We live minutes from the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and we’ve created a burger featuring Canadian back bacon, Alberta bacon, Alberta beef, fresh made buns and locally sourced vegetables!
Fire up the barbecue and get grilling our Canadian Rocky Mountain Burgers for dinner tonight!
Canadian Rocky Mountain Burgers
This month we are joining several other bloggers across North America creating mouthwatering, juicy burgers for what’s become known as Burger Month.
Every day in May there are new burgers being created, posted and showcased on the Girl Carnivore (Burger Month) website offering several epic burger reveals and recipes to keep you grilling all summer long.
Even better is the awesome burger grill giveaway (now closed) hosted by Kita at GirlCarnivore!
A Burger United
Canadian’s love their beef and their local craft beer so we’ve taken Alberta Beef, mixed in some stout from a local brewery, stirred in a little Canadian mustard and formed our burger patties.
The buns are lightly grilled and slathered with a mixture of mustard and mayonnaise. Toppings include Canadian back bacon, fresh tomatoes and living lettuce from local suppliers, pickles, a delicious cheese and a Grillfackelin bacon skewer because we love bacon!
Anytime Burgers
Whether you are preparing burgers to grill for dinner, a group barbecue or to take camping, these burgers come together quickly. Make them in advance and freeze them individually, then simply pull them out the day you want to have burgers,prepare your toppings and get cooking!
The Beer
In our kitchen we tested both an ale (local craft beer) and a stout (local craft beer) to flavour the burgers finding both beers added a slightly different kick. We recommend you sample both beers and choose the beer taste you like best. One type of beer I recommend avoiding is anything too hoppy, doesn’t work well in these Canadian Rocky Mountain Burgers.
Looking for something to serve with your burger, check out our suggestions below.
Burger Sides
What kind of sides do you enjoy with your burger? Our sides are delicious served along side any burger, or on their own.
When we test recipes in our kitchen we learn as we go. Here are a few tips to help build your burger.
Pro Tips
- Be sure you pick a beer with some flavour but not a hoppy beer.
- For juicy burgers choose ground beef that is 70 or 80 percent lean and 20 – 30 percent fat.
- Put a little sizzle (pan saute) on your Canadian Back Bacon slices for added flavour.
- Burger done-ness is entirely a personal preference so cook it the way you want to eat it. If you like them rare, cook them rare. If you like them well done, then that’s how you cook. We have allowed for our burgers to be more on the done side as that is how we like them.
- Always season your burgers well and on both sides with salt and pepper just before cooking.
- Do not over-mix or work your burger mixture. Less mixing is more.
- Buns matter. We have used both challuh buns and regular white buns in this recipe and the regular white buns were the preferred choice.
Love burgers as much as we do? Check out these awesome combinations!
- Cheese Stuffed Burger
- Alberta Burger
- Quinoa Burger
- Chicken Burgers with Mango Mayo
- Pork Burgers with Peanut Sauce
- Pizza Burgers
If you made this recipe tag Wanda Baker on Instagram and hashtag it #bakersbeans

Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb ground burger
- 1/2 cup ale or stout beer
- 1 tbsp worchestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp grainy mustard
- 1/4 white onion
- salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 slices Cheese
- 4 buns split and toasted
- 2 tomatoes sliced
- butter lettuce leaves
- pickles
- 8 slices Canadian Back Bacon lighty sauteed
- 8 skewers Grillfackelin bacon
- 1/4 cup grainy mustard
- 1 cup mayonnaise
Instructions
- In a large bowl add the beef, beer, worcestershire sauce and grainy mustard. Grate your onion over top of the beef allowing juices to fall in and carefully mix together ingredients. Separate into 4 equal balls and lightly press on each ball to form your burger. Put an indent in the middle of your burger and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat and add a drizzle of olive oil. When the pan is hot add your burgers and cook 4-5 minutes on one side, flip and 4-5 minutes on the other side. Top each burger with a slice of cheese for the last two minutes of cooking, covering with a lid or aluminum foil to help melt the cheese.
- Mix together mustard, mayonnaise and a pinch of salt and pepper to make your burger sauce. Spread on top and bottom of burger buns.
- Place lettuce and tomato on your bun, top with back bacon, a burger and finish with pickles. Add your bacon skewer to the top of the bun and serve.
The Ultimate Burger Month Giveaway
Along with all the creative burger recipes you are going to get this month, we are giving away this incredible prize pack! Be sure to enter the contest below for your chance to win.
A huge thanks to the #BurgerMonth sponsors for the Ultimate Burger Grilling Giveaway: Char-Griller Grills, Crow Canyon Home, Porter Road, Melissas Produce, Red Duck, Spiceology, & Western BBQ.
All opinions, views and recipe development are my own. Unless otherwise stated this contest is open to residents residing in the United States.
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what a great combination of flavors, I just love Canadian bacon that must put this burger over the top!
One can never have too much bacon!
More bacon! I don’t know how you had the self control to actually get those skewers into the burgers long enough to get a picture, but I can’t imagine a world where I didn’t actually eat them all first!
The secret is: make extra and eat them first. Then by the time you take the photos you are too full to eat anything!
Oh my word. That skewer wrapped in bacon in the burger? And all those Canadian flavors. Being half Canadian, I’m loving it!!
One can never have too mouch bacon right?!
How delicious looking is THIS?!!!! 🙂 LOVE the bacon skewer!!! That looks so cool!! 😀
Thanks so much!
I can’t get over that bacon skewer! Yum!!!
Worthy tip: if you make them make extra!
I’ve never had a burger with a bacon skewer. Love this!
Thank you! The bacon skewers might just be our favourite thing right now!
This burger is seriously drool worthy! I would love this right now!
So many great burgers, so little time!
By far the best burger!
Thanks it’s tasty!
Oh wow! Now THAT is my kinda burger!!
YUM! This burger looks and sounds so delicious and would make a great addition to any BBQ party.
This Burger looks so delicious! Oh my YUM!
This is the burger of my dreams! Love the stout and the Canadian bacon! You have the most amazing flavors to your meat for the best burger!
Thank you Eileen! Come visit one day and I will make it for you!
I love the ale in the mix but those bacon swizzle sticks are the bomb! Fantastic.
Who knew beer added to burgers, topped with a bacon stick could be so good?!
This is looking so delicious. Thanks for sharing the amazing burger.
Thanks for stopping by!
I tried to cook it – everything turned out great. Thanks for the recipe!
I’m thrilled you liked it! Thank you for taking the time to visit and try the recipe!