Best Low Carb Burger EVER!

Best Low Carb Burger EVER!

So one day, hubby wanted to make burgers. He knows quite a bit about carbs now, since my diabetes diagnosis, and since my attempts to cut carbs from my diet. So he knows breadcrumbs are a no-no for me. So he made my burgers without breadcrumbs that night. They were delicious, so I didn't miss the taste of the breadcrumbs, but burgers were a bit dense :) The good thing is that, since then, I realized you don't really need crumbs to make a beef patty that will hold together, so I started playing around a bit when I made burgers and meatballs.

One of the things you read most about is using grated Parmesan instead of flour or breadcrumbs in recipes, so I always use them with anything made with ground meat. This particular day I added the Parmesan, added 1 egg, and things got a bit too sloppy :) I didn't have any more Parmesan left, so I reached for the coconut flour. Hubby doesn't like coconut taste so I crossed my fingers that this wouldn't ruin all the meat for him.
Well. I have to say these were by far the nicest, most juicy and delicious burgers I've made so far, and hubby loved them, and didn't taste any coconut in them at all!  Plus, home-made burgers are super easy and you can make them as big as you want, and play around with them :D These were stuffed with cheddar, and topped with cream cheese, Garlic Piri Piri sauce, and hot peppers :D Then served with a lettuce wrap, accompanied by a True Black Brandywine Heirloom tomato picked fresh from my garden :D  Hubby had his without the hot peppers, and on a bun :P

Gio's Low Carb Burger

Ingredients:

• 1lb ground beef
• 1 large egg
• 1.5 Tbsp coconut flour
• 3 Tbsp grated Parmesan (I use Selections 100% Parmesan).
• 1/2 tsp Himalayan sea salt
• Herbs and spices to taste (I used 2 pinches of Italian seasoning herb mix, 1/4 tsp paprika, 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/8 tsp ground allspice, and 1/2 tsp garlic powder).
• 4 oz of cheddar (I used four 30g string cheese sticks). 

Preparation: 

1. Place all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix with your hands until well combined. 
3. Cut cheese or cheese sticks into pieces.
4. Divide meat into 4 equal portions.
5. Make an indentation in the center of each meat portion, and place the cheese in the center, wrap with the meat to encase the cheese, the form into a patty.
6. Pan fry the burgers over medium heat until done (Sorry I didn't time them).
7. Serve any way you like :D

I served mine with 2 leaves of romaine to wrap, along with a big slice of tomato, topped with cream cheese, Garlic Piri Pifi sauce, and a few rings of pickled hot pepper :D
The salad is lettuce and pieces of the same tomato, drizzled with a little bit of Bacon Cesar dressing :D
If I were to make these as a regular burger, but with only 1/2 a cup of breadcrumbs, they would be 9.1 carbs, plus the bun. The calculation for my particular ingredients for the recipe above, makes each of these quarter-pound burgers only 1.2 NET carbs each, plus sauces, and vegetables, and dressing, or whatever else you want to have with them :D