Bacon Wrapped Beef Dogs

If you thought you were going to have a heart attack eating a ton of bacon, then this will surely require the paramedics to be on standby.  I can't believe that I ACTUALLY served these up in the cafe.  More than likely this is a once-in-a-lifetime recipe.  And on a brief side-note, these are only good fresh -- reheat these and you're better off eating rubber.  No seriously, rubber is likely better for you and tastier.

I found this recipe on Chowstalker which originally comes from Nummy in my Tummy.  Below are her directions, with my photos of how it turned out...

Ingredients:
1lb ground beef 
4 beef hot dogs 
4 slices bacon 
2 tsp Old Bay Seasoning (optional, but it does add a nice touch to the meat)

Directions:

In a medium bowl, mix ground beef and seasoning.  Divide into 4 portions, flattening each like an elongated patty.

In a large pan, cook all of the hot dogs.

Remove the hot dogs from the heat. Place one hot dog onto each ground beef patty encasing each hot dog so it looks like a large ground beef log.

Place the “meat log” back into pan, browning all of the ground beef.  Add 1/4 cup water at a time to prevent the meat from sticking to the pan.

Remove cooked meat from pan and carefully wrap 2 slices of bacon around each meat log.

Over medium heat, gently place the bacon wrapped meat back into the pan, rotating using tongs until the bacon is crisp.

Remove from the pan and allow to drain onto a paper towel for a few minutes.

Slice and serve. It goes great with Buffalo Wing Cream Sauce.

I think my favorite part of this meal was the Buffalo Wing Cream Sauce

 We also served up some coleslaw to have a nice crunchy vegetable with this meal.  

 Ingredients:

3 cups of coleslaw precut mix.  

3 TBS of Coleslaw dressing (we used Walden Farms Coleslaw dressing)

Overall, it was a pretty good meal.  It would have been great grilled outside.  If we ever make these again, I am going to try it that way!  And I'm going to fully follow the directions... Which would mean I have to read them completely too...  happy eating.