Hamburger Salad: Made Ways Recipe
A twist to the typical hamburger recipe: Hamburger Salad made 2 ways! The original ketchup-mayonnaise dressing or the Sriracha-mayonnaise dressing has nothing when compared to the toppings of this salad. It is basically a deconstructed hamburger with those tasty McCain® potato products on top along with tomato, lettuce, cheese, onion, and a juicy hamburger patty.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Dinner, Healthy
Hamburger Patties
- 1 1/2-2 lbs 80/20 ground beef You can use ground chicken, bison, or turkey. Just make note that these meats will cook diferently and may be more dry if overcooked.
- 1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
Salad
- 1 bag buttered lettuce
- 1 bag spring mix lettuce
- 1 cup shredded mild cheese
- 1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
- 1 bag McCain® Smiles® Mashed Potato Shapes
- 1 bag McCain® Seasoned Curly Fries
- 1 bag McCain® Extra Crispy Crinkle Fries
- ~4 cups vegetable oil, for frying Enough oil for a few inches in a heavy pot or fryer
Ketchup-Mayonaisse Dressing
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup mayonaisse
Sriracha-Mayonaisse Dressing
- 1/4 cup Sriracha Sauce
- 1/4 cup mayonaisse
Hamburger Patties
In a medium sized bowl, add the ground beef, egg, and seasonings. Mix well with your hands until all is incorporated.
Add in breadcrumbs. Mix well and then form the hamburger patties. You can have a smaller sized patty (about 31/2"-4" across, 1" thick) for the kid version, a larger sized patty (about 5" across and 1"-2" thick) for the adult version. Note that the patties will shrink some during cooking when using 80/20 ground beef.
Cook these patties via grill or in a cast iron skillet. Cook patties 5 minutes on one side, then flip and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
Place patties on a paper towel-lined plate while they cool.
Salad
Cook the McCain® potato products by heating up a few inches of oil to 300 degrees F. In 3-4 batches, fry the potatoes for about 4 to 5 minutes, until they are becoming more golden. Remove each batch from the oil and drain them on a paper towel-lined plate or tray.
If salad mixes are not pre-washed, make sure to do so before eating. Place serving size amounts (about 1 1/2-2 cups for kid version and 3-4 cups for adult version) in bowls or plates and set aside. Buttered lettuce: for kid version and Spring Mix: for adult version
Prep the tomato and onion by chopping up; set to the side.
Prepare the dressings. For the each dressing, add the ingredients and mix well. Set to the side.
Once the hamburger patties and the potato products have cooled down enough to eat, begin to construct the salads. For the kid version, each bed of buttered lettuce will be topped with a cut-up hamburger patty, shredded mild cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes, McCain® Smiles® Mashed Potato Shapes and McCain® Extra Crispy Crinkle Fries, and the ketchup-mayonnaise dressing.
For the Adult Version Hamburger Salad: each bed of spring mix lettuce will be topped with 1-2 hamburger patties, shredded pepper jack cheese, diced tomatoes, diced onion, McCain® Seasoned Curly Fries and the Sriracha-mayonnaise dressing.