Tasty Burgers, Thai Style Beef Salad | Sunbeam GC2600 specification

Beef.

Tasty Burgers

Serves 4

500g lean beef mince

2 small onions, finely chopped

3/4 cup dry breadcrumbs

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 Tablespoons tomato paste

2 Tablespoons parsley, finely chopped (optional)

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Divide mixture into 8 equal portions and shape into burgers. Flatten slightly. Place onto a plate or tray, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until required.

Pre- heat grill for 3-5 minutes. Spray grill plates with cooking spray. Grill burgers 6- 8 minutes or until tender. If desired, half way through cooking turn burgers to achieve cross grill marks.

Serve on a toasted burger bun with salad, cheese and your choice of sauce.

Recipe suggestion:

•Substitute the lean beef mince for lean chicken, veal, lamb or pork mince.

•Add freshly chopped chilli or dried chilli flakes to mince mixture before cooking to add a spicy flavour.

•Freshly chopped garlic can also be added.

Thai Style Beef Salad

Serves 4

500g beef sirloin or backstrap, trimmed of fat and sinue

Salad

3 cups mesculin lettuce leaves

12 mixed cherry tomatoes (red, yellow green), quartered

1 Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced on the diagonal

1 small Spanish onion, thinly sliced

1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped

1/2 cup dry roasted cashew nuts

Salad dressing

1/4 cup caster sugar

1/2 cup water

Juice & zest 2 limes

1 fresh red chilli chopped or 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes

1 teaspoon fish sauce

Pre- heat the grill for 3-5 minutes. Spray grill plates with cooking spray. Cook the sirloin for 4 - 6 minutes. Meat should be brown on the outside but rare in the middle. Remove and wrap in foil. Wait 10- 15 minutes before thinly slicing the beef.

Combine all of the ingredients together for the salad onto individual plates or in one big serving bowl.

Dressing: in a small saucepan combine all the ingredients, bring to the boil, simmer 1-2 minutes, remove and allow to cool.

Top the salad with beef slices and toss in cooled dressing. Serve immediately.