Loaded Cheeseburger Salad
All your favorite hamburger fixings on a salad! Add your favorite toppings and dressing of choice
Ingredients
- 1 1b ground chuck or lean ground beef
- 1 pkg dry onion soup mix
- Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce
- 1/2 red onion, diced
- 8 oz. sliced Baby Bella mushrooms
- 4 slices bacon
- 4 oz cheddar cheese
- lettuce
- cherry tomatoes
- french fried onions optional
- salad dressing
- hamburger buns optional
- garlic powder
- butter
- olive oil
Instructions
- Cut bacon into 1 inch pieces and cook in a large skillet until crispy. Drain on paper towels
- Add onions to skillet and cook in rendered bacon fat until soft. Push onions to the edge of skillet and add ground beef
- Cook ground beef, stirring and breaking up into crumbles, until evenly brown. Stir in onions. Remove beef and onions to a colander to drain
- Cut tomatoes in half and cut cheese into cubes or pieces
- Add mushrooms to skillet and add a little butter and olive oil if necessary. Brown mushrooms over medium high heat until they release their moisture and turn golden. Turn skillet off but leave on burner.
- Return meat and onions to skillet with mushrooms and add bacon, and stir to combine. Add cheese and cover skillet. Let skillet sit for 5-10 minutes to warm and melt cheese
- Spread hamburger buns with butter and sprinkle with garlic powder. Toast buns.
- Place salad greens in large individual bowls or on plates and top with warm cheeseburger meat mixture. Top with tomatoes and french fried onions. Add dressing of choice. Serve with toasted buns if desired.