Healthified Blue Cheese Burgers
Healthified Blue Cheese Burgers
Provided by: live better america
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75% more fiber • 41% less fat • 35% less sat fat than the original recipe see the comparison No dinnertime blues with burgers that deliver all the flavor you’d anticipate, as well as the fiber you might not expect.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 cup water
- 12 whole wheat burger buns
- 12 leaf lettuce leaves
- 12 tomato slices
- 3 lb extra-lean (at least 93%) ground beef
- 1 cup crumbled reduced-fat blue cheese (4 oz)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh chives
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper sauce
- 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
- Heat gas or charcoal grill. In large bowl, mix oats and water. Stir in beef, blue cheese, chives, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper sauce, pepper, mustard and salt until well mixed. Shape mixture into 12 patties, about 3/4 inch thick.
- Place patties on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill over medium coals. Cover grill; cook 11 to 13 minutes, turning once, until thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.
- For each burger, layer lettuce, tomato and patty in bun.
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