Grilled Beet Burgers with Caramelized Onions & Honey/Apricot Goat Cheese
We here at the Institute for Gluttony are always endeavoring to develop foods that are satisfying to both men and women. Once is a while this means that red meat must be taken out of the equation… after all “Happy Wife, Happy Life.” However, this doesn’t mean that one has to sacrifice flavor and satisfaction when putting together a “veganish” food.
Now I’ve seen plenty of beet burger recipes out there on the good old Inter Wide Web that have you grind up or puree the beets and throw a bunch of nonsense into the mix to produce a burgerish looking concoction. But why go through all the trouble when you can have something better that is easier to make?
The following recipe asks that you only hack up some big old fat beets into thick slices, grill/smoke em, place em on your preferred bun of choice, top em with caramelized onions and a goat cheese apricot/honey spread. Insanely simple and gentlemen I’m telling you that you won’t miss having red meat in your burger. The texture of the beets are thick and juicy, while all the flavors meddle together to into a harmonious blend of burger happiness. Oh and ladies…you’ll like it too.
Enjoy!
The Necessities:
- Large beets (don’t go small here)
- Caramelized Onions (click here for recipe/how to)
- Slider or burger buns (we used seeded German rolls from a local bakery)
- Goat Cheese w/ Apricot & Honey (you can substitute pure goat cheese and/or mix in some honey with the cheese)
- Salt and pepper
- Olive Oil
- Mesquite or hickory woodchips (optional)
The Directions:
- Set up your grill for direct cooking, preheat to medium heat, and presoak your woodchips (if necessary)
- Get some large or extra large beets.
- Peel them so that they resemble the planet Mars or something like that.
- Thickly slice the beets.
- Dress each side of the beets generously with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Clean and lubricate your grill grates. Place the beet slices on the grill, add your woodchips to the coals, smokerbox, etc., close the lid and allow the heat and smoke to work handle their business.
- Cooking times will vary depending on your grill and temperature, but flip the beet slices when the downside has soften and is slightly chard.
- Gently poke the beet slices and remove from the grill when both sides are firm with a slight give.
- Remove your goat cheese from the refrigerator, allowing it to soften somewhat.
- If desired, slice and toast your buns or rolls.
- Construct you burger(s) with a beet slice(s), caramelized onions, and a thick smear goat cheese on one side of your toasted buns/rolls.
- Serve up with some fries or in this case sweet potato waffle fries and you’re good to go.
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The Haybag will be pleased. This actually sounds very good.
Just don’t serve it with another hopped out IPA and she’ll be happy.
What a fantastic recipe! My mom is obsessed with beets so I’ll have to show her this burger. Looks so delicious in that first photo. Hope you have a great weekend, Jed!
Oh you are a STAR!! This is fantastic and easy enough for even me to manage.. i love simple.. and have beets (we call them beetroot) in the fridge but we have run out of charcoal . John will make some this weekend and i will make these sunday! fantastic.. and I am not just saying that! c
Thanks C! Hope you were able to tried it this weekend and enjoyed the beetroot burgers.
I am floored that you actually made BEETS look so delicious! I scrolled through the recipe to check out what you did and now I’m actually thinking about making these myself. LOVE the caramelized onions on the burger.
Just doing my job.
You should put out a cookbook! I love the way you write your recipes. I had never thought to cook beetroot in that way but in Australia a burger is not a burger without beetroot! xx
You’re too kind Charlie, but if I ever do I’ll be sending a copy your way.
Well, this is a new one on me. Not that I go looking for meatless burgers but, even so, I never would have thought a slice of beet would do the trick. Never. I’ve come to trust your opinion, though, Jed, on all things glutonous. If you say these are good, they must be good. Now I just have to find me a large beet. The cheese is not a problem.
Not that I go searching for meatless burger either, but it was quite remarkable how satisfying these burgers were.
Now this is what my hubby and I call a taste explosion – SCRUMPTIOUS!
Mandy
My hubby would agree with your happy wife, happy life motto:) But I could never get him to try a beet burger! I would eat his portion, though, as these look incredible…I love all the components…even the yummy buns you selected!
Too bad…he’s missing out. Hope you had a great weekend Liz!
These burgers look so gorgeous I would love to have one even though I’m a definite carni- and piscivore (rather carnivore to be frank).
I love that they’re veggie, but they look so bloody good!
Ha…that’s pretty funny.
The combination of beets and goats cheese is one that is made in heaven! The earthy flavour of the beet and the tart cheese are so delicious! Add to that the sweet caramelized onion, well, sigh. Those buns look crazy good too; I love a bun with some texture to it. I love this combo with a Portobello mushroom too, simple yet so tasty.
Those buns are really quiet good. Sadly now that we no longer live in SLC they aren’t part of our diet any more.
Nice this is a really healthy burgers, now I have an idea what to serve to vegetarians when we have BBQ for summer
i love beets, so this looks just wonderful to me, especially with the caramelized onions. yum!
you rock my friend! Burgers out of beets- genius!
I love burgers and yours sure look tasty, but the beets….oh my! Just give m those and I would be happy, happy.
Hi
Thanks for visiting my blog. I wish I had seen this recipe weeks ago when beetroots arrived every week in my organic veg box. What a great idea to serve with goat’s cheese in a bun. Wonderful. Definitely going to try these.
i may try this for our Summer Mullet party. was going to grill beets and top them with some feta and micro greens. this seems more BBQ friendly!
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Beet Burgers!!!!!! Today Jed. Today.