BBQ Ranch Burgers
One of the tricks to making good burgers when you’re dieting on Plan Z is to find a way to keep the burgers as moist and juicy as possible. Usually, the secret to a good burger is the fat content. The higher the fat content, the juicier the burger will be. I ask dieters to use 93 percent lean ground sirloin, so that makes it challenging to make a juicy burger when most burgers are about 20 percent fat; not seven percent fat like you are using on a diet. If you’re not dieting, you can have all the fat you want in your ground beef.
I found a video online you can review for making a juicy burger with lean ground beef by adding ingredients that give off juice. Things like onion and celery will help. You can follow the directives in the video below and still not cheat on Plan Z. Or you can leave your beef plain and just adjust your cooking time a bit more. I’ll explain that in a bit...
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Seared and Roasted Burgers
My favorite technique for cooking low-fat burgers is to quickly sear the burger and finish it by roasting it in the oven. Here’s the recipe for seared burgers that are then oven-roasted.
Servings: Serves 2. Can be doubled easily.
Ingredients:
For the burgers
16 oz of ground sirloin (93/7 percent lean). If you like large burgers, you can form eight-ounce patties but you can make smaller ones if you choose. I like four-ounce or maybe 6-ounce ones. I can’t eat a full eight-ounce burger.
Montreal Steak seasoning or seasoning of your choice that follows Plan Z guidelines
Optional
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