Weekday cooking: Make a delicious burger and chips with avocado salsa

For those of you longing for your favourite food from the restaurant down the road, during lockdown you’ll need to make do with the homemade version of your best-loved meal. We have a delicious burger recipe that’ll make you forget about your favourite takeaway — and it’s healthier and cheaper to cook it yourself.

Beef burger with chips and avocado salsa

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Can serve: 4 meals

Ingredients

For the burger patty

Half a small onion that is chopped finely
750g of lean minced steak
25g of breadcrumbs
1 egg that is beaten
Vegetable oil for frying
Salt and pepper for seasoning

For the salsa

One tablespoon of lime or lemon juice
Two tablespoons of sweet chili sauce
Half of a small red onion that is finely chopped
One avocado

For the chips

500g of potatoes
15g of vegetable oil

Preparation

Take the onion, breadcrumbs, eggs, mince and some seasoning and mix them into a bowl until they are thoroughly combined. This can be done with hands or a spoon.

Separate the mixture into four sections and roll each portion into a ball. The portions should be flattened into burger shapes that are about 2.5cm thick.

The potatoes should be sliced into 1cm slices, then sliced these into 1cm wide chips. Place the sliced potatoes into a strainer or bowl and rinse in cold water. Then place the rinsed potatoes into a pot of cold water, and boil them for three to four minutes. These should be then drained and dried thoroughly with a cloth or paper towel.

Heat the vegetable oil in a fryer or deep saucepan. Place the potatoes into the oil and deep fry them until golden brown. This can take about eight minutes.

Mix the lime or lemon juice, chili sauce, and onion into a bowl to make the salsa. The avocado should be finely chopped and mixed into the chili sauce mixture.

Take a heavy-based frying pan and brush it with oil. The beef patties should be fried in the pan for five to six minutes on each side until cooked thoroughly.

The beef patties can be placed on buns to make a burger and other ingredients such as cheese, tomatoes and lettuce may be added.
Once the burgers, salsa and potato chips are prepared, serve and enjoy.

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