Bacon Cheese Burger Salad with Special Sauce
Learn how to make this Bacon Cheese Burger Salad with Special Sauce. Topped with crispy bacon, cheddar cheese, caramelized onion and fresh avocado, you will not miss the buns. Ready in under 20 minutes with a homemade burger sauce, your tastebuds will be overly satisfied with less guilt!
Ingredients
Burgers
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 teaspoon Season All favorite seasoning blend
- 2 tsp Garlic Paste optional
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Toppings
- 4 cups Romaine Lettuce
- 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes
- ¾ cup Cheddar Cheese
- ½ cup Red Onion raw and sliced thin
- ½` cup Red Onion raw and sliced thin + for caramelized onions
- ¾ cup Dill Pickles
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- 1 medium Avocado
- 4 slices Bacon
Burger Sauce
- ¼ cup Mayo
- 3 tablespoon Ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha optional
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire
- 1 teaspoon Dill Pickle Juice
- 2 tsp Sweet Relish
- ½ tsp Jalapeno or Spicy Mustard
Instructions
Burgers
- In a large bowl, thoroughly mix ground beef with seasonings and add to a medium to large sized pan.
- On medium/high heat, cook ground beef mixture until crumbled, browned and cooked through.
- Drain any excess fat and set aside until further use.
Burger Sauce
- With a small to medium sized bowl and a whisk, add the mayonnaise, ketchup, sriracha, Worcestershire sauce, dill pickle juice, sweet relish, mustard and whisk thoroughly.
- Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper if desired.
- Set aside for later use.
Prep the Toppings
- First, if you are adding crispy bacon to your burger bowl, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Next, place 3-4 bacon strips on a lined baking sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes until bacon is cooked through and crispy.
- Drain any access fat from the bacon and crumble the bacon into bite sized pieces. Set aside.
- Next, prep the remaining toppings by cleaning and chopping the Romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, dill pickles, avocados and shred the cheddar cheese.
Assemble the Bacon Cheese Burger Salad with Special Sauce
- First, add the chopped romaine lettuce to the first layer of the bowl.
- Second, scoop about ¼ cup to ½ cup of crumbled beef on top of the lettuce.
- Then, add the remaining prepped toppings; the crumbled bacon, cherry tomatoes, red onion, caramelized onion, cheddar cheese, pickles, avocado and top with burger sauce!