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Smoky burgers with chipotle ketchup & veg fries
This deconstructed dish has all the ingredients of a classic stack minus the bun, including smoky beef burger patties, sweet potato and carrot chips, naked onion rings, charred gem lettuce and a chunky-dory chilli, paprika and cinnamon-spiced ketchup. It’s a hearty plateful you’ll be happy to demolish.
SWK: High protein
Plants 7
SWK: High fibre
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Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- 2 carrot
- 250g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 tbsp chipotle chilli paste (Water, Ground Chipotle Chillies, Onion, Tomato Puree, Spirit Vinegar, Garlic, Salt, Ground Coriander)
- 2 tsp smoked paprika & oregano blend (smoked paprika, oregano)
- 1 onion
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 little gem lettuce
- 190g Tomatoes Baby Seasonal Mix
Nutritional Information
Calories: 441
Protein: 32g
Carbs: 65g
Fat: 7.8g
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potato
- 4 carrot
- 500g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 2 tbsp chipotle chilli paste (Water, Ground Chipotle Chillies, Onion, Tomato Puree, Spirit Vinegar, Garlic, Salt, Ground Coriander)
- 4 tsp smoked paprika & oregano blend (smoked paprika, oregano)
- 2 onion
- 4 tbsp tomato purée
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 little gem lettuce
- 380g Tomatoes Baby Seasonal Mix
Nutritional Information
Calories: 440
Protein: 32g
Carbs: 64g
Fat: 7.8g
Smoky burgers with chipotle ketchup & veg fries
This deconstructed dish has all the ingredients of a classic stack minus the bun, including smoky beef burger patties, sweet potato and carrot chips, naked onion rings, charred gem lettuce and a chunky-dory chilli, paprika and cinnamon-spiced ketchup. It’s a hearty plateful you’ll be happy to demolish.
Cook time:
35 mins
Cuisine:
American
Food group:
Beef
Cooking Instructions
Get the fries going
- Heat your oven to 220ºC/fan 200ºC/gas 7.
- Cut the sweet potatoes into thin fries, and cut the carrots into ½cm-thick batons. Put both on a large baking tray lined with baking paper and spritz with cooking spray. Roast for 20-25 mins.
Shape your burgers
- Meanwhile, put the mince into a mixing bowl and add half the chipotle paste (to taste) and half the paprika blend. Lightly season to taste with salt and mix well.
- Form 2 equal-size burgers (4 for 4 portions) that are 1cm thick.
It’s frying time!
- Peel the onions and thinly slice into ½cm-thick rings.
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Press the burgers flat in the pan, then tip in the onion rings. Cook for 10-12 mins, turning the burgers halfway, until cooked through.
Make the ketchup
- At the same time, put a small saucepan over a medium-high heat and tip in the tomatoes, tomato purée, cinnamon, the remaining chipotle paste (to taste) and paprika blend, plus 50ml water (75ml for 4 portions).
- Stir well and simmer for 10-12 mins until the tomatoes are soft, then mash to make a thick ketchup.
Finish & serve
- Halve the lettuces.
- Transfer the burgers, onion rings and fries to plates.
- Keep the burger pan over a high heat and add the lettuce, cut-sides down, for 30-60 seconds until charred. Add a splash of water and cook for 20 seconds (skip charring the lettuce if you prefer).
- Serve the smoky burgers, onion rings and fries with the lettuces and chipotle ketchup.