Tex Mex Burgers With Guacamole
Created by lazyme on February 7, 2015
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #17221
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups lean ground beef
- 1 small yellow onion (finely chopped)
- 1 small green bell pepper (finely chopped)
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Salt and ground black pepper
- Oil, for brushing
- 4 flour tortillas (6-inch)
- Chopped fresh cilantro, to garnish
- Lettuce, optional
- GUACAMOLE
- 2 ripe avocados (halved, pitted)
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 lime (or lemon, juiced)
- 1/2 small green chili (fresh, seeded and chopped)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine the ground beef with the onion, bell pepper and garlic in a bowl. Add plenty of salt and pepper. Mix well, then divide the mixture into four portions.
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Step 2: Carefully shape each portion into a patty, using dampened hands or a burger press. Cover with a cloth and set aside while you make the guacamole.
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Step 3: Scoop the avocado flesh into a bowl and mash with a fork, then mix in the garlic, tomatoes, lime juice, chili and cilantro. Add salt and pepper, to taste.
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Step 4: Cover the surface of the guacamole with plastic wrap, leaving no air between plastic wrap and guacamole.
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Step 5: Brush the burgers lightly with oil.
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Step 6: Grill on a medium-hot barbecue for 8-10 minutes, or until cooked through. Turn the burgers once during cooking.
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Step 7: Just before serving, heat the tortillas on the barbecue for about 15 seconds on each side.
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Step 8: Place a spoonful of guacamole and a burger on each tortilla, then fold the tortilla over.
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Step 9: Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve plain or with lettuce.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (392 g)
- Calories 405.9
- Total Fat - 26.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 8 g
- Cholesterol - 47.2 mg
- Sodium - 627.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 30.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 10 g
- Sugars - 5.7 g
- Protein - 16.8 g
- Calcium - 72.1 mg
- Iron - 2.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 76.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg