BROILED HAMBURGER SLIDERS WITH LOADED FRIES

Do your kids love hamburgers and fries? Mine do for sure! These broiled hamburger sliders and loaded fries are my kids’ favorite meal. They literally beg for them almost every weekend!  Admittedly though, I use it to my benefit by rewarding them with this super delicious duo for good behavior and/or good grades! It serves as a great incentive! My incentive is using Reynolds Wrap^® Aluminum Foil because cleanup is virtually eliminated, and then I can rest! I love balling up that aluminum foil and tossing it, along with all the mess from this dish, right in the trash! HA! Yeah, baby! OK, so after I was done with the hamburger sliders, I was thinking what else can I do to make these sliders even more enticing to the kiddies?! Then it hit me—BAM POW KABOOM—personalize them! So I decided to personalize the sliders with name flags. Kids love when you personalize things. After all, most kids’ first words are Mommy, Daddy and mine mine mine! By personalizing their sliders, it just brings a bit more excitement to the meal. The Reynolds Wrap^® Heavy Duty Foil formed the perfect flags! This idea would also be great for birthday parties and/or gatherings.  

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BROILED HAMBURGER SLIDERS AND LOADED FRIES

INGREDIENTS:

Broiled Hamburger Sliders
80% lean ground beef
Potato slider buns
1/2 cup melted butter
2-4 tsp. Sea salt
2-4 tsp. Ground black pepper
4-6 tsp. Granulated garlic
2-4 tsp. Dried thyme
¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
8-9 crushed crackers
1-2 tbsp. unsalted butter (for buns)
Cooking/baking sheet
Reynolds Wrap^® Heavy Duty Foil
tooth picks, small labels, pen and marker

Loaded Fries
One 1-2 pound bag of frozen fries in a bag
2-4 tsp.Sea salt
8-9 slices of thick-sliced pork bacon
1 cup of shredded Colby cheese
1 cup of shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Cooking/baking sheet
Reynolds Wrap^® Heavy Duty Foil
Reynolds Wrap^® Non-Stick Foil

READY, SET, GO: 

1. Turn broiler on and set to HIGH
2. Place ground beef in large bowl
3. Add sea salt, granulated garlic, thyme, ground black pepper, cilantro and crushed crackers to the ground beef and mix together with your hands
4. Line a cooking/baking sheet with Reynolds Wrap^® Heavy Duty Foil (crimp all edges)
5. Use ice cream scooper to scoop beef and mold into small patties (1/2 inch thick), place on lined cooking/baking pan
6. Place hamburgers in oven 4 inches away from the preheated broiler and allow to broil for 6-8 minutes on each side, until done
7. LET’S MAKE THE BUNS
8. Brush buns with unsalted butter and place on a sheet of Reynolds Wrap^® Heavy Duty Foil, place in oven and allow to broil on high for 1-2 minutes or until lightly toasted
9. LET’S MAKE THE LOADED FRIES
10. Line a cooking/baking sheet with Reynolds Wrap^® Heavy Duty Foil and place strips of bacon on top. Allow to broil on high for 10 minutes on each side. When done, allow to drain on a paper towel, set aside to cool, then chop
11. Turn the oven from broil to bake at 400 degrees
12. Line a cooking/baking sheet with Reynolds Wrap^® Non-Stick Foil and place fries on foil. Allow to bake on 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, remove and sprinkle with sea salt
13. Pile chopped bacon and Colby and Monterey Jack cheese on the fries and add back to the oven at 400 degrees for about 3-5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted
14. Place your burger on your bun, add ketchup and pickle, and close the bun
15. LET’S MAKE THE PERSONALIZED FLAGS
16. Cut rectangle pieces of Reynolds Wrap^® Heavy Duty Foil and wrap around toothpicks. Leave space at top to fold over to hold foil in place, then wrap again to secure. Write names on small label, add a design, place label on foil and stick flags in buns
17. SERVE AND ENJOY

Utokia ~
Sizzle Sizzle Baby