Cheeseburger French Bread

Name: Cheeseburger French Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 loaf French Bread; 1/2 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil; 1 medium Yellow Onion; 1 lb Ground Beef; 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce; 2 Tbsp. Ketchup; 1 Tbsp. Yellow Mustard; 1 tsp. Garlic Powder; 1 tsp. Salt; 1/2 tsp. Pepper; 1 cup Cheddar Cheese (shredded); 1 medium Tomato (chopped); 1/4 cup Mayonnaise; 1/2 Avocado

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Published: 11/27/2020 | Updated: 03/28/2024

Cheeseburger French Bread is the ultimate game day food! A loaf of bread is stuffed with your favorite cheeseburger toppings for a filling and easy party food!

We’re huge college football fans in our house so I’m always on the look-out for food to serve during the games.

The winners always seem to have a few things in common:

affordable
minimal prep
filling (so I don’t have to make too much else!)
not too fancy (my crowd likes hearty and filling not fancy and elaborate)
delicious, of course!

This Cheeseburger Stuffed French Bread fits the bill on all counts!

It’s even easier to make than regular cheeseburgers and looks impressive too!

Stuffed French Bread

If you’ve never made a stuffed French bread before, you’re going to be hooked! It’s so easy and so nice to have your whole meal in one dish like this!

I start by cutting off the very top of the loaf. I don’t go down very far, just cut off the flat part of the top of the bread.

Then, scoop out the center of the leaving about a 1″ border all the way around and on the bottom of the loaf. You want to be sure to leave some of the bread, because you want that taste to go along with the cheeseburger filling. But also because it just makes the slices easier to handle. If you scoop out too much, your slices will fall apart more easily.

Be sure to save all the bread you scoop out, though! That stuff is gold!

You can cut it into cubes for a dip you make or you can freeze it to use as bread crumbs later.

But for this recipe, just set your loaf of bread aside for a minute at this point.

In a large skillet, heat about 1/2 tablespoon of vegetable oil and cook a chopped onion for about 5 minutes. Then, add your ground beef and continue cooking until the beef is no longer pink. Drain your fat (my least favorite part!).

Now it’s time to really make this taste like a cheeseburger! I add the following, but you can really add whatever your favorite cheeseburger fillings are:

Worcestershire sauce
Ketchup
Mustard
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder

Mix it right in with your ground beef in the frying pan and stir for another minute or two until it’s all incorporated.

Then scoop it right into the center of your hollowed-out loaf of bread. Fill that baby up.

Top with shredded cheese. Be generous!

Then bake at 350 for about 15 minutes until heated through and the cheese is melted.

While it’s baking, I make an avocado mayonnaise sauce to drizzle over the top. Not only are avocados and mayonnaise practically required when I make a cheeseburger, but it makes this stuffed cheeseburger loaf look amazing!

In a small food processor, combine 1/4 cup mayonnaise (must be Hellman’s if you ask me!) and 1/2 an avocado. Pulse until you have a smooth creamy sauce.

Spoon it into a Ziploc baggie and then snip off a corner to squeeze over the top of your cheeseburger bread.

And I completely forgot to mention that before I drizzle that sauce on, I sprinkle chopped tomatoes over the top too!

Let it sit for a minute or two and then cut into slices and serve warm.

It’s yummy and a hit everywhere I’ve taken it!

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