I'm always trying to think of new easy, tasty ways to serve up lean burgers. We often have burgers near the end of the week when I've run out of dinner ideas and/or am too lazy for anything too involved. My Wal-Mart had 96% lean ground beef on sale for $2.00/pound (!) last weekend, so I loaded up our freezer and decided to try making one of Russ's favorites: a blue cheese burger. Incidentally, my Dad also loves blue cheese burgers, so hopefully he can benefit from this as well (hint hint, Mother).
Anyway, I was watching the Food Network last week (I know, shocking) and one of the chefs was making a blue cheese dipping sauce out of sour cream, blue cheese, and a few other ingredients. That gave me the idea to take regular blue cheese, and sort of dilute it with fat free sour cream before putting it on a burger. An easy way to cut the fat and calories in the cheese. Since blue cheese has such a strong flavor, the finished product doesn't taste weak. And the sour cream gave it a lovely, creamy consistency on the burgers. Delish!
Blue cheese burgers (serves 4...or 2-3 really hungry folks)
1 pound of extra lean ground beef (again, I use 96% lean...try to find the leanest you can)
4 low-calorie whole wheat burger buns (I think Sara Lee makes some with 120 calories...I think they're called "Heart Healthy" or something)
2 tablespoons of crumbled blue cheese
4 tablespoons of fat free sour cream
1 tablespoons of finely chopped green onions
Prepare blue cheese spread by combining cheese, sour cream, and chopped green onions (use a fork to break up the crumbles). Grill burgers, and top with blue cheese spread (about a heaping tablespoon per burger).
Top with sliced tomatoes, lettuce, onion, or anything else you like.
These are soooo good (and easy), we just had them again tonight!
Nutrition info (per serving)
Cal.: 290
Fat: 8.5
Carbs: 24
Fiber: 2
Protein: 30.25
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