Meal Prep Bacon Cheeseburger Bowls
Meal prep bacon cheeseburger bowls offer all those rich and meaty flavors you crave, in a convenient container, including meaty beef and bacon, cheese, pickles, and crisp salad veggies.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Skillet Large
- Wooden Spoon or Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Pound ground beef lean
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ½ Teaspoon black pepper
- 4 Cups butter lettuce leaves
- 1 Pint cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 Cup cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ Cup red onion sliced
- ½ Cup pickles sliced
- ½ Cup bacon cooked and chopped
- ¼ Cup pickled jalapeno slices, optional
To Serve:
- ½ Cup burger sauce or thousand island dressing
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over a medium-high heat.
- Add the beef and cook for 7 to 10 minutes, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon or spatula as it cooks.
- Drain off the excess fat and season the beef with salt and pepper. Allow it to cool slightly.
- Evenly divide the lettuce, cooked beef, tomatoes, cheese, red onions, pickles, bacon, and jalapeno slices between 4 meal-prep containers.
- Pour burger sauce into individual lidded dressing containers and add one to each meal-prep container.
- Serve the bacon cheeseburger bowls out of the meal-prep containers or serve in a bowl.
Notes
Cooking the ground beef: You need to fully cook the ground beef, not just brown it. Once it's all brown with no pink remaining, it's done. Mine took about 8 minutes. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to break it up as it cooks, to help it cook evenly.
Keep the lettuce crisp: Drain the excess fat from the beef and allow it to cool slightly to avoid soggy lettuce.
Storing the dressing: Store the burger sauce in individual containers or drizzle on top before serving. If you're making these as a portable dish to take somewhere, then it's best to use the little dressing containers. If you're eating them at home, it doesn't matter.
Keep the lettuce crisp: Drain the excess fat from the beef and allow it to cool slightly to avoid soggy lettuce.
Storing the dressing: Store the burger sauce in individual containers or drizzle on top before serving. If you're making these as a portable dish to take somewhere, then it's best to use the little dressing containers. If you're eating them at home, it doesn't matter.
Nutrition
Calories: 765kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 66g | Saturated Fat: 26g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 28g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 137mg | Sodium: 908mg | Potassium: 1218mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 8876IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 333mg | Iron: 6mg
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