Cheeseburger Chopped Salad with Dill Pickle Vinaigrette

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This Cheeseburger Chopped Salad with Dill Pickle Vinaigrette is from Jessica Merchant’s How Sweet Eats blog. This salad honestly tastes like a deconstructed cheeseburger. You have to trust me on this. My sister really loves dill pickles so when I told her I wanted to add this to our menu last week, she was on board. Thank goodness! We both loved this salad and the dressing so much, and it only takes 30 minutes to make!

Cheeseburger Chopped Salad with Dill Pickle Vinaigrette

Yield: 4  

Total Time: 30 minutes 

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt 
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 6 ounces sharp white cheddar cheese freshly grated (I did go off plan and had this.)
  • 8 cups butter lettuce (I bought fresh heads of lettuce for this, not in the bag)
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes halved or quartered
  • 1/3 cup chopped dill pickles
  • 1/4 cup diced red onion
  • Salt and pepper for seasoning
Dill Pickle Vinaigrette 

  • 1/4 cup diced dill pickles 
  • 3 tablespoons dill pickle juice from the jar of dill pickles
  • 2 tablespoons diced shallot
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • Pinch of salt and pepper 
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 
Instructions:
  1. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the olive oil. Once it’s hot, add the ground beef, garlic cloves, salt and pepper. Break the mixture apart with a spoon and cook until browned, stirring over and breaking the pieces into crumbles, for about 6 to 8 minutes. Turn off the heat and sprinkle about 2 ounces of the cheddar over the beef so it slightly melts. You can serve this salad with the beef hot or room temperature - so if necessary, you can make this a bit ahead of time.
  2. Place some butter lettuce on a cutting board and run your knife through it to chop it into pieces. Ideally we want everything in uniform pieces so each bite is perfect. Chop up the lettuce, then throw it in a bowl with a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss it well either tomatoes next the dill pickles and the diced onion. Add the remaining shredded cheese. Toss the salad well, drizzle on the dressing and serve.
Dill Pickle Vinaigrette 
  1. In a bowl, whisk together the pickles, pickle juice, shallots, garlic, mustard and honey. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and whisk until the mixture comes through. While whisking, stream in the olive oil until the dressing emulsifies. This stays great in the fridge for a few days.


As you can plainly see, this salad is beautiful! I am showing it deconstructed so you can see all of the ingredients. Once you put the vinaigrette on the salad and toss it, all the flavors come together to make this salad taste like a cheeseburger minus the bun. I served it with the ground beef hot and warmed it up the next day for leftovers. If you love dill pickles, this salad is definitely for you! It is amazing! 

I really hope you will try Cheeseburger Chopped Salad with Dill Pickle Vinaigrette. Enjoy!

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