star

A beautiful burger doesn’t need much: just ground beef, salt, cheese, a bun, and some condiments if you’re feeling saucy. In this recipe, we let the ground beef shine on its own, then ramp up the flavor with a slice of zesty pepper jack, fresh jalapeños, and some crispy bacon for the perfect salty, savory finish. We cooked our burger in a cast-iron pan over a charcoal grill for ultimate Primal flavor, but you can also prepare your burgers on the stovetop or skip the pan and place a flat griddle over your grill grate. 

The "secret sauce" in this easy-to-make recipe isn’t locked away in a hidden safe somewhere—we simply combined A Tad Sweet Ketchup with our creamy, feisty Chipotle Lime Mayo for an outrageously delicious spread reminiscent of an amped-up Thousand Island. Spread it on a griddled UnBun™, and you have burger perfection. We love UnBun Foods because (like us!) they’re all about honest ingredients and great flavor. Plus, their buns are grain-free and keto-friendly, so everyone around your table can enjoy them.  



You might also like these other lunch recipes:

IF YOU LIKED THIS...
You'll Also Love These Recipes

Adding this recipe to your rotation? Don't stop there. Keep the deliciousness coming with these other crave-worthy dishes cooked up in the Primal Kitchen.

A white baking dish filled with Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip made with Primal Kitchen Original Buffalo Sauce. Chips, pretzels, and celery and carrot sticks in the background. Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip
5 MIN PREP TIME • 25 MIN TOTAL TIME • 10 SERVINGS
With just four core ingredients, this tailgate-ready buffalo chicken dip is super simple to make! Our plant-based Original Buffalo Sauce is the MVP and creamy mayo backs up this snack play, making it a hearty game-day appetizer your watch party team will go wild over.  
A white bowl filled with an autumn salad of bacon, cranberries, pecans and more, with a bottle of Primal Kitchen Poppyseed Dressing in the background. Autumn Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
20 MIN PREP TIME • 50 MIN TOTAL TIME • 6 SERVINGS
As customizable as it is cozy, this delicious salad combines the season’s best harvest—think crisp apples, buttery pecans, and creamy sweet potatoes—with a savory poppy seed dressing made from real ingredients you’ll love. It’s like a crisp fall day in a bowl!  For a more substantial meal with an extra rich flavor, add goat cheese or feta and top with grilled chicken.
A sheet pan of chicken and vegetables for fajitas Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
15 MIN PREP • 6 SERVINGS • 60 MIN TOTAL TIME
This no-mess, no-fuss chicken dinner is as easy as it gets. You simply preheat the oven, chop some vegetables, season the chicken, then pop it in the oven. It’s the perfect weeknight recipe to make when you don’t want to wash a bunch of dishes or spend a lot of time thinking about what to cook.
BROWSE MORE RECIPES