Low Carb Healthy Cheese Burgers
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Quick, easy and delicious. Make these low carb healthy cheese burgers once and you'll never buy ready-made burgers again.
Author: Antya
Recipe type: Main Course
Cuisine: Ketogenic. Low Carb. Paleo. LCHF. Grain Free. Gluten Free.
Yield: 4
Ingredients
- 500g minced meat
- a handful of parsley leaves (finely chopped)
- 1 garlic clove (minced)
- a handful of coriander leaves (finely chopped)
- ¾ tsp fine Himalayan pink salt (U.S. option HERE)
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- ¼ tsp chilli powder or flakes (add more if you like your food spicy)
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseeds (U.S. option HERE)
- 1 large egg
- a sprinkle of fine coconut flour (U.S. option HERE)
- 50g extra virgin olive oil (U.S. option HERE)
- 20g butter
- 120g strong cheddar or similar cheese
Instructions
- put mince into a large pyrex bowl or similar.
- add all other ingredients, including whole egg (no need to beat first)
- wearing food grade disposable gloves, squeeze the mix through your fingers until well blended (it will get dryer as you work it, thanks to the flaxseeds absorbing moisture).
- take a handful of the mix, then press it and roll it until you form a ball, then flatten it into a burger-like patty and rub some coconut flour on both sides; repeat until you run out of mix.
- heat up olive oil and butter on medium-high setting.
- add the burgers and push them down in the middle (otherwise they will puff up in the centre).
- pan fry for a few minutes on one side, flip over and cook the other side; repeat one more time.
- top each burger with sliced cheese and place under a hot grill for a couple of minutes or until the cheese has melted.
- serve hot with your favourite side dish.
Notes
To intensify their flavour, prepare the burger patties one day in advance and leave them in the fridge, covered with cling film. Take them out of the fridge 2 hours before you pan-fry them.
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to ensure accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use. For U.S. option click HERE.
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to ensure accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use. For U.S. option click HERE.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Calories: 603 Fat: 52g Net Carbs: 0.4g Protein: 31g
Recipe by Queen Keto at https://queenketo.com/low-carb-healthy-cheese-burgers/