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Turkey burgers with pickled cucumber & wedges

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Total time: 55 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 40 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy

These burgers are big on Thai-inspired flavour, but light on carbs

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Ingredients

Sweet potato, raw

600 g

Calorie controlled cooking spray

4 spray(s)

Lemon grass stems

1 individual

Shallots

2 medium

Root Ginger

½ tablespoon(s)

Garlic

3 clove(s)

Chilli, green or red

1 individual

Turkey breast mince, raw

500 g

Coriander, fresh

1 tablespoon(s)

Thai Fish Sauce

1½ tablespoon(s)

Rice Wine Vinegar

200 ml

Palm sugar (Namtarn Peep)

3 teaspoon(s)

Cucumber

1 serving(s),

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. To make the pickled cucumber, place the rice vinegar, palm sugar and 1 tbsp fish sauce in a small saucepan and heat until the sugar has dissolved then set aside to cool. Using a vegetable peeler, peel long strips of the cucumber, discarding the watery middle part when you get to it. Pour over the cooled vinegar mixture and place in the fridge.

2

Line a large baking tray with baking paper then lay the sweet potato wedges over it. Mist with cooking spray then season and bake for 35-40 minutes, turning half way through, until golden and cooked through.

3

Place the lemongrass, shallot, ginger, garlic and chili in a mini food processor and blitz until very finely chopped. Add this to the turkey mince in a bowl with the coriander and remaining fish sauce and mix well until everything is evenly combined. Divide this into four patties. Mist a wide nonstick frying pan with cooking spray over a medium heat and cook the burgers for 4-5 minutes on each side, until dark gold, then place on a small baking tray in the oven with the sweet potatoes for the last 10 minutes of their cooking time, making sure they are completely cooked through before serving.

4

Divide the burgers, sweet potatoes and cucumber between 4 plates, making sure to drain off the excess liquid from the cucumber before putting them on the plates.

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