Thai Salmon Burgers

Thai Salmon Burgers

Serves: 4 burgers

Ingredients

For the burgers

• 300g salmon fillet ( the fresher the tastier )

• 30g egg

• 1 lemongrass stalk

• 1/2 lime, juiced and zested

• 1 small red chilli, minced

• 1 tbsp grated ginger

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 35g breadcrumbs ( I blitzed wholegrain crackers )

• 1/2 tsp fish sauce

• handful coriander

• 1 tbsp spelt flour

• 1 tsp avocado oil ( sesame or olive works as well )

Guacamole

• 2 small avocados, flesh scooped out

• 1/4c mint

• 2 tbsp roasted peanuts

• 1 clove garlic

• 25ml sesame oil

• sea salt

Salsa

• 1 small red chilli, minced

• 1 large tomato, chopped

• 1/2 red onion, finely minced

• 80g mango, diced into cubes * yellow pepper can be replaced

• 1 tsp sugar

• 1 lime, juiced

To serve

• rocket

• quarter cucumber, sliced

• greek yoghurt, sweet chilli sauce or even ketchup!

• wholemeal sandwich thins ( I've tried it with buns but I feel like there's too much bread which detracts from the taste of the burger and it gets too thick to eat , but that's just a personal preference!)

Method

- Preheat the grill to the middle heat. Line a tray with tin foil.

- Pop all the burger ingredients, except the breadcrumbs, into the blender and blitz. Make sure you don't over-blitz it! otherwise, it will go rubbery in texture. You still want it to be a bit chunky.

- Take four handfuls of the mixture and roll it into a ball. Flatten with the palm of your hands and evenly space the burgers on the tray.

- Grill the burgers for about 8 minutes on each side. Remove from the oven and set aside.

- For the guacamole, add all the ingredients to a medium sized bowl and gently mash the avocado. Set aside.

- For the salsa simply combine everything in a small bowl and set aside.

- Pop each burger into the bread and grill for a further 5 minutes to toast and heat everything through. Top with some cucumber slices, a dollop of guacamole, a sprinkle of salsa. Finish with some rocket and BAM you've got yourself a DELICIOUS burger.

These are so delicious on their own and I personally don't think they need any sauce but you can add a small blob of yoghurt on top and/or sweet chilli- just try and see what you prefer!