If you love cheeseburgers but fancy a slightly healthier alternative, this cheeseburger salad is the perfect choice.
It has all the best parts of a classic burger – crisp lettuce, juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumber and red onion, spiced beef mince and cheddar. It is all finished with a creamy burger dressing and big, crisp croutons tossed through the salad, which give the cheeseburger salad a wonderful crunch.
This main-course salad is both quick and easy to make – perfect for weeknights when you want something really good that doesn’t take too long.
While the croutons crisp up in the oven, you can brown the meat, mix the dressing and prepare the vegetables. That way you have a complete main-course salad ready in no time.
You will find the recipe for cheeseburger salad below.
Cheeseburger salad
Ingredients
Spiced beef mince
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 600 g beef mince
- 2 1/2 tsp paprika
- 3/4 tsp onion powder
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Oil
Bread croutons
- 1 baguette or ciabatta loaf
- Oil
- Salt
Burger dressing
- 150 ml crème fraîche
- 50 ml mayonnaise
- 3 tbsp pickled gherkins, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tsp sweet mustard
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
For the salad
- 1 romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
- 2 handfuls mixed salad leaves
- 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cucumber, diced
- 100 g cheddar, coarsely grated
Method
Bread croutons
- Cut the bread into roughly 2×2 cm cubes, toss them with a splash of oil and season with salt. Bake in a preheated conventional oven (top and bottom heat) at 180°C for about 18 minutes.Leave them to cool.
Spiced beef mince
- Heat a splash of oil in a frying pan and fry the onion until soft and translucent.
- Add the mince and brown it well, then season with the spices, salt and freshly ground pepper.Set the meat aside.
Burger dressing
- Mix the dressing ingredients together and season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
Cheeseburger salad
- Put the lettuce and salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, meat and cheddar in a large bowl. Pour over the dressing and toss well.
- Finally, gently fold the cooled croutons through the salad, divide between 4 bowls and serve straight away.
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