Hearty open beef burgers

Beef burgers with a delicious salsa

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Serves

5

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

If you love a good burger, this open beef version with sticky sauce and salsa will really hit the spot.

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Ingredients

Beef patties
  • 500g Quality Mark beef mince

  • 2 carrots

    grated
  • 1 onion

    finely chopped
  • 1 bunch, spring onion

    trimmed and sliced
  • 1 egg

Sticky sauce
  • 2 Tbsp tomato sauce

  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce

  • 2 Tbsp wholegrain mustard

  • 2 Tbsp honey

  • 1 garlic clove

    finely chopped
  • 2 chillies

    deseeded and finely chopped
Salsa
  • 1 yellow capsicum

    seeds removed and chopped into 2cm pieces
  • 1 red capsicum

    seeds removed and chopped into 2cm pieces
  • 1 small red onion

    diced
  • 1/2 pineapple

    peeled and diced into 2cm chunks
  • 2 Tbsp lime juice

  • 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

  • 2 Tbsp brown sugar

To Serve
  • 5 Tbsp mayonnaise

  • 2 large handfuls baby spinach

  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

  • burger bun

    halved

Method

To Make Sauce
1

Get started on the sticky sauce, combine all ingredients to a pot, and bring to the boil.

2

Once boiling turn down the element to simmer, and reduce down until thickens up.

3

Remember to keep stirring.

4

Once thickened, leave aside to cool.

To Make Salsa
1

For the salsa, add all ingredients to a small pot and cook until browned and reduced down to thick chunky pieces.

2

Leave to cool.

To Make Patties
1

Combine all the ingredients for the patties and season to taste. Add the sticky sauce and combine well.

2

Pan-fry the meat patties until browned.

To Assemble
1

Cut the bread buns in half, and toast the outsides until nice and brown.

2

To plate, spread the mayonnaise on the inside of the bread, place spinach leaves on top, add a tablespoon of ‘pineapple and capsicum salsa’, beef pattie on top, with another small scatter of salsa and sprinkle with parmesan cheese on top.

Nutrition Information per Serving (537g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 5 serves with 1/2 burger bun per serve.

Energy2324kJ (555 kcal)
Protein38.0g
Total Fat16.6g
Saturated Fat6.6g
Carbohydrate58.8g
Dietary Fibre8.2g
Sodium1059mg
Iron4.4mg
Zinc6.9mg
Vitamin B121.3µg