Western burgers with grilled fennel & spiced-up ketchup
10
Points®
Total time: 32 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 17 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
You'll love how quickly and easily the spiced-up ketchup in this recipe comes together. You'll find yourself using it in a variety of ways, from meatloaf to fries to these delicious ground bison burgers. All you have to do is heat up some low-sodium ketchup, red wine vinegar, chopped garlic, and red pepper flakes for a touch of heat. Let it simmer away until it's thickened, then stir in fresh basil for the finishing touch. After grilling sliced fennel bulbs, the bison patties get grilled too, then sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. Build the burgers with the patties, fennel, ketchup, and romaine lettuce for a little bit of crunch and color. It doesn't get much tastier than that.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Low sodium ketchup
½ cup(s), or no-salt-added variety
Red wine vinegar
4 tsp
Garlic
1 clove(s), minced
Red pepper flakes
⅛ tsp, or up to 1/4 tsp
Fresh basil
2 Tbsp, chopped fresh
Uncooked 93% lean ground bison
1 pound(s)
Uncooked fennel bulb
1 medium, sliced
Grated Parmesan cheese
3 Tbsp
Light hamburger bun
4 item(s), split
Romaine lettuce
8 leaf/leaves
Instructions
1
Spray grill rack with nonstick spray. Preheat grill to medium-high or prepare medium-high fire.
2
Meanwhile, to make spiced-up ketchup, combine ketchup, vinegar, garlic, and pepper flakes in small saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in basil.
3
Shape bison into 4 (½-inch-thick) patties.
4
Place fennel on grill rack and grill, turning occasionally, until lightly charred and tender, about 8 minutes. Transfer to plate. Place patties on grill rack and grill 4 minutes. Turn and sprinkle evenly with Parmesan. Grill burgers until instant-read thermometer inserted into side of burger registers 160°F, about 4 minutes longer. Transfer burgers to plate. Place buns, cut side down, on grill rack and grill until lightly toasted, about 1 minute.
5
Place bottoms of buns on 4 plates. Top each with one-fourth of fennel, 1 burger, one-fourth of ketchup, and 2 lettuce leaves. Cover with tops of buns.
6
Serving size: 1 garnished burger
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