Mexican Spiced Burger with Guacamole and Pico de Gallo

This Mexican inspired Plant-based burger is bursting with flavour and nutrition! Super easy and fast to make, this is the perfect burger for a BBQ or a special dinner at home.

Packed with protein from the patty, healthy fats from the avocado, and nutritious vitamins and minerals from the alfalfa sprouts, these burgers are filling and delicious yet pack a serious nutritional punch!

Try these out at your next BBQ – they’ll be a hit even amongst meat eaters!

Calories 681kcal
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Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 plant-based burger patty
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • ½ onion powder
  • ¼ red onion thinly slice
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • handful of green oak lettuce
  • handful of alfafa and onion sprouts
  • 1 burger bun

For the Guacamole:

  • 1/2 avocado Make sure the avo is ripe enough!
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 tomato
  • handful coriander
  • juice of half a lime
  • salt and pepper to taste

For the Pico de gallo:

  • ripe tomato finely chopped
  • 1/4  red onion  peeled and finely chopped
  • 1/2  cup  fresh parsley  finely chopped
  • 1/2  red chilli finely chopped remove the seeds if you don't like it hot
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Method

  • Start by preparing your guacamole. Place the avocado in a large mixing bowl (or blender if you prefer a finer consistency)
  • Add finely chopped onion and tomato, squeeze over half a lime and season well.
  • Give it a good mash up and set aside until ready to serve.
  • For the pico de gallo, once all the ingredients are chopped, simply combine them all together and set aside until ready to serve
  • Now onto the burger. In a small bowl mix together your spice mix.
  • Drizzle over a little olive oil onto your burger and then rub in the spice mix. Discard any remaining mix.
  • Add a tad of oil to a hot frying pan and cook the burger until golden.

To serve

  • Serve on burger bun of choice, layer the lettuce, burger, onion slices and the alfalfa sprouts and spread on a thick layer of guacamole. Add your top bun and dig in!

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