Hearty Cheeseburger Salad
- Makes: 6 servings
- Yield: 6 main-dish servings
- Prep 40 mins
- Chill 30 mins
Ingredients
-
1
pound
ground beef
-
1/2
2 -
ounce box
(1 envelope) onion soup mix (1/4 cup)
-
3/4
cup
water
-
6
cups
shredded leaf or iceberg lettuce
-
1
cup
cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
-
1
medium green, red, or yellow sweet pepper, cut into bite-size strips
-
1/2
small red onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings
-
1 1/2
cups
shredded sharp cheddar, Swiss, American, or colby cheese (6 ounces)
-
French Pickle Dressing (see recipe below)
-
Crumbled crisp-cooked bacon (optional)
Directions
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef until brown. Drain off fat. Sprinkle dry onion soup mix over meat; stir in water. Bring to boiling; reduce heat to medium and cook, uncovered, about 4 minutes or until no water remains.
- Meanwhile, in a very large bowl, combine lettuce, tomatoes, sweet pepper, and red onion. To serve, divide lettuce mixture among 6 salad plates. Top each serving with some of the warm meat mixture. Sprinkle with cheese. Serve with French Pickle Dressing. Sprinkle with crisp-cooked bacon, if you like. Makes 6 main-dish servings.
French Pickle Dressing
Ingredients
- 1
cup
bottled creamy French salad dressing
- 1/3
cup
mustard-style hot dog relish, sweet pickle relish, or dill pickle relish.
Directions
- In a small bowl, stir together creamy French salad dressing and mustard-style hot dog relish, sweet pickle relish, or dill pickle relish. Cover; chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Makes 1-1/3 cups.
Nutrition Facts
(Hearty Cheeseburger Salad)
Servings Per Recipe 6, sodium (mg) 1292, cal. (kcal) 489, sat. fat (g) 14, fiber (g) 2, pro. (g) 23, vit. A (IU) 2187, iron (mg) 3, carb. (g) 20, vit. C (mg) 34, Fat, total (g) 36, chol. (mg) 77, calcium (mg) 263