Beefcake Beef Burgers that will Blow ANY Fast Food Burger Out of the Water

Everyone knows that for a burger to taste really good it has to have a certain amount of fat in it right? Well I can tell you now that is WRONG and I know two BBQ loving carniverous men who know a thing about what constitutes a good beef burger that will agree with me. These burgers are less than 5% fat. We all need some fats in our diet to absorb fat souble vitamins so I think 5% is juuuuuuust right baby bear style. Goldilocks would be lovin these burgers and they are so easy that lazy little brat could probably have made them herself. You can have these made, eaten and half digested in the time it takes to have a take away delivered and OF COURSE they are low calorie. Weighing in at  a mere 327 calories per serving, these babies are even lower in calories than the Turkey Burgers!!!  Every time I look at this photo it makes me salivate and I'm not even much of a red meat eater!

 Nutritional Facts:

Calories: 327
Fat: 10.5g
WW PP: 10
Protein:32.7g
Carbs: 25g
Sugar 3g
Fibre 0.8g 

Serves 4:

Ingredients:
500g of reduced fat or extra lean beef mince
1 red onion finely chopped
2 large garlic cloves finely grated or crushed (grating is better as you don't waste any of the clove then)
4tbsp of chopped parsely (or a 1/4 cup)
3 tbsp of tomato ketchup
a pinch of reduced sodium salt


To serve:
4 small sesame seed buns (each to be no more than 50g)
A decent handful of lettuce
sliced gerkin
1/2 a small red onion

Optional toppings: Ketchup, lighter than light Helmans Mayo ( half a tsp contains 1 calorie and amounts of fat, and sugar not even worth mentioning), Mustard, Low Low Cheddar Cheese spread (1/2 a tsp  contains 10 calories and less than 1g of fat ), sliced baby plum tomatoes.


METHOD

1. Combine the mince, onion, garlic, parsley and ketchup in a bowl large enough to get in with your hands and give it a good squish and season generously.

2. preheat your grill to a medium/high heat (to be honest I usually just wack it up as high as it will go) grill the burgers for about 10 minutes on each side but it depends on how good your grill is. check after 7 minutes on each side...I also find that the second side can cook quicker than the first so do keep an eye on it.

3.Toast your buns and garnish. top with burger, onion, gerkins and whatever other toppings you like and then the top of the bun.

4. See if you can actually get your mouth around it!

A little tip for a super yummy low cal sauce combine 1 tsp of lighter than light mayo with half a tsp of mild yellow mustard. Its a bit like Eddie Rockets Secret Sauce just without the Secret or the calories and fat! ;) I also serve mine with a sizable side salad. It's important to get those vitamins and minerals into you. The side salad in the photo consists of a vairiety of lettuce, onion, plum tomatoes, red pepper, grated carrot, cucumber, a sprinkling of sweetcorn, gerkin, a sprinkling of red wine vinegar, salad seasoning and the tiniest pinch of salt. Lots of flavour for minimal calories!