Green Burgers

    30m prep time
    50m total time
    Medium level
    13 ingredients

This vegetarian burger recipe can be frozen, letting you get ahead on busy days. It's craftily packed with spinach - one of the trickier veg to get into kids!

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat half the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the onions for about 10 mins until pale and soft, then leave to cool a little.

Step 2

Finely chop the spinach in a food processor and tip into a bowl. Add the cooled onion, breadcrumbs (which you can make in your blender), nutmeg, cheddar and Parmesan, and mash together. Add the beaten egg, a little at a time (you may not need all of it), until the mixture holds together. Divide into even patties (see tip below) and shape into fat burgers.

Step 3

Put the flour in a shallow bowl, season well and dip the burger patties into the flour to coat. Store in a plastic container between layers of baking parchment. Either chill until ready to cook, or freeze. If serving with sweet potato fries, put them in the oven now and cook according to the packet instructions.

Step 4

Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan and fry for about 5 mins each side until browned all over. Serve in the crusty rolls or burger buns, with a couple of slices of tomato, ketchup and the sweet potato fries on the side, if you like.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 2tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
  • 2 Ripe, Juicy Tomatoes, thickly sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Large Vine Tomatoes 500g
  • 400g Sweet Potato Fries, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Sweet Potato Fries 500g
  • 40g Parmesan, finely grated 1 x Sainsbury's Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese 200g
  • 1 Onions, finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g
  • 2tbsp Plain Flour 1 x Sainsbury's Plain Flour 500g
  • 1 Egg, beaten 1 x Sainsbury's British Free Range Eggs Medium x6
  • 200g Spinach, bag 1 x Sainsbury's Baby Leaf Spinach 200g
  • 100g Grated Mature Cheddar 1 x Sainsbury's British Mature Grated Cheddar Cheese 250g
  • 2 tbsp Good Quality Ketchup, or any relish you like 1 x Heinz Tomato Ketchup 342g
  • a grating of Nutmeg, or a pinch of ground 1 x Sainsbury's Whole Nutmeg 36g
  • 5 White Bread, blitzed into breadcrumbs 1 x Sainsbury's Toastie Thick Sliced White Bread 800g
  • 4 Crusty Bread Rolls 1 x Sainsbury's White Crusty Rolls x6
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