BBQ Grilled Cheeseburgers with Hot Sauce Cowboy Butter

with Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Hot Sauce

time: 15-30 minutes | serves: to 4

Ingredients

Burgers
1/4 cup Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Barbecue
1/4 cup Sweet Baby Ray’s Hot Sauce
1 1/2 lbs ground sirloin beef
1 1/4 tsp salt, divided
1 onion, sliced
8 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced
4 slices sharp Cheddar
4 brioche buns, split
1/4 cup mayonaise
1 cup arugula
4 slices tomato
12 slices pickles
Hot Sauce Cowboy Butter
2 tbsp Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Hot Sauce
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 tbsp chives, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp mustard powder
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

Instructions

Cowboy Butter: In medium bowl, stir together Sweet Baby Ray’s Hot Sauce, butter, chives, garlic, mustard powder, thyme, salt and pepper.
Onto a sheet of plastic wrap, using spatula, spread butter mixture into a log shape. Roll butter tightly in plastic wrap into 4-inch log with 2-inch diameter, twisting ends to seal. Freeze for 15 to 30 minutes or until firm. (Alternatively, refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.)
Burgers: Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Barbecue Sauce and Sweet Baby Ray’s Hot Sauce.
Slice four 1/2-inch coins of cowboy butter.
In medium bowl, season ground beef with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper. Divide mixture into 4 portions. Roll each portion into a ball and press a coin of butter into center of each ball. Pinch meat together to cover and enclose butter. Shape each ball into 1/2-inch-thick patty. Refrigerate until ready to grill.
Preheat grill to medium heat; grease grates well.
In large skillet, melt remaining cowboy butter over medium-high heat. Cook onion, mushrooms, remaining salt and remaining pepper, stirring occasionally, for 7 to 8 minutes or until tender and starting to brown.
Brush both sides of burgers with barbecue sauce mixture.
Grill, flipping once, for 8 to 10 minutes or until burgers are cooked through and instant-read thermometer registers 160°F when inserted into thickest part of burgers.
Top each with Cheddar slice and grill for 30 to 60 seconds or until cheese is starting to melt.
Meanwhile, grill buns for 30 to 60 seconds or until lightly toasted.
Serve burgers in toasted buns with mayonnaise, arugula, tomato, pickles and sautéed mushroom mixture.