Bacon Guacamole Cheeseburger Bites
One giant delicious bite of meatballs, thick bacon, guacamole, jack cheese, & jalapeño slices skewered between cherry tomato 'buns' for the perfect healthyish party food!
Servings: 24 bites
Calories: 73kcal
Ingredients
- 6 slices thick-cut bacon
- 1 T. olive oil
- 1/2 onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 T. worcestershire
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/2 t. pepper
- 24 cherry tomatoes
- 4 oz. monterey jack
- 1/4 cup guacamole
- 2 jalapeños (optional)
- 24 toothpicks
Chipotle Lime Dipping Sauce
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo minced
- 1 T. lime juice
- 1/2 t. garlic powder
- 1/4 t. salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Set a wire rack in a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet. Lay bacon slices on the rack.
- Bake bacon at 400° for 10-12 minutes, until edges are barely crisp; chewy centers will be easier to skewer. Leave oven at 400°.
- While bacon is baking, heat oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is translucent, then transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Add beef, worcestershire, salt, & pepper to the onions and mix well.
- Remove the rack of bacon from the foil-lined baking sheet. Roll beef into 24 small meatballs and set on the baking sheet.
- Bake meatballs at 400° for 10-12 minutes, until browned.
- While meatballs are baking, slice cherry tomatoes in half widthwise. Slice each bacon strip into 4 pieces and scoop a teaspoon of guacamole onto each piece. Cut monterey jack into 8 slices, then cut each slice into 3 squares. If using jalapeños, cut thinly into 24 slices.
- Skewer one cherry tomato half, guacamole-topped bacon slice, jalapeño slice, cheese slice, meatball, and finish with another cherry tomato half. Repeat for all 24 skewers.
- Whisk together all sauce ingredients or pulse in a food processor.
- Serve skewers warm with chipotle dipping sauce.