HAMBURGERS IN THE BEST TRADITIONS PP + C/W BREAD RECIPE

Let's be honest: there's nothing wrong with hamburgers. But - if they are made from quality products and in compliance with the basic principles of healthy nutrition. Of course, we are not talking about fast food stuffed with salt, preservatives and obscure ingredients. Homemade healthy hamburger (as well as fishburger, chickenburger and other “relatives”) is the ideal option for fans of this dish.

A healthy hamburger can be not only satisfying, but also very balanced in composition and calorie content. And a few simple tricks will help make this iconic snack truly healthy and not “profitable” on your waistline.

1. Bun. Replace special hamburger buns (usually terribly chemical-laden) with simple whole grain buns or even a piece of regular “Borodinsky” or “Darnitsky” bread. Or better yet, bake it yourself according to the recipe.
2. Cutlet. For a healthy hamburger, chopped lean meat, chicken or turkey, fish, and even a vegan option - soy meat or vegetable patties are used. The main thing is that the cutlet is cooked with a minimum of fat - on the grill, in the microwave, in the oven or in a frying pan lightly greased with vegetable oil.
3. Sauces. The beauty of burgers is in the variety of sauce dressings. But for healthy burgers, the sauces have to be healthy too. Preferably prepared yourself. Replace store-bought mayonnaise with homemade mayonnaise or dressings based on natural yogurt and low-fat kefir. It is also advisable to find a homemade equivalent for ketchup from the store - adjika, satsibeli, tkemali.
4. Vegetables. The bigger, the better. Tomatoes and cucumbers, fresh zucchini and bell peppers, onions, radishes, all types of leafy greens (although lettuce is ideal - it is moderately juicy and does not break up the bun; for this reason, the iceberg variety is not advisable), baked or grilled eggplant or mushrooms and even such “exotics” as pineapple, avocado and mango - everything fits in a healthy hamburger!

Of course, not every burger can be considered a classic, but that doesn’t stop it from being a burger. But how delicious! And not boring. The main thing is not to spoil the effect of a healthy snack with a harmful drink, like cola...

PP burger recipe

To make a truly tasty and healthy burger at home, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• pp buns. You can cook them yourself using one of our recipes, or buy them. If you buy, give preference to whole grain bread buns.
• ground turkey. Salt and pepper it, form cutlets and fry in a grill pan. If you don’t have such a frying pan, use a regular non-stick frying pan with a drop of olive oil.
• tomatoes. Cut into circles.
• green lettuce leaf. Wash and dry.
• mozzarella cheese. This cheese is ideal for a pp burger.

For the sauce we will use:

2 tablespoons of natural yogurt + ½ teaspoon of mustard + a little salt. Mix everything thoroughly.

Cut the bun into two parts. Spread one part with sauce, put lettuce leaves, tomato slices, a cutlet on top, then mozzarella and another lettuce leaf. Cover everything with the other half and enjoy the taste!

PP diet pizza dough

Rules for assembling a healthy hamburger

Of course, when creating your own hamburger, you need to remember the basic rules of “assembling” it. There are not many of them, but they will help to fully reveal the taste of the dish and preserve its aesthetic appearance, which is also very important.

• The hamburger meat patty is made without onions, eggs and bread soaked in milk. It's just minced meat with salt, pepper and a little spice. Otherwise, it turns into an ordinary traditional cutlet. The exception is fish or vegetable cutlets, in which an egg is necessary so that the cutlet holds its shape and does not fall apart when frying.
• It is not entirely correct to recommend simply heating the bread base in the microwave “to soften” or immediately greasing parts of the bun with sauce. The cut bun should be lightly dried in a frying pan without oil or on the grill. Only in this case, the sauce and juice from fresh vegetables will not be able to quickly soak up the bread crumb, and the burger will not fall apart in your hands.
• If the recipe specifies a dressing, then you need to grease the halves of the bun with it, and not mix vegetables in it like a salad.
• The selected ingredients must be balanced in terms of flavor: spiciness, sweetness, acidity.

Prepare healthy hamburgers to your liking, and bon appetit!

Author: Yulia Konstantinova

PP buns for burgers

So, if you decide to get serious about making a burger, the first thing you need to do is make the buns! At first glance, this may seem like a difficult and tedious task, but it is not. We have two excellent proven recipes that you can easily prepare.

For this recipe you will need the following ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons oat bran + 2 tablespoons wheat bran. Instead of regular flour, we will use bran, which is ideal for dietary nutrition.
• 1 whole egg
• 1 tablespoon soft cottage cheese. Since the recipe is dietary, it is best to use low-fat cottage cheese.
• 1 teaspoon corn flour.
• 1 teaspoon baking powder.
• 2 tablespoons of low-fat kefir. If you don’t have kefir, you can replace it with natural yogurt.

Now just thoroughly mix absolutely all the ingredients, place in a small bowl and microwave at maximum power for 5 minutes! Cooking time may vary depending on microwave oven. When the bun is ready, simply cut it in half and toast it on a grill pan or even in a toaster!

Curd banana buns with custard

Delicate cottage cheese buns with custard are an ideal PP breakfast. Thanks to rice flour, the dessert turns out soft and airy even without baking powder and soda. Any milk for custard is suitable, whether you want cow’s milk or plant-based – whatever suits your taste. Very tasty with almond, oatmeal, rice.

Ingredients:

• Ripe banana – 100 g.
• Briquette cottage cheese 5% – 200 g.
• Rice flour – 5 tbsp. l.
• Salt, sweetener.

Custard:

• Milk – 250 ml.
• Corn starch – 2 tbsp. l.
• Honey – 20 g.

Preparation:

1. Place the ingredients for the dough into a blender. Blend until smooth and homogeneous.
2. To prevent the dough from sticking to your hands, moisten them with water. Pinch off a piece of dough, roll it into a bun, and place it on a baking sheet with a silicone mat.
3. Send to bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, prepare a soft custard. Pour the milk into a saucepan, add cornstarch and flower honey. Stirring constantly, cook the cream over medium heat until cooked. The finished cream should be homogeneous, without lumps.
5. Generously pour the custard over the warm buns. For decoration we use our favorite berries, nuts, chopped dried fruits.

PP cottage cheese hamburger bun

This version of the bun is suitable for those who carefully monitor their protein intake. This recipe will be based on cottage cheese! You will need these ingredients:

• 1 pack of cottage cheese. We use low-fat cottage cheese; 100 grams of this product contains only 70 calories!
• 6 tablespoons of flour. For the burger we will use whole wheat flour.
• 1 egg.
• Salt to taste.

Mix all the ingredients and carefully form the buns with your hands. You can use molds for this to make it easier. These PP buns need to be baked for 20 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

Ingredients

For buns (6 pieces)

• whole grain wheat flour 170 grams;
• cottage cheese 2% fat 180 grams;
• soft cottage cheese 0% fat 50 grams;
• egg 2 pcs;
• wheat bran 20 grams;
• soda ½ tsp;
• sesame 5 grams;
• egg yolk (for greasing);
• salt to taste.

For filling

• chicken fillet, you can have beef (you can also take ready-made minced meat) 300-400 grams;
• onion 1 pc.;
• salted or fresh cucumber 1 pc.;
• tomato 1 pc.;
• hard cheese 50 grams;
• sour cream 70 grams;
• tomato paste 70 grams.

PP sauce for burgers or hamburger

Delicious and low-calorie burger sauce is not a myth at all, but a reality. How to make such a delicious pp sauce? Here are some simple and delicious recipes:

• natural yogurt+mustard+tomato paste+spices and salt.
• natural yogurt+pickled cucumbers+Dijon mustard+garlic powder
• ripe avocado+low-fat cream cheese+herbs+spices
• low-fat sour cream + green cucumber + herbs + any spices
• kefir+avocado+any greens+spices
• natural yogurt+feta cheese+herbs+spices

How to cook a healthy burger

Hamburgers, fishburgers, chicken burgers, cheeseburgers and other fast food options are quite easy to make at home. Using natural sauce, homemade cutlet and bun, the burgers are much healthier and tastier.

The cooking process is quick and simple, the main thing is to decide what filling to choose for the burger.

The cutlets are fried both on the grill and in an AP frying pan (with non-stick coating).

We make the sauce without mayonnaise. Most often, the dietary spread is a mustard-sour cream sauce with the addition of natural ketchup. Sour cream can be replaced with lower-calorie products: natural yogurt or soft cottage cheese. Vegan sauce options are also possible - Tabasco, guacamole.

Additional ingredients are added according to your own taste: from the classic ones - pickled onions and cucumbers, to fried slices of eggplant, zucchini or pineapple.

Diet burger - low-carb recipe

If you want to make a carb-free burger, then this simple recipe is for you. So, you will need:

• 60 grams of minced chicken. You can also use veal. We form a cutlet, you can add herbs, salt and pepper. Fry in a non-stick frying pan on both sides.
• 1 egg and 40 grams of protein. We will use these ingredients to prepare a bun for a burger. Beat the egg with the white, add a little salt and fry in a small frying pan with non-stick coating on both sides. You will end up with a thick egg pancake. We cut it into two parts.
• lettuce leaves. You can use various salad mixtures.
• 40 grams of cheese. It should be low-fat cheese.

Let's start assembling our pp burger. On the omelette layer we place a leaf of lettuce, then a slice of cheese, then a cutlet, again a leaf of lettuce, cheese and the other half of the omelette. Low carb burger is ready!

Detailed preparation steps

Cooking PP burgers begins with kneading the dough and baking the buns.

1. Beat 2 eggs into the grain curd and mix. Bring to a homogeneous mass.
2. Salt the mixture, add half a teaspoon of quicklime soda and soft cottage cheese. Mix everything again.

In a separate bowl, mix flour and wheat bran. Add them to the egg-curd mixture. Knead the dough.

Place 6 buns on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Brush them with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.

While the buns are cooling after baking, you can prepare the filling.

Prepare minced chicken. Cut half the onion into small cubes and add to the minced meat. Add salt and pepper to taste. Form 6 cutlets and fry them in a frying pan.

Prepare PP hamburger sauce. Mix tomato paste and sour cream. Cut the buns in half and spread the sauce on them.

Place onion rings on top, then several cucumber rings, a slice of cheese, a cutlet and finish it all off with a tomato ring.

Cover the burger with the other half of the bun and start enjoying it.

Yes! These burgers are truly balanced and healthy for athletes. They contain cottage cheese and chicken, which have a good effect on the formation of the muscle corset. Also - vegetables that are rich in vitamins and minerals and dairy products in the form of cheese and sour cream, which are necessary for the musculoskeletal system.

Topping options for healthy burgers

A meat cutlet with cheese and herbs is not the limit of possible fillings. There are different variations of burger filling: both for vegans and meat-eaters. Let's look at the most popular:

1. Fish cutlets - we make minced meat from any type of fish, the most popular: salmon, tuna, and also shrimp and crab cutlets. The fish meat is mixed with an egg, finely chopped onion, and spices - cutlets are formed and fried over medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Pickles, onions, and parsley are often used as additions. The sauce can be made with sour cream and mustard or simply spread with soft cheese and yogurt on the buns.
2. Vegan cutlets - there are many options here. Lenten dishes are prepared from vegetables or legumes: from cabbage and beet cutlets, to chickpeas and squash. The sauce is guacamole or tahini, complemented with pickled red onions, lettuce and tomato. You can add mushrooms.
3. Meat patties - a classic burger made from ground beef. More tender types of cutlets: made from minced chicken or turkey, it is better to make them with the addition of zucchini, so they turn out more juicy. Proper nutrition does not exclude pork, so cutlets made from lean pork are also perfect for a burger. The sauce is best prepared from sour cream with the addition of ketchup and mustard. Additionally, add tomato or pickled cucumber, lettuce, cheese, and mushrooms.

And also, diet burgers can be made simply from boiled/baked pieces of meat or fish, without wasting time on preparing cutlets. It turns out even more useful.