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BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Vidalia Onions

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 We are an onion lovin’ family and I use them often in my cooking. I would say, in 99% of my dishes featuring onions, I use sweet Southern Vidalia onions. So when I came across the Vidalia onion recipe contest this month, I knew I had to enter a couple delish recipes. My first recipe entry to share with you is BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Vidalia Onions. I have always wanted to make stuffed onions and I came up with this Americanized Bacon Cheeseburger idea and ran with it! The end result was a juicy, flavorful onion filled with creamy savory goodness!  This one’s a winner in my book {and hopefully yours too!}. 
 
 
 
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BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Vidalia Onions

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 large Vidalia onions
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 2 slices bacon cooked and chopped
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 tbsp cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 lb lean ground beef
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • salt/pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
  • green onions or chives diced for garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Slice the top and bottom off of onions and remove outside peels.
  • Fill a baking dish with beef broth and add oions.
  • Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and place onions on a cutting board to cool slightly.
  • Pour beef broth into a container, let cool, then keep for another use.
  • Meanwhile, add ground beef to a skillet over medium heat. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
  • Stir and cook beef until cooked through and no longer pink.
  • Drain any excess grease.
  • Add cream cheese, chopped bacon, and 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese to meat mixture and stir until combined and melted.
  • Cut a circle out of the top of the cooked onions {similar to carving a pumpkin} and using a grapefruit spoon or small scoop, remove a few layers of the center onion.
  • Sprinkle 2 tbsp cheese into the bottom of each onion.
  • Spoon meat filling into both onions, pushing down and stuffing the onions, then mounding the mixture on top.
  • Add remaining shredded cheese on top of onions.
  • Bake for 10 minutes to heat throughout and melt the cheese.
  • Place the onions on a plate and drizzle each with BBQ sauce and garnish with diced green onions.
  • Serve hot with a side of fresh steamed veggies and enjoy!
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Start with large sweet Vidalia onions.

Peel outer skin and cut the end and top off both onions. 
Place onions in a baking dish and fill halfway with beef broth.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. 

Cook ground beef in a skillet over medium. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and stir until cooked and no longer pink. Drain grease.

For the ultimate creamy bacon cheeseburger filling I use lots of shredded cheddar cheese, crunchy bacon, and a touch of cream cheese to bring it all together.

Add bacon and 1/2 cup cheddar cheese to the cooked ground beef. Stir to combine.

Add a tbsp of cream cheese to the mix and heat until melted and mixed well.

Remove from oven and place onions to a cutting board to cool slightly.
Pour beef broth into a container, let cool, then keep for another use. 

Cut a circle out of the top of the cooked onions {similar to carving a pumpkin} and using a grapefruit spoon or small scoop, remove a few layers of the center onion.

Place hulled out onions back in the baking dish.

TIP: Don’t throw away the onions you removed from the middle.
I place them in the reserved warm beef broth, let cool, then refrigerate and keep to make a gravy, au jus, or French onion soup later.

Sprinkle 2 tbsp cheese into the bottom of each onion.
Then spoon meat filling into both onions, pushing down and stuffing the onions, then mounding the mixture on top. Add the remaining 1/4 cup cheese on top of the onions.

Bake for 10 minutes to heat throughout and melt the cheese.

Place the onions on a plate and drizzle each with BBQ sauce and garnish with diced green onions.

How delicious does this look?

Serve hot with a side of steamed veggies.

Soft and sweet Vidalia onion with a little crunch and lots of flavor! 

 
 

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  1. Amy Ruiz

    Wow! This looks so delicious and something I never would have thought of doing. Too bad my husband isn't a fan of onions…then again, that probably won't stop me from making them for myself.

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