Quinoa cheeseburger with barbecue onions

Serves:

Makes 6

Ingredients

Burgers

• 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
• 1 cup (250ml) beef stock
• 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
• 1 x 400g can red kidney beans
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup (40g) plain flour
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

Onions

• oil spray
• 2 medium onions, finely sliced
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• oil spray
• 6 burger rolls
• 1 cup (60g) grated fat reduced tasty cheese

Quinoa cheeseburger with barbecue onions

Place quinoa, stock and rosemary into a saucepan and bring to a simmer.

Turn the heat down as far as it will go, cover and cook for 15 minutes until quinoa is cooked. Fluff up and allow to cool a little.

While quinoa is cooking, heat a non-stick frying pan on medium-low, spray lightly with oil and add onions with a pinch of salt.

Cook onions for 15 minutes until soft. Add balsamic vinegar and brown sugar, season with pepper and cook for a further 5 minutes. Set aside.

Place beans into a food processor and pulse a couple of times to make a mash. If it’s still too bean-y, give it a good mash with a fork.

Mix beans with cooked quinoa, beaten egg, flour and garlic powder. Season well.

Heat a non-stick frying pan on medium-high and spray well with oil.

Drop heaped 1/3 cups of mixture into the frying pan and press down lightly to make a patty shape.

Cook for 4 minutes, spray top lightly with oil, flip carefully and cook for a further 4 minutes, topping with grated cheese half way through.

Serve on the burger with some lettuce, topped with onions.

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Serving Suggestions

Note

• Using quinoa pumps up the health factor big time. Quinoa is a super super food, packed with protein, iron, fibre, vitamins B6 and B12 and minerals such as manganese, tryptophan and magnesium. It’s also a phytonutrient-rich antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
• I use reduced fat ingredients such as reduced fat cheese to keep fat and calories down but use whatever you like.
• This recipe was created by Jay Rogers for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder. You can follow Jay at The Moodie Foodie and on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.