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Big Beef Burgers
Course
Burgers, Dinner, Lunch
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
50
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
Author
Alida Ryder
Ingredients
500
g
lean beef mince
1
t
Dijon mustard
2
garlic cloves
crushed
1/2
chilli
de-seeded and finely chopped
handful fresh parsley
finely chopped
1
t
thyme leaves
1
t
salt
1/2
t
pepper
1
egg
for the caramelised onions
2
red onions
4
T
brown sugar
3
T
Balsamic vinegar
salt to taste
for the fried aubergines
1
large aubergine
sliced into 1cm slices
vegetable oil
for frying
salt to taste
to serve
sesame buns
halved and toasted
Woolworths tomato chutney
2 to
matoes
sliced
ice berg lettuce
sliced gherkins
Instructions
To make the burger patties, combine all the ingredients and mix well.
Divide the mixture into four and form patties. Place on a clingfilm-lined baking sheet and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
To make the caramelised onions, fry the onions in a splash of oil until soft and golden.
Add the sugar, brown sugar and Balsamic vinegar and allow to caramelise and cook for 10 minutes.
Set aside.
To make the fried aubergines, heat a generous splash of oil in a large frying pan and fry the aubergines until golden brown and cooked through.
Drain on kitchen paper and season to taste.
To cook the burgers, fry the patties in a large frying pan until golden brown on both sides and cooked through.
To serve, layer the tomato chutney, tomatoes, lettuce, gherkins, aubergines and beef patties on the toasted sesame buns.