AIP, Paleo, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, No Eggs, No Nuts and No Processed Sugar
Hamburger patties taste better when you make them yourself compared to bought ones from the supermarket because you can add herbs and spices to give a nice flavour and are perfect for people who have allergies and need to make them gluten free, dairy free and egg free.
Ingredients from supermarket Hamburger Patty
Here are the ingredients to a hamburger pattie from the supermarket:
Beef (85%), Water, Sautéed Onion (Onion, Vegetable Oil), Rice Flour, Maize Flour, Salt, Sugar, Dehydrated Vegetables, Herbs and Spices, Preservative (223), Mineral Salts (451, 450, Sodium Bicarbonate), Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Vegetable Oil, Yeast Extract, Dextrose (Tapioca, Maize), Fermented Red Rice
If you are following the AIP protocol or have an auto-immune disease like I do, then you definitely cannot eat these burgers as they have Maize flour and sugar. Not to mention all the numbers, which are chemicals, plus preservatives which you do not need to add if you make them at home!
There is no need to ever buy hamburger patties from the supermarket when they are easy to make at home and turn out delicious every time!
This is what the finished meatballs look like in the below picture.
Instructions:
Finley cut up the onion and garlic and cook until slightly brown in a carbon steel frying pan.
In a stainless steel mixing bowl add the pork mince and beef mince, cooked onion, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, rosemary, sage, oregano, parsley, coconut aminos bbq, coconut aminos naked. Combine all ingredients with a wooden spoon, then use your hands to combine ingredients. By using your hands you can evenly combine the meat herbs and spices .
Now you can either make patties or meat balls or make both.
Grab a handful of the meat mixture and flatten in between both your hands, you can make them as big or as small as you like. In a carbon steel frying pan put enough oil to coat the bottom of the frying pan, then place the hamburger patties into the frying pan. Cook on a high heat and keep flipping them until both sides are brown. Cut one in half to see if it is cooked right through, if its red inside it needs a bit longer to cook.
Meatballs
Take a handful of the meat mixture and, using both hands, form it into balls. you can make them as big or as small as you like. In a carbon steel frying pan put enough oil to coat the bottom of the frying pan, then place the meatballs into the frying pan. Cook on a high heat and keep flipping them until all sides are brown. Cut one in half to see if it is cooked right through, if its red inside it needs a bit longer to cook.
TIP: I have NoMato, Tomato sauces as well as meatballs in my freezer so it makes it easier to make lasagna, nachos, hamburgers on the day because when you make everything from scratch there is always too much to make for each recipe.
Tip: Cooking smaller ones requires less time than cooking larger ones, which take longer to cook.
This is what the meatballs look like cooked.
Ideas of how to use the patties or meatballs:
You can either eat the patties or meat balls by themselves, or they can be used to add to other recipes like my NoMato sauce or Tomato sauce which I use for my pasta and lasagna. I use the patties to create a hamburger or use the meatballs for nachos.
Pasta:
For pasta its a quick meal if you have the sauces and patties in the freezer because then you just have to take them out of the freezer and defrost in the microwave. Once the patties/meatballs have defrosted you will need to heat them up in the frying pan. Then all you need to do is cook some pasta and add cheese or add tapioca-cheese it only takes 10 minutes to make.
Lasagna:
For lasagna its an easy meal if you have the sauces and patties/meatballs in the freezer because then you just have to take them out of the freezer and defrost in the microwave. Once the patties are defrosted, you will need a casserole dish that is deep. I use sweet potato for my layers, peel and cut the sweet potato’s into round discs length ways, then steam or boil the sweet potato’s for about 5 minutes so they won’t be as hard and will cook better in the oven. Next step is to put a layer of the sweet potato into the casserole dish Zerodeko-Ceramic-Casserole-Broiling-Roasting then add the sauce and meatballs, then repeat the layers until you get to the top of the dish. Now add cheese to the last layer, for mine I use tapioca-cheese which only takes 10 minutes to make on the stove. Cook in the oven for 180°C/356°F for an hour with a little bit of olive oil on the top layer.
Hamburger/Sandwich:
The hamburger patties are easy to make on the day, then just cut up some zucchini, cucumber, grate a bit of carrot, add in some lettuce and put in a hamburger roll or between 2 slices of bread. For me I use my cassava wrap recipe as my sandwich bread and avocado as the mayonaise.
Nachos:
To make nachos, you can use the meatballs that are already cooked, cut them into smaller bits and just add ground cumin. Make some cassava tortilla chips or a cassava wrap and use my NoMato sauce plus an avocado. For cheese, use my tapioca-cheese recipe, but it’s probably best to put them all on a plate and combine them using the tortilla chips before you eat them.
Can they be frozen?
You can freeze cooked meatballs to add to other meals or you can freeze the mixture and make them up later, but I prefer to freeze them cooked as you can then take them out and just use them.
Substitutions
If you can’t have pork mince just use the beef mince with a little bit of olive oil or avocado oil. If you can’t have beef mince you can use lamb mince instead or just use all pork.
If you are fructose intolerant and can’t have the onions then just leave them out.
If you don’t have a specific herb or spice then just leave them out.
If you love this recipe you will enjoy some of my other recipes.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 500 g Pork Mince
- 500 g Beef Mince
- 1 Onion
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper omit for AIP
- 1 tbsp Rosemary chopped
- 1 tbsp Sage chopped
- 1 tbsp Oregano chopped
- 1 tbsp Parsley chopped
- 1 tbsp Coconut Aminos
- 1 tbsp Coconut Aminos BBQ
Instructions
- Cut up the onion and garlic and cook until slightly brown.
- Put the pork mince and beef mince in a stainless steel bowl, add the onion and garlic when it is cooked.
- Add the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, rosemary, sage, oregano and parsley to the stainless steel mixing bowl.
- Combine all ingredients with the wooden spoon, then use your hands to mix all ingredients together.
- Roll into balls and place in the frying pan, then use the spatula to flatten the balls into patties.
- Cook on one side until brown then flip over and cook the other side until brown
- Once both sides are brown they are ready to eat, to check if they are cooked through just cut one in half, if red inside it needs to be cooked longer.
Notes
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