We created the best recipe for guacamole and wanted to incorporate it into a recipe. This is how the loaded burger guacabowle was born! The bowl starts with white rice and is piled high with SO. Much. Goodness. We make homemade seasoned tortilla strips with corn tortillas and season the burger with the same seasoning blend. While the burgers are grilling we prep the rest of ingredients for the bowl. We bake the tortilla strips on a sheet pan with some bacon. We cook some white rice and make the guacamole. The guacamole is the best part of the bowl! We use our best guacamole recipe and then load the it bacon, corn, green onion and queso fresco!
What to add to guacamole to make it taste better?
Typically guacamole consists of mashed avocado, tomatoes, garlic, onion and lime juice. In our recipe we blend jalapeño, cilantro, fresh lemon and lime juice, half of a red onion, and garlic. The blended mixture is then stirred into the mashed avocado with tomato, and the other onion half. Blending the ingredients together results in full flavor in every bite! For the burger bowls we “load” the guacamole by adding corn, green onions, bacon, and queso fresco.
Ingredients Needed for Loaded Burger Guacabowle
Ground Beef
Corn Tortillas- They are used to make crispy, seasoned tortilla strips. They add so much flavor and crunch to the bowl.
Seasonings: chili powder, smoked paprika, cumin, garlic powder, oregano, onion powder
Avocado
Lemon- juiced
Lime- juiced
Corn- This is added to the guacamole and it adds a touch of sweetness and crunch to it.
Bacon – The bacon is cooked and crumbled and also added to the guacamole.
Queso Fresco
Romaine Lettuce
Cilantro
Red Onion
Jalapeño
Green onion
Jasmine Rice – It is used as the base of the bowl. It compliments all the Mexican ingredients so well.
Loaded Burger Guacabowle
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb ground beef made into 4 burger patties
- 8 corn tortillas sliced into strips
- 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 2 heads romaine lettuce chopped
- 1/2 cup corn
- 2 T green onion chopped
- 2 T queso fresco plus more for garnish
- 1 cup white rice
- pickled jalapeños for garnish
Guacamole
- 4 avocados
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 lime juiced
- 1 red onion separated in half
- 1 jalapeño seeds removed
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/3 cup fresh cilantro
- 1 roma tomato chopped
- sea salt to taste
Seasoning Blend
- 2 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 3 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 3/4 tsp oregano
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375. Slice tortillas into thin strips and place in a bowl. Mix together seasoning blend spices in a small bowl. Pour half of the seasoning blend over the tortillas add 1 T olive oil and toss to combine.
- Pour the other half of the seasoning over the beef, mix together and patty into 6 burgers. Grill or cook the burgers as desired.
- Cook rice according to package directions.
- Lay parchment paper on rimmed sheet pan. Spread tortilla strips on half of the pan. Lay aluminum foil on the other half of the pan and roll the edge along the tortilla strips to create a "divider." Lay bacon on foil. Bake for 8 minutes, stir the tortilla strips and return to the oven for 5-10 more minutes.
- Crumble the bacon when it is cooled.
- To assemble the bowl: scoop rice into the bottom, and top with lettuce, tortilla strips, the burger, guacamole, pickled jalapeños and queso fresco. Enjoy!
Guacamole
- To a blender add: cilantro, garlic, lemon and lime juice, jalapeño, 1/2 of the red onion and salt. Blend until smooth.
- Mash avocado. Add chopped onion and tomato. Gently stir in the blended mixture.
- To "load" the guacamole add the corn, green onion, and bacon and queso fresco. Stir gently until just combined.
