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    Quick and easy burger recipes for stress-free summer dinners

    From chargrilled beef patties and beer-battered fish to vegetarian parmigiana and cheeseburger tray bake, we have burgers to suit all tastes and diets.


    Easy dinners are always a welcome addition to the weekly rotation, and these five recipes are as simple as they are satisfying.

    From chargrilled beef patties and beer-battered fish to vegetarian parmigiana and cheeseburger tray bake, we have burgers to suit all tastes and diets.

    Mushrooms and lentils provide a tasty, cost-effective meat substitute in this Moroccan-inspired burger, which Alice Zaslavsky made for Matt Okine in season two of A Bite to Eat With Alice.

    They're surprisingly simple to whip up and ready to serve in about 35 minutes.

    Beer-battered fish from your local fish and chip shop is usually deep fried, but for this recipe you'll only need to shallow fry your fillets.

    Julia Busuttil Nishimura recommends flathead fillets, but you van also use ling, whiting or any other white fish that's available.

    Serve the fillets in soft rolls with sliced cabbage or iceberg lettuce and a refreshing yoghurt tartare sauce.

    Sometimes the simple things in life really are the best, and these chargrilled beef burgers from Raph Rashid are a prime example.  

    The patties are made entirely from minced beef brisket and  best cooked on an open grill, if possible. 

    Then, it's just a matter of toasting and buttering your buns and adding Gouda cheese, fancy lettuce leaves, sliced tomatoes and onions and the secret ingredient — a punchy four-ingredient white sauce.

    This vegetarian burger is inspired by eggplant parmigiana.

    The panko breadcrumbs, milk and eggs make for a crunchy yet creamy coating, which pairs perfectly with fresh basil leaves, cherry tomato sauce and a little chilli paste.

    It's a versatile burger that you can adapt to suit your tastes and if you fancy it with melted cheese, top the crumbed eggplant it with buffalo mozzarella and pop it under the grill or in a sandwich press.

    OK, technically this one is not a burger, but Ismat Awan's combo of rice, mince, cheese, tangy burger sauce, pickles, shredded lettuce and juicy cherry tomatoes is just as tasty.

    It's also perfect for those on gluten-free diets who are missing burgers and it's ready to serve in about 40 minutes.

    A satisfying and low-effort midweek meal.


    ABC




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