Burger: Smoked Cheddar//Jalapeño Beer BBQ Sauce//Caramelized Onion//Fried Jalapeño//Chipotle Slaw//Bacon

The made-from-scratch BBQ sauce really ties this whole burger together. I love the standard Kraft Single, frozen patty, and grocery store bun as much as the next guy, but why not try and blow their socks off with this sweet and spicy burger. It's almost the 4th of July after all.

For Sauce: 

• 1 Cup Lager
• 3 Jalapeños, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon honey mustard
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• Salt/pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder

For Everything Else

• Hamburger Buns
• 1 lb groundbeef
• 1/2 red onion cut into ribbons
• 4 Slices smoked Cheddar Cheese
• 4 slices bacon
• Salt/pepper
• 1/2 bag cole slaw mix
• 2 tbsp sour cream
• 1 tbsp chipotle sauce (or 3 whole pureed canned chipotle peppers)
• 1 Head of lettuce
• 2 jalapenos, sliced into rings

For the Sauce: 

1. Finely dice 3 of the jalapeños
2. Heat up a small sauce pan to medium heat, add diced jalapenos and sweat. 
3. Once the Jalapeños have devloped some color add the beer, and reduce for about 3 minutes. 
4. Add ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, honey mustard, soy sauce, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
5. Reduce until the sauce thickens and can easily coat a spoon, aprox. 12 minutes. 

For the burger: 

1. Slice half a red onion into shreds and cut the 2 jalapenos into rings, discarding the stem. 
2. In a small frying pan, add 1 teaspoon oil, and apply low heat. Add onions and slowly cook for 20-30 minutes until brown and caramelized.Remove from pan and set aside
3. In the same pan, fry 3 slices of bacon over medium heat. Once cooked, remove the bacon and add the jalapeno rings and fry until they just start to brown. 
4. Drain Oil and set aside. 
5. In a medium bowl, mix cole slaw mix, chipotle sauce (or peppers) and sour cream. Set aside. 
6. Clean oil out of frying pan, and add a pad of butter, heat to medium. Add buns and toast until golden brown. 
7. Form 2 patties from the ground beef approx. 4 inches in diameter, and 1/2 an inch thick. 
8. Season with salt and pepper, and either grill or fry until medium. Add cheese once the burgers are almost finished, approx. 10 minutes. 
9. Allow the burger to rest for 5 minutes. 

To Stack

1. Lay the burger down on the bottom half of the toasted bun,
2. Place the bacon, fried Jalapeños and caramelized onions. 
3. Drizzle with homemade BBQ sauce
4. Add piece of lettuce, and spread slaw ontop of lettuce. 
5. Top burger with the other half of the bun, and eat that burger up.