The Original 50/50
The burger the restaurant is named after. A patty of half ground bacon and half ground beef, so every bite is smoky and salty through and through, topped with a sunny-side-up egg, avocado mash, pepper-jack cheese and chipotle adobo mayo. It is rich beyond reason and exactly as good as it sounds. Break the yolk before you bite.
The story
Scott Slater came up with the 50/50 patty for his restaurant, grinding bacon together with beef instead of laying strips on top. The result was distinctive enough that the “50/50 burger” now has its own Wikipedia entry as a style, a rare honour for a single restaurant’s idea.
What’s inside
- 50% ground bacon, 50% ground beef patty
- sunny-side-up egg
- avocado mash
- pepper-jack cheese
- chipotle adobo mayo
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the The Original 50/50 yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, bacon, avocado and heat
Peter’s Fuddruckers Burger - Shares beef, bacon, heat and cheese
Dean’s Breakfast Burger from Supernatural - Shares beef, bacon, heat and cheese
Viral Bacon Spiral Burger - Shares beef, avocado and heat
Bang Bang Burgers
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the The Original 50/50.- The Counter · beef, bacon, egg and heat
Breakfast Burger - Tasty Burger · beef, bacon, egg and heat
Rise ’n Shine - Wimpy · beef, bacon, egg and heat
SignatureChampion - Burger 21 · beef, bacon, avocado and heat
SignatureTex-Mex Haystack
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About Slater's 50/50
Scott Slater opened the first Slater’s 50/50 in Anaheim Hills, California, around 2009 with one idea so simple it is surprising nobody had built a restaurant on it before: a burger patty made from half ground beef and half ground bacon. The bacon is not on the burger, it is the burger.
A small chain based in Southern California, with a few locations in other states.
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