Gluten-Free Burgers: Cauliflower and Plantain Buns
These alternative hamburger recipes are not only delicious, exotic, and easy to make, but they're also gluten-free, low-carb, and keto friendly, so go ahead and enjoy your guilt-free burger!
Equipment
- Microwave
- Cheese Grater
- Bowl
- Dish towel
- Sheet pan
- Parchment paper
- Frying Pan
- Cutting board
- Slotted spoon
Ingredients
- 14 oz cauliflower
- 1.5 oz grated parmesan
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 0.5 tsp salt
- freshly ground pepper
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 10.5 oz ground meat
- salt & pepper
- oil for cooking
- 2 cheddar slices
- 2 lettuce leaves
- red onion slices
- 2 tomato slices
- ketchup
- 2 plantains
- yogurt dressing
Instructions
- Cut the cauliflower into florets and run them over a medium fine cheese grater. Microwave the shredded cauliflower for 5 minutes at 700 watts (or blanch it in boiling water for 30 seconds). Pour the cauliflower into a bowl lined with a clean dish towel and let it cool down a bit before using the cloth to squeeze out the moisture.
- Mix the drained cauliflower with parmesan, eggs, corn starch, salt, and pepper. Form four equally-sized, round buns and arrange them on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the buns and bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
- Season the ground meat with salt and pepper, form two hamburger patties, and fry them in a bit of oil until cooked through. Place a slice of cheddar cheese on each patty and let it melt.
- Finally, assemble the burger. Place the hamburger patty between the two cauliflower buns and add lettuce, onions, tomato, ketchup, and any other condiments you want.
- Cut the ends off the plantain and remove the peel. Cut the plantain in half and briefly fry both halves in hot oil.
- Use a sturdy object, such as a cutting board, to flatten the plantain halves on your work surface. Briefly fry the "buns" once again in hot oil and remove with a slotted spoon. Repeat the entire process with the second plantain.
- Repeat Step #2 to make the hamburger patties.
- Finally, assemble the burger. Place the hamburger patty between the two plantain buns and add lettuce, tomato, yogurt dressing, and any other condiments you want.