Here's another low carb recipe.
What you need:
1 pound ground beef
1 tsp fine sea salt
8 mozzarella string cheese (i did eden cheddar cheese cut in thick strips)
8 thin slices bacon (emphasis on thin, or else you'll be baking this forever)
How you do it:
1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Prepare baking sheet by lining up parchment paper or foil.
3. Place ground beef in a large bowl and season with salt. Use your hands to combine well (don't forget to wash your hands first!). Divide beef into 8 equal portions (ie: divide in half, then divide each half in half, and divide again, get it? good)
4. Make a rectangle out of each portion, maybe about 3 by 2 inches. Or enough dimension that your cheese will not stick out.
5. Place one string cheese (or in my case, the cheese of my choice) in the center of a patty.
6. Use your finger to seal them. Make sure no part of the cheese is sticking out or else the cheese will melt out.
7. Once you are very very very sure the cheese is snuggly inside, wrap the patty with bacon.
8. Then secure the ends of bacon with a toothpick.
9. Repeat with the remaining ground beef portions.
10. Place your master piece on the lined baking sheet.
11. Place in the oven and cook for about 15 minutes (or as soon as one side of the bacon is cooked to your liking).
12. Slowly remove the toothpick and flip the patty. Do this for all of them, of course.
13. Again bake for 15 minutes (or as soon as one side of the bacon is cooked to your liking).
14. Remove the cheese sticks from the oven and let cool for a few minutes (the melted cheese will burn your mouth, but you already know that).
15. For left overs, store in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 4 days (although I doubt there would be left overs..i'm not judging). To reheat, place in a preheated 400F oven for about 3 minutes or until hot enough (don't burn it!).
Bon Appetit!
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