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Garbage Bread

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Time :25 minutes
Yield :4 servings
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Savory Mexican beef and bean flautas served with toppings and side dishes, featuring crispy rolled tortillas filled with seasoned meat, cheese, and vegetables, on a rustic wooden table.

The Scoop

It's basically a burger that decided buns were limiting its potential!
The name is doing this recipe absolutely no favors.
Because what’s actually happening here is a cheeseburger, bacon, pickles, and melty cheese getting wrapped in bread and baked until golden and glorious. 
It's messy, over-the-top, and completely committed to the bit. The kind of recipe that makes people laugh when they hear the name and then immediately ask for a second slice.
Hack it:
Use ground turkey instead of beef; it tastes just as good, with fewer calories.
Swap the ketchup for an equal amount of marinara sauce to add a little Italian flair.
Make the topping more interesting with poppy seeds, flaxseed, and sesame seeds.
Skip the bread dough and use puff pastry for a different version of the same recipe.
Leftovers:
Make a breakfast of champions by topping any leftover slices with a fried egg, and enjoy the best breakfast of your life.
Pizza vibes: dice any leftovers, scatter over a pizza, and bake until golden.
Make a burger bowl: Chop the leftovers and scatter over a big green salad with pickles, cherry tomatoes, and a creamy dressing.

Ingredients

For the bread:

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 cup onion, diced
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • flour, to taste, for dusting a work surface
  • 1 (11-ounce) tube refrigerated French bread dough
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • 3 tablespoons mustard
  • 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 2 dill pickle spears, chopped
  • 8 slices American cheese

For the topping:

  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • Thousand Island dressing, to taste, for serving

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large pan, add the ground beef and the diced onion and cook over medium-high heat, while crumbling the meat, until the beef is browned, about 5-7 minutes.
  • Season the beef mixture with the salt and the pepper.
  • Drain any excess grease from the pan.
  • Using the flour, lightly dust a work surface. Roll the French bread dough out on the work surface into a large rectangle.
  • Spread the ketchup and the mustard evenly over the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edges.
  • Evenly layer the cooked beef mixture on top of the condiment layer.
  • Sprinkle the crumbled bacon and the chopped pickles over the beef layer.
  • Place the American cheese on top of the bacon and the pickles in a single layer.
  • Roll up the dough, starting from one long end to the other, and seal the edges.
  • Place the rolled-up dough onto the prepared baking sheet, seam-side down.
  • Brush the dough with the beaten egg.
  • Sprinkle the sesame seeds on top of the egg wash.
  • Bake until the dough is golden-brown, about 20-25 minutes.
  • Let the bread cool for at least 5 minutes.
  • Slice and serve with the Thousand Island dressing.
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