Healthy Burgers Recipe
Ingredients
- 200 g lean beef mince
- 1 onion, one quarter finely chopped, the rest thinly sliced
- 1 carrot, grated
- 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbs breadcrumbs
- to taste pepper, to taste
- spray olive or canola oil spray
- 2 wholemeal or wholegrain rolls
- 2 tbs salt-reduced tomato sauce, optional
- 4 leaves lettuce
- 4 slices canned beetroot slice
- 1 tomato, sliced
- 1/2 avocado, sliced
Method
- In a medium bowl, add the mince, the finely chopped quarter of the onion, half the grated carrot, the Worcestershire sauce, breadcrumbs and a good crack of pepper. Mix, and use hands to shape into two patties about 2 cm thick. Put in the fridge for at least 20 minutes to firm up.
- Meanwhile, heat up a frypan or BBQ and spray with a little oil. Cook the sliced onions on medium heat, stirring often, till golden (at least 5 minutes). Remove onions from the pan.
- Spray the pan with a little more oil and cook the patties on high heat for about 4 minutes each side, until nicely browned and cooked all the way through.
- Slice open the rolls, spread the bottom slice with a small amount of tomato sauce (if using), and stack the lettuce, beetroot, patties, onions, tomato, avocado and leftover carrot on top.
Variation:
Make smaller patties and use dinner rolls or English muffins to make “slider” burgers.
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Ingredients for burgers -
Shape the burgers into 2 cm thick patties
Comment:
*To make this dish seafood free, replace Worcestershire sauce with half soy sauce, half tomato sauce.
Healthy tip!
To eat less saturated fat, choose leaner cuts of meat and and trim the fat off meat before cooking.
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Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 2201 kJ | 518 kJ |
| 526 Cal | 124 Cal | |
| Protein | 37 g | 9 g |
| Fat, total | 17 g | 4 g |
| — saturated | 5 g | 1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 48 g | 11 g |
| — sugars | 14 g | 3 g |
| Sodium | 785 mg | 185 mg |
| Fibre | 13 g | 3 g |
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Comments (1)
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after making patties in fridge for 20mins, so bit of time here...
Anonymous
Posted on: 09 Mar 19
