BBQ Breakfast Smash Burger Recipe

1. Start with the Hot Hollandaise. Mince the hot pepper.  Melt the butter over gentle heat, moving it constantly, until the butter stops foaming. In a tall and narrow container, combine the yolk and lemon juice. Insert the head of a stick blender and turn it on. Stream in the hot butter until a thick sauce is achieved. Drop in as much of the minced hot pepper as you wish and blend a little more. Set aside and keep warm. 
2. If you have maple butter, cut the 2 tbsp. into small cubes or balls and then freeze them. 
3. Wash and peel the potatoes, grate them into a bowl of cold water. 
4. Set up the barbecue by replacing the grids with your griddle. Place a frying pan on the remaining cooking grids. Ignite the burners, setting the ones below the griddle to medium-high, the ones under the frying pan to a little lower. 
5. While everything is heating, prepare the sausage balls by dividing the meat into 4 equal portions. Remove the potatoes from the water and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Transfer to a clean and dry bowl, sprinkling with cornstarch and seasoning to taste. 
6. Make the batter for the griddle cakes. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Then whisk in the milk, egg, and melted butter. You can stir through the maple butter chips or sprinkle them on when cooking. 
7. Bring everything out to the barbecue.  Oil the griddle, the ring molds, and frying pan. Put down the bacon on the cooking grids to cook. Dollop a few tablespoons of batter into the ring molds on the griddle – add the maple butter if you haven’t already. Lay down a couple of handfuls of hashbrowns into the frying pan, spreading out so that they’re thin and about the same size as the griddle cakes in the ring mold. 
8. After 3 to 4 minutes, the griddle cakes should be golden on the bottom and starting to bubble on the sides, remove the mold and flip the cakes, cooking for an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Repeat with the remaining batter. 
9. Flip the hash browns when one side is crisp and golden. Add extra oil as needed. Flip the bacon when it’s nice and crisp to finish on the other side.  Repeat with the remaining potatoes. 
10. Once the griddle cakes are finished move them to the warming rack to stay warm. 
    Take the sausage balls and place them onto the griddle. Use a spatula to flatten the sausage into a thin patty.
11. Cook for a few minutes on each side. When you flip, top the sausage with the cheese. 
12. Finally, fry the eggs over easy. 
13. Assemble by brushing maple syrup onto the bottom griddle cake, placing the sausage patty on top of that, layering the hashbrown, bacon, and then finally the egg. Brush the inside top of the top-bun griddle cake with some hot hollandaise and crown this ballistic barbecue breakfast sandwich. Tuck in!

This BBQ Breakfast Smash Burger recipe seems complicated and challenging, however, it’s all in the prep. You are, of course, welcome to skip any steps that you don’t want. Use pre-made ingredients instead, whatever you like. The idea is to achieve breakfast nirvana and not to break your brain. What are your favorite breakfast foods to cook on the barbecue? Share your barbecue breakfast recipes, ideas, and photos on our social pages like Facebook and TikTok, using the hashtags #NapoleonEats and #NapoleonGrill.

Happy Grilling!