Hamburgers

• Preparation time 20 minutes
• Cooking time 10 minutes
• Serves 4

Ingredients

• 500 g premium lean beef mince
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 4 hamburger rolls, split in half
• 1 small carrot
• 4 large lettuce leaves, halved
• 8 slices beetroot
• 8 slices tomato
• mustard or tomato sauce, to serve

Method

• Place the mince, egg, breadcrumbs and herbs into a bowl.
• Add pepper to taste.
• Using your hands, mix until well combined, divide into four equal portions and shape each into a patty.
• Cook patties in a nonstick frying pan or on a barbecue grill plate, or under a grill.
• Peel strips from the carrot with a peeler.
• Place some lettuce on the bottom half of the buns.
• Top with meat patties, then the beetroot, tomato, carrot and more lettuce.
• Add mustard or tomato sauce and put on the tops of the buns.
• Serve immediately.

HINT: Serve with a baked potato to boost the carbohydrate level. Wholemeal bread rolls will provide extra fibre

Nutrition

Australian Institute of Sport - From the "Survival for the Fittest" cookbook05 Nov 2018HINT: Serve with a baked potato to boost the carbohydrate level. Wholemeal bread rolls will provide extra fibre, Bakes and Grills, survival-for-the-fittestBakes and Grills