This 30 minute Burger Pasta Salad is a perfectly balanced and absolutely delicious dish that everyone will love. It can be altered to meet the dietary needs and taste preferences of many, and can even be made to be vegetarian!
Burger Pasta Salad
This easy and fun Burger Pasta Salad is great as either a side dish or a full meal and is perfect for adjusting to meet your needs. If you love cheese, feel free to add it. If you don’t eat meat, use your favorite alternative. The choices are all up to you on how to make this pasta salad your new go to!
DIETARY NOTES
This Burger Pasta Salad is made with real ingredients and fits seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the products/brands (or ones that are similar) listed in the recipe:
- gluten free (when using compliant pasta, click here for the pasta I use)
- grain free (when using compliant pasta)
- soy free
- refined sugar free
- lactose free
- dairy free (when using compliant dressing)
- vegetarian (when using compliant faux meat products)
DILL PICKLE DRESSING
If you like pickles, you’re going to be obsessed with this dressing! It’s made with the delicious pickle juice from Bubbies. I have always loved their products for their delicious taste and clean ingredient list on everything they make. Click here to find Bubbies in a store near you!
When using ingredients recommended in the recipe below, the dill pickle dressing is:
- gluten free
- grain free
- soy free
- refined sugar free
- dairy free
- vegetarian
- paleo
- Whole30
- vegan (sub for vegan mayo, but may no longer be paleo & Whole30)
OVEN ROASTED FRENCH FRIES
Any burger recipe is just not complete without french fries. Click here for my easy, delicious and healthy oven fry recipe! They’re Whole30, paleo and amazingly crispy! PS – you can the sub white potatoes for sweet potatoes if that’s what you prefer.
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Burger Pasta Salad
Ingredients
Burger Meat
- 2 tbsp avocado oil or olive oil
- 1 lb ground meat of choice (turkey, beef, chicken, vegetarian crumbles, etc.)
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Dill Pickle Dressing
- ½ cup avocado mayo (I use Primal Kitchen or Chosen Foods)
- 3-4 tbsp pickle juice/brine
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp dill weed
- salt, to taste
Pasta Salad
- 1 cup pickles, diced
- ½ red onion, diced
- 1 pack bacon, cooked and chopped
- ½ head butter lettuce, chopped
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 box pasta (I use Jovial Foods gluten free farfalle)
Instructions
- Cook meat of choice with spices and oil on the stove, breaking up as you go, until browned. Once cooked, set aside.
- Cook bacon according to the package, ensuring it is very crispy so that it is easy to break apart. Once cooked and chopped, set aside.
- Prep the pickles, lettuce, red onion and tomatoes, then set aside.
- Combine dill pickle dressing ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Cook your pasta according to the box instructions. I opt to do this step last since sometimes gluten free pasta can stick together as it cools. I also avoid this by skipping the rinse after it drains and stirring in a little olive oil.
- Combine all of your ingredients together and mix until everything is dispersed and the dressing is evenly distributed.
This is amazing !!
Just made this today and the whole fam loves it !! This is going to become one of my fav weekend dishes during summer !! 🥰
Ah, love that so much! I’m so happy your family loved this recipe. Nothing better to whip up on a summer weekend. 🙂 Thanks, Patzi!!
I thought this was really good! I’ve been loving the burger salad, so this was another good recipe to put in the rotation. The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was the butter lettuce, I think I’d add arugula next time. The texture of arugula seems better to me for pasta salads.
That’s something I love so much about pasta salads, it is so easy to adjust it to meet your preferences! I chose butter lettuce for this recipe to play off the burger vibes, but I’m a big arugula fan and think that sounds delicious! 🙂 Thanks for making, Emily!
This is so so so good!!!! I whipped this up for a quick lunch and then just served it to my husband for dinner. We just love it! I will be making this on repeat throughout the summer. It’s perfect for company for parties!
I’m so happy you love this summer staple as much as I do, Tara! Thank you so much for making and for this kind review!