Recipe of the Week: Home Made Pork Burger Sliders with Avocado & Red Onion Relish

September 11, 2016 by Chef Chris

Serves: 4

Prep: 30mins

Cook: 10mins

I love a good burger, the only problem is there is always too many to choose from when eating out so when I came across a slider (small burgers) restaurant in Brisbane, Australia I was in my element. From beef to chicken and pork to lamb they had everything you could possibly want in a burger. I had this pork and avocado slider there which was delicious and I decided to adapt the slider by using the avocado as the bun its self. Great for a gluten free option.

All you need is:

500g minced pork

1 onion

1 tbsp garlic purée

1tsp smoked paprika

1tbsp tomato purée

1tbsp dried oregano

Sea salt

Cracked black pepper

4 ripe avocados

Manchego cheese

Wild rocket

2 plum tomatoes

For the red onion chutney:

4 large red onions

2 tbsp brown sugar

1tsp five spice

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Sea salt

Cracked black pepper

Method:

Prep heat you oven to gas 4 or 180c

Start by making your pork sliders. Place the pork mince, garlic purée, tomato purée, paprika, oregano and diced onion in a large bowl and mix well. Add salt and pepper and mix well again. Cook off a small amount of the mix to taste for seasoning.

Once your happy with the mix mould 4 individual burgers out and let them rest in the fridge before cooking.

Then make your chutney by slicing your red onions and placing in to a pan with all other ingredients. Cook on a low heat until it starts to look like jam, stirring every now and again.

Take your avocados and cut round the centre, twist to release the stone, then with a spoon carefully scoop out each half and slice a small bit off the bottom so that they can each stand up.

On a hot grill or frying pan sear off your burgers until golden brown colour and finish off on in the oven for about 10mins, let them rest before serving.

Build your sliders with the manchego, sliced tomato, rocket & chutney and serve with some toasted sesame seeds on top.

Chef's Tip

Why not try using minced turkey for a lightly option with cranberry and warm Brie, or go vegetarian and stuff you sliders with mushrooms and tomato chilli jam.

Happy cooking

'It's me'

Chris

@essexcookingman

Lauriechris26@hotmail.co.uk