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high protein burger bowl
Nawaal Ahmed

High Protein Burger Bowl with Special Sauce

High Protein Burger Bowl with Special Sauce
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings: 4 bowls
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Calories: 468

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb 450 g lean ground beef (90/10)
  • ½ tsp 2 g garlic powder
  • ½ tsp 2 g smoked paprika
  • ½ tsp 2 g onion powder
  • ½ tsp 3 g salt
  • ¼ tsp 1 g black pepper
  • 4 cups 120 g romaine or mixed greens
  • 1 cup 150 g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • ½ cup 70 g dill pickles, sliced
  • ½ cup 60 g red onion, thinly sliced
  • ½ cup 75 g shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 ripe avocado sliced
  • ¼ cup 60 ml Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp 15 ml ketchup
  • 1 tbsp 15 ml yellow mustard
  • 1 tbsp 15 ml pickle relish
  • Optional: cooked baby potatoes brown rice, or quinoa

Method
 

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the lean ground beef.
  2. Sprinkle garlic powder, smoked paprika, onion powder, salt, and pepper over the beef.
  3. Cook the seasoned beef, breaking it into bite-sized pieces with a spatula as it browns.
  4. Continue cooking until the meat is fully cooked through and deeply flavored.
  5. While beef cooks, halve the cherry tomatoes and thinly slice the dill pickles and red onion.
  6. In a small bowl, whisk together Greek yogurt, ketchup, yellow mustard, and pickle relish to make the sauce.
  7. Rinse and pat dry the romaine or mixed greens and divide them evenly among serving bowls as your base.
  8. Evenly distribute the cooked beef over the greens in each bowl.
  9. Add cherry tomatoes, pickles, red onion, shredded cheddar cheese, and avocado slices on top.
  10. Drizzle the creamy sauce over each assembled bowl.
  11. If using a carb base like potatoes, rice, or quinoa, add it alongside the greens before toppings.

Notes

Protein: 35 g

Carbohydrates: 15 g

Fat: 28 g

Fiber: 6 g

Sugar: 5 g

Sodium: 730 mg