Applebee’s Cowboy Burger Recipe

Applebee’s Cowboy Burger is a robust burger topped with crispy onion strings, melted cheddar cheese and smoky BBQ sauce, often served with a side of fries or another option.

Make our Applebee’s Cowboy Burger Recipe at home tonight for your family. This huge BBQ burger will satisfy the hungriest burger-lover.

Photo by Clotee Pridgen Allochuku

Applebee’s Cowboy Burger

An Applebee’s Copycat Recipe

You are gonna need some BBQ Sauce for this burger. You can use your favorite, store bought or homemade sauce, though to be true to the recipe we recommend a Kansas City or Texas-Style Sauce. St. Louis-Style might work, too. But to get the real Applebee’s taste, just use Applebee’s BBQ Sauce. We have the recipe. 😉

Click HERE to Make Applebee’s BBQ Sauce

One more thing – The Applebee’s menu version of this burger calls for Onion Straws. These are a bit tricky to make at home and we think that is why the recipe we found called for Onion Rings, which you can by frozen in any grocery. It’s your call. We have included both in our recipe.

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Applebee's Cowboy Burger Recipe

Make our Applebee's Cowboy Burger Recipe at home tonight for your family. This huge BBQ burger with tomato, lettuce, onion rings and bacon will satisfy the hungriest burger-lover.

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Active Time30 minutes mins

Total Time45 minutes mins

Course: Grilling Recipe, Main Course, Outdoor Cooking

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Applebee's

Ingredients

• 1 pound Bacon
• 1 pound Ground Beef or Chuck
• 2 tablespoons freshly minced Garlic
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese for topping burgers while cooking
• 2 seeded Onion Rolls split and toasted on the grill
• 4 tablespoons Mayonnaise SCRR always uses Duke's
• 1 cup shredded Iceberg Lettuce
• 4 slices tomato 1/2 inch thick
• 4 baked Onion Rings or a big 'ol mess of Onion Straws
• 2 - 4 tablespoons Applebee's BBQ Sauce (Click HERE for the Recipe) or your favorite BBQ Sauce, store bought or homemade

Instructions

• Preheat grill to high.
• Place bacon in a large skillet.
• Fry over medium heat until browned and crisped. Drain on a paper towel-covered plate. Save drippings.
• In a large bowl combine beef, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and cheddar cheese.
• Form into 2 large patties. Make a slight indentation in the center of the burger. (This is to prevent the pattie from doming up in the center. The indentation will rise as your burger cooks.)
• Grill for 4 - 5 minutes each side. During the last few minutes, after flipping, add additional cheddar cheese to melt.
• Toast buns on low or indirect heat.
• Spread mayonnaise on bottom buns.
• Place buns on serving plate. Top with lettuce and tomato slices.
• Place burgers on tomatoes. Top with bacon and 1/4 cup barbecue sauce. Add 2 onion rings or a handful of onion straws.
• Serve and enjoy!

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Photo of Applebee’s Cowboy Burger Loaded Smashed Potatoes is by Clotee Pridgen Allochuku and is used by permission under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) License. Thank you, Clotee. Great Picture. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Recipe adapted from a segment on WFMY News 2, Greensboro, NC as “Similar to Applebee’s Cowboy Burger Recipe.” Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.