This recipe was created many years ago, long before the Atkins, keto or paleo diets were popular. For a person who loves burgers but realizes they need to eat a salad every now and again this is perfect, sort of. Yes, it is still a cheeseburger but there is a ton of veggies with this and you really feel great after you eat this.
Veggies are simple. Cherry or grape tomatoes are best but chunking up a large tomato if that is what you have is fine too. Use any pickle you want to just cut it chunky. You want to be able to taste it. Green onions are a welcome addition if you have them. Cucumber is not so great. It just doesn’t add much. If you love it by all means add it. Mushrooms might be good. I frankly have never tried it as I hate mushrooms in general. Give it a whirl if you like. It’s your salad, make it how you like it!
You can use just about any type of lettuce you have around. Romaine and Iceberg are easy to find and work great. If you prefer bib or red leaf lettuce feel free to use it. Spinach is NOT recommended as it would be offensive to the very nature of such as dish, lol. Also, BACON is not welcome here. I know, how is bacon not a thing with this? It takes over and does not add to the dish. Believe me, I tried to sneak bacon in but it just stood out too much and did not play well with others.
If you want a slightly leaner version make 1/3 lb patties instead. It still tastes great and has less fat and calories.
As for dressing, Thousand Island is king! Blue cheese was the closest runner up but it was way behind thousand island. Ranch was gross, I mean so wrong it was horrible. Vinegar based dressings are not going to work. Stick with thousand island unless you just really hate it. Then you can try blue cheese but start small. It can take over very fast.
Enjoy and check out the video over on Youtube to see how I put mine together.
Bachelor Salad
Ingredients
Instructions
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Form your 1/3 or 1/2 lb hamburger patties as shown in the video or to your liking.
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Prepare the salad base with the romaine and iceberg lettuce cut or torn slightly larger than you would for a normal salad. Arrange on a dinner plate as the base for your salad.
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Slice your cherry or grape tomatoes in half. Use as many or as few as you like. Add the salad
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Slice your pickles to be fairly chunky. You can use any type of pickle you prefer. Add to salad. Refrigerate the plates until about 5 minutes before you are ready to eat.
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Slice two rings of onion from a red onion. Do not break them apart. Prepare them for the grill with some olive oil and sea salt.
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Slice cheese for each patty to your taste. If you want a lot then make it thicker and vice versa
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Grill your patty and onion at high heat on the grill until desired doneness is achieved. DO NOT cook to rare or rare plus. Medium is about the minimum for best results. Too well done will not be as good either. Remove from heat and let rest 3 to 5 minutes
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Slice up red onion and add to your salad. Dress the salad with thousand island dressing before placing the cheeseburger patty in the center of the plate. Slice the patty with a sharp knife into cubes and eat
