Healthy Big Mac Burger
November 19, 2022
A lightened-up version of the fast food favourite, the ultimate burger: The Big Mac. Two lean seasoned beef patties topped with cheese and big mac sauce, this burger will healthily satisfy your fast food craving without compromising the flavour.
I love burgers. The burgers I used to cook for my "cheat meals" were full of unhealthy ingredients, but this recipe is healthy and delicious!
This is one of my favourite recipes and I cook it weekly.
The recipe can be made in bulk and frozen for later so you can have a quick and healthy meal ready at a moment’s notice.
The recipe is simple. First, get your hands on some good quality meat: 5-8% fat grass-fed beef. Then prepare your burgers by slicing them into patties and seasoning them with garlic powder, oregano salt and pepper. Add chopped onions and a slice of bread cut into small pieces and you are ready to go.
INGREDIENTS
What you'll need to make these healthy big mac burgers:
- Extra-lean beef mince: If you can’t find extra lean ground beef, you can substitute any other ground beef, but the stats will change
- Sesame Burger buns: mine were about 65g each, at 170 calories.
- Light cheddar cheese: if you can't find light cheddar cheese, you can substitute it with a different light cheese.
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Burger sauce: if you don't have the ingredients of the sauce I made, you can substitute with a low-calorie store-bought sauce.
Healthy Big Mac Burger
Course: MainDifficulty: medium4
burgers10
minutes8
minutes456
kcal18
minutesA lightened-up version of the fast food favourite, the ultimate burger: The Big Mac. Two lean seasoned beef patties topped with cheese and big mac sauce, this burger will healthily satisfy your fast food craving without compromising the flavour.
Ingredients
4 4 Burger Buns
600 g 1 1/3 lb Extra-lean beef mince
80 g 1/6 lb light cheddar cheese
lettuce
tomato
- Seasoning
40 g 1/4 cup chopped onion
1 slice 1 slice (45g) of chopped bread
1 tbsp 1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp 1 tbsp oregano
1 tsp 1 tsp salt
1 tsp 1 tsp black pepper
50 ml 1/5 cup water
1 tsp 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
- Burger Sauce
60 g 2/7 cup no-fat Greek yoghurt
1 tbsp 1 tbsp Ketchup
1 tsp 1 tsp American Mustard
1 tsp 1 tsp honey
Directions
- Season the beef mince with garlic powder, oregano salt and black pepper.
- Then add your chopped onions, and a slice of bread cut into small pieces.
- Finally, mix the water with bicarbonate soda and add it to the mince.
- Roll your beef into equal balls, and smash them down to create your patties.
- Pan fry or cook to grill each patty on high heat for 3-4 mins on each side.
- For the big mac sauce, add all sauce ingredients to a small bowl and stir to combine.
- Next, toast your burger bun and begin assembling your burger by adding sauce to your top and bottom bun. Then add lettuce, one burger patty, one slice of light cheese, another burger patty, and tomato.
Notes
Nutrition facts
Nutrition information per burger
457
Calories
(kcal)
48.8
Protein
(g)
37.6
Carbs
(g)
31.9
Fats
(g)
7.5
Sugars
(g)
3.8
Fibre
(g)
4.8
Sat. fat
(g)
340
Sodium
(g)
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