Fast Food Cheeseburger Salad 🍔
Many all-health patties, special dressing, crisp lettuce, whole-plant-based cheese, onions, with sesame seed bun croutons!
Equipment
- 1 Seasoned Steel Pan or Cast Iron Pan
(How-to Season Steel Cookware) - 1 Spice / Coffee Grinder (or blender, food-processor, etc.)
Ingredients
ULTIMATE BURGER PATTIES
- 4 tbsp lentils
- 2 tbsp oats
- 1 tbsp flax (milled/ground)
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder (granulated)
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp parsley
- ¼ tsp thyme
- ¼ cup beets (grated/diced)
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 4 tbsp water
BUN CROUTONS
- 4 tbsp oats blended
- 1 tbsp flax seeds (milled/ground)
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds for bun topping
CHEDDAR SLICES
- 2 tbsp oats
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- ⅛ tsp garlic powder
- ⅛ tsp turmeric (ground)
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 2 tbsp water or more if needed
SPECIAL DRESSING
- 4 tbsp oats
- 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder (granulated)
- ½ tsp dill weed
- ⅛ tsp paprika (not smoked!)
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp cucumber finely diced or grated
- 1 tsp tahini (or more)
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 4 tbsp water
SALAD
- 2 heads Romain lettuce chopped
Instructions
- Grind your burger patty lentils, oats, flax, paprika, oregano, parsley, thyme, onion and garlic powder into a flour. Add burger mix to a bowl and mix in the grated beets and apple cider vinegar and water.
- Now grind the dry bun croutons oats and flax and add them to a bowl and mix them with the rice wine and water. (You can pre-toast your sesame seeds in your pan at this point if you like)
- Form and shape your burger patties (using about 1-2 tbsp of the burger mix for each patty) and add them to your seasoned pan. Now drop spoon fulls of the bun batter on the pan (again, about 1-2 tbsp per bun) then sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Cook for about 5 to 7 minutes them flip both the burgers and the buns.
- Grind the oats, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and turmeric for the cheddar slice batter then mix it with the water and vinegar. After 5 to 7 minutes, when it's time to flip the burgers a second time, first drop a teaspoon size drop of the cheddar slice batter on the pan then press the cooked side of a burger into the blob of cheese (see photo 3B) and cook for 60 seconds before flipping to cook the uncooked side of the burger (see photo 6A).
- Now add all the dressing dry ingredients to your grinder and blend them into a flour then add your grated/diced cucumber, water, vinegar, and tahini, and then mix well.
- Plating: to a clean plate add a smear of dressing, dead-center, then add your lettuce and drizzle with dressing, add your mini cheeseburgers, bun croutons, diced onions, and any other veggies you like. Finish with another drizzle of dressing and top with toasted sesame seeds.
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