Day: May 31, 2014

Lemon-coriander turkey burger (Burger Friday)

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Every month I hold sort of a “diet” week, during which I do not cook, but order healthy weight loss menus from a food delivery company. Part of the reason behind this is lazyness (not having to wash up the dishes kind of rocks), part of it is checking out ideas for new recipes and a huge part of course is the aim to lose weight. This week is one of those weeks, but I did not want to leave you guys without a Burger Friday, so I thought up some real “light burger”. Kind of. 🙂

What you will need:

For the burger:

  • 250 g turkey mince
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon fresh coriander, minced
  • zest 1 lemon (the juice we will use with the coleslaw)
  • 2 baguettes

For the coleslaw:

  • 250 g shredded cabbage
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 1 small onion minced
  • 1 dl mayonnaise
  • 50 ml milk
  • 50 ml kefĂ­r
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • a pinch of white pepper

How to make it:

  1.  Put the cabbage in a bowl, pour some salt on it, mix it, and put it in the refrigerator for an hour, covered
  2. Enjoy your one hour free time, because there really isn’t much to do at this part 🙂
  3. Cut the carrot into really fine pieces
  4. Get the cabbage out of the fridge, press the water out of it by hand
  5. Mix the coleslaw ingredients together in a bowl, cover the bowl and refrigerate for another hour (at least…if you can, give it two)
  6. Mix the turkey mince together with the spices, the coriander and the lemon zest, and put it in the fridge for an hour
  7. Once the hour has passed, start heating your grillpan, toasting your baguettes on both sides
  8. Form patties out of the meat, and altering the heat between low and medium, grill the patties until well done
  9. Assembly is really easy with this one, you just put the patty in the baguette, top with some coleslaw and you are done

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The portions described here are enough for 2 burgers. I decided to go with baguettes this time, to change things around a bit, and also, I feel that baguettes go better with turkey and chicken than regular buns.

As you can see, the recipe is not a complicated one, but you need to get started with it in time because of all the refrigeration. Of course you can leave that out, but I personally would advise against it, it really boosts the flavor if you give it time.