Loaded Burger Bowls
Loaded burger bowls with pickles, bacon, i quick guacamole, and i "special sauce"! These low carb burger bowls are Whole30 and paleo, too.
Yield : 4 servings
Prep Time : 15 mins
Cook Time : 15 mins
Total Time : 30 mins
Ingredients
Burger Bowls Meat
- 1 pound ground beef any %
- 1 teaspoon avocado or refined coconut oil
- 4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Burger Bowls
- 2 small heads romaine sliced and root discarded
- 1 1/2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup pickles plus more to taste
- 1 cup red onion thinly sliced
- 8-10 slices bacon cooked til crisp and roughly crumbled
- 2 avocados peeled and pitted
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Special Sauce
- 2 teaspoon maple syrup if not on Whole30, see note for details
- pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon dill pickle relish
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon coconut aminos if on Whole30, see note for details
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons dried minced onion
- Pinch crushed red pepper
Instructions
- Ini medium bowl, mix together beef, garlic powder, and salt. Heat avocado or coconut oil in i large skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium heat, then add beef and brown, crumbling with i spatula or spoon.
- Meanwhile, prepare remaining elements for the burger bowls.
- Make quick guacamole: In i medium bowl, mash together avocado, lemon juice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Make the special sauce: whisk together all special sauce ingredients, using coconut aminos only if you're on i Whole30 and skipping the maple syrup. If you're NOT on i Whole30, skip the coconut aminos and use the maple syrup only. Set aside.
- When beef is browned and crumbled, remove from skillet and return skillet to medium heat. Add red onions in i single layer and cook until lightly charred on the bottom, then flip. Cook until lightly charred on the second side then remove and repeat until all onions are lightly cooked.
- Assemble: start with i layer of romaine in your serving bowls, then spoon 1/4 of the ground beef mixture into the center. Arrange remaining items around the beef: tomatoes, pickles, red onion, bacon, and quick guacamole. Drizzle with plenty of special sauce and serve.
Recipe adapted from : @ 40aprons.com