Simple & Healthy Homemade Beef Burgers

I'm approximately 370 kilometers away from home, no access to a kitchen to cook, not much food choice - and looking at this burger I made some time ago makes my tummy growl. I miss my burgers. A long overdue post, now it is here to share with all.

My hubs is a meat person - chicken being his most favourite while others are acceptable. When it comes to burgers, the most popular and easy meat to use is the minced meat - I've found some recipes to make delicious beef, chicken, fish and vegetarian patties. I've yet to try some of them, but with beef - I have and it tastes really nice.

Homemade beef patties are really good and healthy as compared to fast food burger patties which is fattening and contains preservatives. Do you realise how much fat it contains? Though I must say, buying readily minced meat also do contain some fat, it is not as bad as those ready made frozen beed patties.

It is very simple to make your own delicious beef patties. Adding some oats and minced carrots and celery makes it healthy too, not to mention a way to make your family (esp. kids) eat their greens. You know some will just remove the lettuce and tomatoes from the burgers, but not the minced veges in the patties!


Here's a picture of how to prepare the beef patties:
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You will need:
350gm minced beef
1 egg
1/2 green onion, chopped
2 tablespoon breadcrumbs/biscuits
1 tablespoon oats
1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon of Italian herbs
dash of salt & pepper

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Mix well the chopped onion, breadcrumbs, Italian herbs and oats.

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In a medium bowl, mix the minced meat alongwith other ingredients using a spoon, and combine well.

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It is now ready to be formed into patties. Makes about 4 medium patties.

Form a ball with the mixture and using your hands, gently press them down to about 1.5cm thick. I do this as I did not use any patty moulds. The sides will tend to break a little, but simply form it gently again and place on an oiled grill pan, about 3 minutes each side until cooked.

For the burger:
Cut the buns in half, butter them and place on the grill for a minute, this will warm up the buns and give the surface a lovely taste. I love doing this also because it adds a little crisp to the buns.

In order: Place the first half of the bun on a plate and add some lettuce, onions, the patty, some cheese, your favourite sauce (mine was BBQ), tomatoes and place the top part of the bun to form the burger.

Serve immediately!