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Big Mac Bowl Recipe (Keto, High Protein)

Jenni Cole
A high protein keto friendly take on the popular Big Mac burger turned into a healthy salad with cooked beef, shredded cheddar cheese, onions, pickles, seasoning, and our easy special sauce sauce.
4.66 from 128 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Salads
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 378 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 skillet

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
  • 4 + Dill pickles sliced
  • ½ cup onion minced
  • 1 head Iceberg lettuce
  • ½ teaspoon Sesame seeds or everything bagel seasoning

Big Mac Sauce

  • ½ cup mayo
  • 2 tablespoon low carb pickle relish or chopped pickle with juice
  • 1 tablespoon ketchup
  • ½ teaspoon yellow mustard
  • ¼ tsp+ monk fruit increase if using chopped pickle for the relish
  • ½ teaspoon garlic salt or garlic powder + salt
  • ¼ teaspoon onion powder

Instructions
 

Cook the Beef

  • Over medium-high heat, warm a large skillet and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan. Add the ground beef, salt, pepper, and garlic clove. Stir and cook the ground beef until it's no longer pink in the middle, which will take about 6-7 minutes.  Drain some of the grease.
  • Set aside and let cool down while you prep the remaining low carb Big Mac salad ingredients.

Make the Special Sauce

  • In a small bowl, add all of the ingredients for the Big Mac sauce, including the mayo, pickle relish, ketchup, yellow mustard, sweetener, garlic salt, and onion powder.

Assemble

  • Lay the lettuce in the bottom of 4 bowls, or for as many low carb Big Mac salad bowls as you're making. You could even one do large bowl.
  • Sprinkle the burger meat on top of the lettuce. Then add the pickles, onion, and shredded cheese.
  • Drizzle Big Mac sauce over the salad or serve the dressing on the side. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and add salt & pepper to taste. You can also add more pickles, onions, and cheese if preferred. Enjoy!

Notes

  • We used 93%/7% beef, 80/20 is also great and will increase the calories per serving to 530 and the fat to 44g.
  • Likewise, to reduce the fat you can use lower fat dairy products and low fat mayo.
  • Tomatoes typically aren't found on a Big Mac, but feel free to add them for color or extra low carb veggies. Likewise, you could use a different type of green than iceburg or butter lettuce.
  • When you're in a hurry, swap out the homemade sauce for low carb Thousand Island or Sir Kensington's Special Sauce (burger sauce).
  • Use a sugar-free pickle relish to keep the carbs down.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 378kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 31gFat: 32gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 140mgSodium: 1143mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9g
Keyword high protein, keto, low carb, meal prep
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