SPICY BURGER SALAD

Spicy Sauce:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup chopped onions
1-2 tablespoons minced seeded jalapeño chile
1 teaspoon chipotle powder


Burgers:
1 pound ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
1 tablespoon chopped seeded jalapeño chile
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon chipotle power
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Salad:
1 vine ripened tomato
4 cups shredded lettuce
3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1/2 cup ranch dressing


Assembly Ingredients:
Monterey jack cheese
2 slices red onion (do not separte rings)
4 strips cooked crispy bacon


Combine sauce ingredients and stir until smooth and combined. Refrigerate.

Cook bacon until crisp. Set on towel to drain.

While bacon cooks, combine lettuce, tomato and 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro.

Heat grill. Combine burger inredients, shape into 2 patties and grill until desired doneness. While burgers are cooking, place onion slices on grill and cook until onion begins to soften and gets grill marks. During last couple minutes of cooking, top burgers with cheese.

To serve, toss salad with ranch dressing and divide between two plates, place burger on salad, top with spicy sauce, grilled onion and then bacon.... Serve!