Bacon Cheeseburger Grilled Cheese Casserole

Bacon Cheeseburger Grilled Cheese Casserole is an easy dinner recipe the whole family will love. This delicious casserole is loaded with ground beef, bacon, onions and cheese sandwiched between layers of bread.

This hamburger casserole takes less than 45 minutes from start to finish and serves 6 people.

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup yellow onion, diced
• 1/2 cup real bacon bits
• 1/4 cup mayo
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tbsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 tsp onion powder
• 12 slices bread
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella and cheddar blend

Bacon Cheeseburger Grilled Cheese Casserole

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Cook ground beef in a large frying pan over medium-high heat with a dab of butter or margarine.
3. Crumble ground beef well while it's cooking.
4. Once the ground beef is cooked, drain excess grease from the pan.
5. Add the diced onions to the pan with the ground beef and stir well.
6. Continue cooking for a few minutes, stirring occasionally.
7. Remove the pan from the heat and add bacon bits, mayo, ketchup, mustard, salt, pepper and onion powder. Stir well.
8. Spread 6 of the slices of bread with 1/4 cup of the margarine and then cut them in half.
9. Lay the pieces of bread, margarine side down, in a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
10. Sprinkle 2 cups of the cheese on top of the bread.
11. Spoon the meat mixture on top of the cheese and spread it out evenly.
12. Sprinkle the remaining 2 cups of cheese over the meat.
13. Spread 6 more slices of bread with 1/4 cup of margarine and cut them in half as well.
14. Lay the pieces of bread, margarine side up, on top of the casserole.
15. Place the dish in the oven and bake until the top bread is golden brown. 20-24 minutes.
16. Serve and enjoy!