corn it sounds like the perfect summer dinner.
Yes! We love these with corn on the grill! Thanks for stopping by!
This looks fantastic! My mouth is watering!!
Thanks Gwen! Every time someone comments it tempts me to make these again! Haha!
Definitely singing my song with these outrageous burgers! I just did a turkey burger with sriracha aioli – and I know it was good, so this one — made with REAL BEEF and BACON — will definitely score points! Love it!
Thanks Lisa! Yes, the real beef and bacon make it great, but I’m sure your turkey version is something you eat more than once a month! Enjoy!