Special-sauce burger bowl
25 min · 33 g protein · 285 cals / serving
Everything you love about a double-decker drive-through burger, minus the three-part bun: seasoned lean beef over a mountain of shredded iceberg with pickles, onion, cheddar and a tangy special sauce made on Greek yogurt.
Ingredients
Special sauce
- 1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp light mayonnaise
- 4 tsp relish, sweet pickle relish
- 2 tsp yellow mustard
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp for the sauce, 1 tsp for the beef
Beef
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Bowls
- 1 head iceberg lettuce, finely shredded
- 3 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 20 slices reduced sodium dill pickles, chopped
- 1/2 cup low fat cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1/2 onion, very finely chopped
- 1 tsp sesame seeds, toasted
Steps
- Stir the yogurt, mayonnaise, relish, mustard, vinegar, paprika and 1/2 tsp of the onion powder together. Let the sauce sit while you cook: ten minutes is what turns it from yogurt with things in it into special sauce.
- Brown the beef in a dry nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, breaking it into small crumbles, until no pink remains and it reads 160°F, 6–8 minutes. Season with the remaining onion powder, the garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Divide the lettuce among four wide bowls and top with the tomato, pickles, cheese and hot beef.
- Scatter over the chopped onion and sesame seeds, spoon the sauce on top and toss at the table.
Good to know
Can I eat it by hand?
Yes. Spoon the beef, cheese, pickles and sauce into crisp lettuce cups, or roll a portion in a high-fiber tortilla for a burger wrap.
Won't 95% lean beef be dry?
Not here. Crumbled small and cooked fast, it stays tender, and the sauce brings the richness the fat usually would. Even 97% lean works if you pull it the moment the pink is gone, and the score climbs to about 81 instead of 78.
Per
- Calories
- 75
- Protein
- (48%)
- 9 g
- Fat
- (34%)
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- (18%)
- 4 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 171 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 1140 kcal goes into the pot and 1610 g of ingredients comes out as about 1520 g of food: 75 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.