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Lemongrass turkey burgers with Asian slaw and sesame broccoli

Serves:

2

Cook Time:

30

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Notes

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Ingredients

  • light olive oil/vegetable oil

  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed/2 tsp. garlic paste/easy garlic

  • 2cm ginger, grated/1 tsp. ginger paste/easy ginger

  • 2 spring onions, finely chopped, greens and white seperated

  • 1/2 stalk lemongrass, outer layer removed, white centre finely chopped

  • 200g red cabbage, shredded

  • 3 tbsp. mayonnaise (Kewpie if you have it)

  • handful coriander, chopped

  • 1 tbsp. soy sauce

  • 1 tbsp. sesame oil

  • 200g broccoli florets

  • 1/2 tbsp. sesame seeds

  • 1/2 tbsp. rice vinegar

  • 250g turkey mince

  • 2 sesame seed buns, toasted

Method

  1. Drizzle some oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat and add the garlic, ginger, lemongrass and the whites of the spring onion. Season with salt & pepper and stir fry for several minutes. Remove from the frying pan and set aside.

  2. To make the slaw, combine the shredded red cabbage, mayonnaise, half the spring onion greens, half the coriander, 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce and 1/2 sesame oil. Season and set aside.

  3. For the burgers, combine the turkey mince, cooled garlic mix, 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce, the remaining greens from the spring onions and the remaining coriander. Shape into two burgers and chill.

  4. For the broccoli, boil a pan of salted water. Cook for 4-6 minutes and drain thoroughly. Toss with the rice vinegar, sesame seeds and 1/2 tbsp. sesame oil. Season and set aside.

  5. Heat a little oil in a frying pan (you can use the same pan you used for the garlic etc.) over a medium-high heat. Add the turkey burgers and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side.

  6. Serve in the buns with some of the slaw, with the sesame broccoli and remaining slaw on the side.

Nutrition

kcal

569

fat

31.3

sat fat

5

carbs

41.4

sugars

7.9

fibre

7.1

protein

34.4

salt

0.9

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