High protein lunch recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has olive oil, onion, garlic clove, porridge oat, turkey, dried apricot, carrot, egg and cucumber.
Turkey burgers
Course: High protein lunch
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Olive Oil: 2 tbsp olive oil
- Onion: 1 large onion, finely chopped
- Egg: 1 egg, beaten
- Carrot: 1 large carrot, grated
- Cucumber: rolls and cucumber slices, to serve
- Turkey: 450g/1lb minced turkey
- Dried Apricot: 100g dried apricot, finely chopped
- Porridge Oat: 85g porridge oats
Directions
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and gently fry the onion for 5 mins until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 min. Add the oats and fry for 2 mins more. Tip into a bowl and set aside to cool.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the cooled mixture and mix well with your hands. Season to taste and shape into 8 patties.
- Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat the remaining olive oil in a large, non-stick frying pan and sear the burgers on each side until well coloured (3-4 mins). Transfer to a baking sheet and cook in the oven for 10-15 mins. Serve in rolls with Tangy tomato chutney (see 'goes well with') and cucumber slices.
- For the chutney heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and add 1 finely chopped onion. Cook for 5 mins until softened. Stir in 1 crushed garlic clove and cook for a further min. Add 1 tbsp sundried tomato paste, a 400g can good-quality chopped tomatoes and a pinch of sugar. Gently cook for 20-25 mins until rich and thick. Season to taste, then leave to cool before serving.
