Nadia's Nommy Burgers with a Kick

Hello my fellow fabulous foodies. It's been far too long...I had almost given up on The Low Fat Foodie until our good friends John and Nadia invited us over for dinner and presented us with these super tasty burgers.  See... look... there is the lovely Nadia down there on the right.

After a great deal of mmmmming and nom nom nomming over the burgers Nadia and John informed us that they were low cal/low fat! So here is Nadia's recipe with a few little tweeks. Nadia's original recipe is perfectly yummy but I've changed it just a weeny bit to suit my own tastebuds but 99.9% of the credit goes to her.

 

Nutritional Facts:

Calories:  340 plus toppings

Fat: 7.6g (for realsies!)

WWPP: 9.25

Serves: 4

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 -20 minutes

Ingredients:

500g 5% fat minced beef

1 small carrot (finely grated)

1 small pepper (finely chopped)

half a medium red chilli pepper (seeds removed - finely chopped)

2tbsp of ketchup

1tsp garlic powder

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp cayenne pepper ( you can vary this from half a tsp to one and half tsp depending on how much heat you like.

salt and pepper

To serve: I used small "Bundys" Seasame Seed buns at just 133 calories each and 2g of fat (counted above in the nutrional facts), a  Tesco low fat cheese single, sliced gherkins, fried onions (fried in 1 cal spray oil), ketchup, extra light mayo, mustard and green leaves. Corriander leaves mixed in with your salad will compliment this burger well if you fancy it.

Method:

1. Turn on your grill, griddle pan or George Foreman Grill. it's important not to use a normal frying pan as any of these methods of cooking here will allow fat to drip away from the burger, leaving it even lighter! 
2. With some kitchen towel remove the excess moisture from the carrots, peppers and chillis. Give them a good squeeze. Don't be tempted to skip this step as it will ruin the texture of your burger!
3. This couldn't be easier! Combine all of the ingredients in the bowl and mix well using your hands ensuring that all of the ingredients are distributed evenly. 
4. Roll your mixture into a ball then flatten out to make a thick disk. Then cut this into 4 even pieces. Roll each piece into a ball again and flatten into a rough circle. You want each burger to be around a half inch thick.
5.  If you are cooking on a griddle pan, give it a couple of sprays of 1 cal oil before placing the burgers in. Make sure your pan is really hot to start with but after a minute turn the heat down to medium. Don't be tempted to move the burgers around as this will only break them up. Check them after 5 minutes and if they have browned sufficiently you can flip them. They should be cooked through in about 15-16 minutes...but trust your own judgement here as everyone's cookers are different.

         If you are grilling them, they will need around 8-10 minutes on each side.
         If you are using a George Foreman then 10 minutes total is all thats needed. 
   6.   Finally lightly toast your buns.

Construct your burger as and how you like it, taking care to use as many low cal/low fat options for toppings as possible.Then Enjoy!  Once ours were constructed the total calorie count came to 414 calories.
Nadia also cooked us some lovely low cal oven chips but the burger was plenty to fill me up this time.