Weeknight Burger Bowls
This is a burger in a bowl with all of the toppings you want - lettuce, pickles, cheese, onions, and fries - plus a quick burger sauce that tastes like the real deal. It's ready in ~30 minutes and uses one skillet for the meat.
Ingredients
Burger Sauce
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 3 Tbsp ketchup
- 1 1/2 Tbsp honey mustard or Dijon
- 2 tsp dill pickle brine
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Burger Bowls
- 1.5 lbs ground beef, 85/15 works great
- 6 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Montreal steak seasoning
- 21 oz frozen french fries, 3/4 of a standard 28 oz bag
- Green leaf or romaine lettuce, ~6 big handfuls total, torn or chopped
- Bagged coleslaw mix, ~6 big handfuls total
- 6 slices yellow American cheese, or cheddar, chopped
- Thinly-sliced red onion, to taste
- Dill pickle chips, to taste
- Cherry tomatoes, halved, to taste
Instructions
- Mix mayonnaise, ketchup, honey mustard, pickle brine, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper in a bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Cook frozen fries according to package directions until crispy.
- Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking it into crumbles as it cooks.
- Add Worcestershire sauce and Montreal steak seasoning to the beef and cook until fully browned, about 10-12 minutes total.
- Drain excess fat from beef if desired.
- Divide lettuce and coleslaw mix equally among six bowls.
- Top each bowl with cooked beef, one slice chopped cheese, red onion, pickle chips, and halved cherry tomatoes.
- Add fries to each bowl.
- Drizzle generously with burger sauce.
Notes
For crispier fries, serve them on the side instead of in the bowl.