This Mint Lamb Burger will have your mouth watering. It’s stuffed with delicious goat cheese, features refreshing mint, and is topped with sweet red onions! It’s also refined sugar free and could also be made dairy free by omitting the goat cheese!
Mint Lamb Burger Ingredients
How to make Mint Lamb Burger:
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- Turn on your grill to medium-high.
- Mix your ground lamb. Combine the ground meat, bread crumbs, egg, mint, parsley, and salt in a large bowl and mix thoroughly with your hands.
- Prepare burger patties. Once the ground meat is mixed, create your burger patties by first dividing the meat into four balls of the same size. Then, flatten the balls until they’re about 4-5″ in diameter.
- Add goat cheese. Add about 1 tbsp of goat cheese to the middle of each patty. Fold the edges in to fully cover the goat cheese. Pack the patty again, it should resemble a hockey puck and be about 3-4″ in diameter.
- Prepare onion. Slice your red onion into thin discs that can be placed on the grill.
- Grill. Place burger patties and onions on grill. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on each onion and top each onion with ½ tsp of honey. Cook for 4-5 minutes and then flip both the burgers and onions. Cook an additional 4-5 minutes. At the time of this post, the USDA recommends cooking ground lamb to a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Prepare buns. We like to toast our buns! The can be toasted in a toaster oven or on the stove with a small amount of butter on the inside of each side.Â
- Assemble the burger. Once toasted, smear mint jelly (purchase here) on one half and tzatziki sauce (optional, but highly recommended!) on the other half. Top with burger, grilled red onion, tomato, and spring mix or lettuce of choice. Enjoy with any of your favorite toppings!
Quick Facts
How long does this dish take? 20 minutes
How much does this make? 4 servings
Does this meet my dietary needs? This recipe is refined sugar free.  If the goat cheese and tzatziki sauce is omitted, this could also be dairy free.
How many bowls should I plan for this meal? 1 large bowl
How long does this keep? 2-3 days in the fridge, 1 month in the freezer. Store the patties separate from any toppings for easier reheating and to keep the fresh vegetables and buns from getting soggy.
Is it freezer friendly? Yes
How do I reheat this? Heat the patty separately and add the other cold ingredients as you like
Can I pack this for lunch? Yup! Just keep it cool until you eat it!
Substitution Options
All substitution options are a 1:1 substitution unless noted otherwise.
Ground Lamb:Â If you can’t find ground lamb, you could always use beef instead. Otherwise, we have used lamb chops and ground them ourselves in our food processor or high speed blender!
Salt: Sorry, no substitutions for this.
Egg: Flax Egg can be used (3 tbsp water to 1 tbsp flaxseed) Try this flaxseed!
Bread crumbs:Â Gluten free bread crumbs can be used!
Mint and Parsley:Â Can use dried mint and Parsley instead of fresh.
Honey:Â Coconut sugar or brown sugar are good substitutions!
Fun Fact!Â
Mint Jelly: European settlers brought over the tradition of eating lamb with mint sauce in the 19th century. Americans started eating mint jelly with lamb as opposed to the less sweet mint sauce that Europeans used. Mint Jelly is sweeter and easier to spread than the traditional mint sauce. It was popular in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, but became less popular as lamb consumption has declined. (Source)
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Mint Lamb Burger
Ingredients
For the patties
- 1 pound ground lamb
- 1/3 cup bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tbsp mint ground
- 1/2 tbsp parsley ground
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp goat cheese
For the honey onions
- 1/2 of a red onion
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp honey
For the burger
- 4 tbsp mint jelly
- 4 tbsp tzatziki sauce
- 4 each brioche buns
- 1/2 of a tomato
- 2 cups spring mix
Instructions
- Turn on your grill to medium-high.
- Mix your ground lamb. Combine the ground meat, bread crumbs, egg, mint, parsley, and salt in a large bowl and mix thoroughly with your hands.
- Prepare burger patties. Once the ground meat is mixed, create your burger patties by first dividing the meat into four balls of the same size. Then, flatten the balls until they're about 4-5" in diameter.
- Add goat cheese. Add about 1 tbsp of goat cheese to the middle of each patty. Fold the edges in to fully cover the goat cheese. Pack the patty again, it should resemble a hockey puck and be about 3-4" in diameter.
- Prepare onion. Slice your red onion into discs that can be placed on the grill.
- Grill. Place burger patties and onions on grill. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on each onion and top each onion with ½ tsp of honey. Cook for 4-5 minutes and then flip both the burgers and onions. Cook an additional 4-5 minutes. At the time of this post, the USDA recommends cooking ground lamb to a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Prepare buns. We like to toast our buns! We also like to spread mint jelly on one bun half and tzatziki sauce on the other half.
- Enjoy with your favorite toppings. We like to add tomatoes and spring mix greens in addition to the red onions.
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