Grill season is here, but we’re leaving the grill (for now) and doing things a little differently this time. We’re taking the burgers and turning them into High Protein Burger Bowls that are faster, healthier, and just as delicious. This recipe comes together in minutes and includes a creamy homemade Greek yogurt sauce. No grill? No problem!
Start these by taking out a stovetop pan and turning a burner on medium heat, let it heat up.
Once your stovetop pan heats up, add in a tablespoon of oil and 1 pound of lean ground beef, chicken, or turkey. All of them work great, break whatever you’re using up a bit.
Follow that by adding in 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon of onion powder, 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika, 3/4 teaspoon of black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, and 2 teaspoons of mustard.
Pro tip? For some optional extra kick you could add in a little crushed red pepper.
Keep everything moving over medium heat while breaking up your meat for around 5-8 minutes or until your beef has browned.
While that’s browning, let’s put together the rest of our high protein burger bowls. Keep in mind that I usually make 2 or 3 bowls with 1 pound of meat so you’ll want to double or triple this portion of the recipe if you’re only making 1 bowl.
Add into a bowl, 1-2 cups of leafy greens (I used a spring mix), a couple slices of a chopped up onion, a few tomatoes, some pickle slices, and 1 tablespoon of bacon bits.
For an optional carb source you can add in baby potatoes (my favorite), homemade sweet potato fries, rice, quinoa, and so on. Make sure whatever you’re using is COOKED! This poses my question of the day, what’s your favorite side with a burger? Drop it below!
From here, add in half your burger mix and sprinkle on 1/4 cup of shredded cheese.
Greek Yogurt Burger Sauce
You can now either top it with your favorite healthier sauce or make our quick Greek yogurt burger sauce.
To make the sauce you’ll need 1/2 cup of a plain Greek yogurt, 1 tablespoon of mustard, 1 tablespoon of ketchup, 1 tablespoon of relish, 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon of onion powder, and a pinch of black pepper and salt.
Mix those together until smooth and top your high protein burger bowl with it!
Burger Bowl Tips
Remember, if you don’t like any of the ingredients here? Don’t use them! A couple more tips for these burger bowls?
- Add in or swap ours with YOUR favorite burger toppings if you don’t see them here. Other spices or sauces, mushrooms, jalapeños, pineapple, the list is endless!
- You can make and chop up burger patties (grilled!) instead of browning your beef if you want a different texture.
- Lower your sodium by using less salt.
- Drop the fat by using a lean ground meat (99/1!).
- I rarely promote new kitchen things but I swear by using a meat chopper now (linked below in the recipe card). It’s at least twice as fast as a spatula for breaking up ground meat! If you collectively add that amount of time saved up over the course of your entire life? It has to be at least a few days worth…and that’s worth the $5 or $10 one of these costs. No, this isn’t sponsored.
Ready for dessert? How about an Easy Protein Mug Cake?
High Protein Burger Bowls with Sauce
What We Used
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Ingredients
Meat Mix
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
- 1 Pound Ground Meat - Lean (I like 93/7) Beef, Chicken, or Turkey
- 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ Teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Paprika - Smoked
- ¾ Teaspoon Black Pepper
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- Crushed Red Pepper - *Optional for a KICK!
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 Teaspoons Mustard - Dijon or Yellow (I use Yellow)
Greek Yogurt Sauce
- ½ Cup Greek Yogurt - Plain (Use a high protein one!)
- 1 Tablespoon Mustard - Dijon or Yellow (I use Yellow)
- 1 Tablespoon Ketchup
- 1 Tablespoon Relish - Dill or Sweet
- 1 Teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
- ½ Teaspoon Paprika - Smoked
- ½ Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ¼ Teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 Pinch Black Pepper
- 1 Pinch Salt
Burger Bowls
- 1-2 Cups Lettuce - or Other Leafy Greens (I use a Spring Mix)
- Onion - Your Choice Amount
- Tomatoes - Your Choice Amount
- Pickles - Your Choice Amount
- 1 Tablespoon Bacon Bits
- Potatoes - *Optional Baby or Other Cooked Carb Source (See: Notes)
Instructions
Meat Mix
- Turn a burner on medium heat and add your Oil into a stovetop pan over it
- Once it heats up, add and break up your Ground Meat
- Put in the rest of your Meat Mix ingredients
- Keep everything moving/breaking it up for around 5-8 minutes or until your Ground Meat has browned
- Remove it from the heat
Greek Yogurt Sauce
- Mix all of your ingredients together for your Greek Yogurt Sauce until smooth
Burger Bowls
- In a bowl, add your choice "bowl" ingredients. My preference? Lettuce (Leafy Greens), Onion slices, a few small Tomatoes, Pickle slices, and Bacon Bits
- Additionally, if you want a carb source, you can add in cooked Potatoes (Baby!), homemade fries (sweet potato!), rice, quinoa, croutons, and so on
- Pour in half of your Meat Mix
- Top it with half of your Greek Yogurt Sauce
Video
Notes
- Calories: 1282
- Fat: 54g
- Saturated Fat: 19g
- Sodium: 2476mg
- Carbs: 72g
- Fiber: 10g
- Sugar: 14g
- Protein: 127g
- Calories: 427
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 6.3g
- Sodium: 825.3mg
- Carbs: 24g
- Fiber: 3.3g
- Sugar: 4.6g
- Protein: 42.3g
- Calories: 1058
- Fat: 54g
- Saturated Fat: 19g
- Sodium: 2420mg
- Carbs: 23g
- Fiber: 4g
- Sugar: 11g
- Protein: 120g
We used ground turkey for this and added in a couple chopped up fried eggs. Everyone loved them, the sauce was SO GOOD!!