We do not recall encountering anyone who does not fancy a burger. Fast food is generally disregarded as unhealthy, can be made healthier if we choose the right ingredients. Lamb Burgers are one such dish. Nutritious and delicious, lamb burgers are our favorite go-to meal. Lamb Burgers have several variations, each tasting even better than the previous. Hence, in this article, you will find three different Lamb Burger Recipes, so you do not bore yourself with the same tasting burger and always have variety on your plate.
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History of Burgers
We may call burgers a fast food dish or a Gen-Zs edition, but the roots of burgers can be detected back to Egyptians. The style of preparing it might differ from ours, but there is no lie that they originated it. The ancient Egyptians used to shape ground meat into patties and enjoy it every now and then. The early burgers are said to be prepared by the warriors of Genghis Khan. They used to put burger patties in their saddles, as they would hop on their horseback, the meat shall tenderize itself. They took this recipe with them while invading Russia. It was there that this recipe got popular under the name of Steak Tartar.
Fast forward to the twentieth century, Steak Tartar got famous in Germany, and the hamburgers were popularized after Germany’s second-largest city, Hamburg. Although Germans used pork or beef to prepare hamburgers, lamb minced meat or ground lamb was later incorporated into the recipe. As the recipe evolved, the spices and ingredients changed with time. Today, more than hundreds of burger variations are available everywhere, and we cherish them almost every day. In this article, we will assist you with three different lamb burger recipes that shall surely help you bring variety to your dining table.
Lamb Burger Recipe
Our favorite go-to meal, burgers, literally make our every movie night or sleepover cherish able. Be it a movie night or a sleepover, everyone loves to order burgers. We have made your job easier. Other than ordering the same burger, follow our easiest lamb burger recipe, and prepare the delicious and easy-to-make lamb burgers at home.
Simple Lamb Burger Recipe
This simple ground lamb burger recipe is one of our favorites. It is prepared with ingredients that are easily available at home and does not consume much time.
Ingredients for Lamb Burger Patty
- Ground Lamb Meat: ½ kg
- Salt: to taste
- Black Pepper Powder: to taste
- Cumin Seeds: 1 tsp (roasted and coarsely crushed)
- Ginger and Garlic paste: 2 Tbsp
Sauce for Lamb Burgers
- Mayonnaise: ½ cup
- Lemon Juice: 2 tsp
- Paprika: ½ tsp
- Chopped Mint and Cilantro or Parsley: a handful
- Original Dingolay gourmet Hot Sauce: ½ cup
Assembling the Lamb Burger
- Hamburger Buns: 4 (lightly toasted or grilled)
- Onion Rings: 2 to 3 (per burger)
- Mushrooms: 4 (each burger)
- Tomato Slices: 2 to 3 (per burger)
- Cucumber Slices: 2 to 3 (per burger)
- Cheese Slices: 1 or 2 (per burger)
Instructions to Make Lamb Burger
The simple Lamb Burger Recipe is one of the easiest to follow and quickest to make.
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Inactive | 30 minutes |
| Frying and Assembling | 20 minutes |
| Serving Size | 4 |
In a bowl, put ground lamb mince meat, and sprinkle a generous amount of salt, black pepper powder, cumin seeds powder, and ginger and garlic paste. Mix the ingredients well with your hands or a spatula. Just be sure that the minced meat has combined and bound well.
Shape the minced meat into four equal-sized patties. Then make an indent in the middle of the patties with the help of your thumb. Make sure the patties are not too thick or thin.
On a plate, spread the butter paper and lightly brush it with oil. Carefully place the lamb patties on it, cover with butter paper and refrigerate it for thirty minutes.
Meanwhile, start preparing the sauce. In a bowl, pour mayonnaise and lemon juice and mix well. Then start adding paprika, freshly chopped mint, paprika, and cilantro. Mix them well and refrigerate them for later usage. If you want to save time, replace this sauce with Original Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce for an ethereal experience.
Then start cutting the vegetables. Cut onions, cucumbers, and mushrooms into thin slices. If you want to, dip onion and cucumber slices in vinegar for a while. It will add flavors and make your burger taste even better.
After thirty minutes, take the patties out of the fridge. In a frying pan, pour some vegetable oil on medium-low flame, and start frying the patties. Do not keep turning sides. Only turn when the patty self-releases.
Meanwhile, toast the hamburger buns lightly from both sides. Place a cheese slice on the toast and let it melt in the heat of the toast. Then add the mayonnaise sauce, onion, tomatoes, cucumber rings, and mushrooms.
By that time, the lamb patties shall be done. When the patties are done, put them in the burger buns and enjoy the tastiest lamb burgers at home. Serve them with Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce, Calamari Rings, Peach or Mint Margarita and French Fries.
Greek Lamb Burger Recipe
The rich flavors that Greek Lamb Burger offers cannot be found anywhere else. Follow our easy Greek Lamb Burgers recipe and have the time of your life.
Ingredients for Greek Lamb Burger Patty
- Ground Lamb: ½ kg
- Egg: 1 (whisked)
- Fresh Parsley: ½ cup (chopped)
- Mint leaves: ½ cup (chopped)
- Bread Crumbs: ¾ cup
- Lemon: 1 (juice squeezed)
- Kosher Salt: 1 Tbsp
- Garlic Powder: 2 tsp
- Onion Powder: 2 tsp
- Black Pepper Powder: 2 tsp
Assembling the Greek Lamb Burger
- Pita Pockets: 4 (lightly toasted)
- Lettuce leaves: 6 to 8
- Tomato slices: 6 to 8 (pickled)
- Red Onion Slices: 8 to 10 (pickled)
- Feta Cheese: crumbled (as much as you want to add to your burger)
- Hot Sauce: Try Dingolay Hot Sauces
Instructions to Make Greek Lamb Burger
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Inactive | 30 minutes |
| Grilling and Assembling time | 20 minutes |
| Serving Size | 4 |
In a bowl, add ground lamb mince. Then in a separate bowl, whisk egg, add lemon juice, kosher salt, garlic and onion powder, and black pepper powder and mix well. Pour this mixture onto the minced meat, then add finely chopped parsley, mint leaves, and bread crumbs.
Mix the ingredients finely until the minced meat has combined well.
Then divide it into 4 equal-sized patties, make an indent in the middle with the help of your thumb and refrigerate them for 30 minutes.
To make it flavorful, we recommend you grill the patties.
Heat the grill pan on medium-low flame, place the patties and let each side grill for 4 to 5 minutes. When you see that the patties are well-done and the relishing grilled lines have formed, dish them out.
On the same grilling pan, slightly grill the pita pockets.
Then assemble all the ingredients.
In the pita pocket, spread Original Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce, then the pickled veggies, lettuce leaves, shredded feta cheese, and burger patty. Make it appetizing with sesame seeds if you want to. Pair them with fries or tater tots, and get ready to have the time of your life.
Keto Lamb Burger Recipe
Keto Ground Lamb Burger recipe is one of our easiest and very well-appreciated. The reason is its health benefits as well as a different ambience because we will tell you how to wrap it in a lettuce leaf and make the healthiest lamb burger at home.
Ingredients for Keto Lamb Burger
To make Keto Lamb Burger at home, you will need:
- Ground Lamb: ½ kg
- Parsley: 2 Tbsp (finely chopped)
- Dill: 3 Tbsp (finely chopped)
- Ginger and Garlic Paste: 1 Tbsp
- Onion Paste: 2 Tbsp
- Salt: to taste
- Black Pepper Powder: 1 tsp (or to taste)
- Cumin Seeds Powder: ¼ tsp
- Coriander Seed Powder: ¼ tsp
- Olive Oil: 1 Tbsp
- Cucumber Slices: 8 to 10
- Lettuce Leaves: 8 (big ones)
Instructions to Make Keto Lamb Burger
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Inactive | 30 minutes |
| Grilling Time | 15 minutes |
| Serving Size | 6 |
Add ground lamb meat, salt, black pepper powder, cumin and coriander seed powder, ginger, garlic and onion paste in a bowl, and mix well with your hands. Then add finely chopped parsley and dill. Lastly, add olive oil and mix well until the ingredients are combined well.
Shape them into equal-sized patties, but smaller, according to the size of the lettuce leaves. Then refrigerate them for 30 minutes.
After the said time, heat the non-stick grilling pan. On medium-low flame, grill these patties for four to five minutes on each side. When the patties are done, dish them out.
On a platter, place the lettuce leaves and spread Original Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce. This sauce is organic, vegan-friendly and gluten-free. This sauce is a healthy addition to your Keto Lamb Burger. Place the thinly cut cucumber and tomato slices on the lettuce leaves, and wrap it up like a boxed patty burger. Garnish it with olives or dried oregano and thyme. Serve with Acai Bowls for a heavenly meal.
Side Dishes to Serve with Lamb Burger
There are several dishes to pair with Lamb Burgers. Our favorites are Tater Tots, Calamari Rings, or make Key Lime Pie with it as an exquisite sweet dish.
Creamy Feta Sauce
Creamy Feta Sauce tastes heavenly when paired with Lamb Burgers. You can use it as a spread, as well as serve it as a side, paired with French Fries.
Ingredients for Creamy Feta Sauce
To make the delicious Creamy Feta Sauce, you will need:
- Crumbled Feta Cheese: ½ cup
- Plain Greek Yogurt: ¼ cup
- Cream Cheese: ¼ cup (whipped)
- Lemon juice: 2 tsp
- Dried Oregano: ¼ tsp
- Honey: ½ tsp
- Olive Oil: 2 Tbsp
- Salt: to taste
- Black Pepper Powder: to taste (coarsely crushed)
How to make Creamy Feta Sauce?
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Total Time | 15 minutes |
In a food processor, add crumbled feta cheese, or if you have blocked feta cheese, cut it into small cubes and add it into the processor. Then add Greek yogurt, whipped cream cheese, lemon and honey.
Mix the ingredients until blended well. Then dish it out in a bowl, and add olive oil, salt, black pepper powder, and dried oregano. Mix well with a fork until all the ingredients have combined well. Serve this sauce with lamb burgers.
How to Customize Lamb Burgers?
There are many ways in which you can customize Lamb Burgers according to your liking. For instance, you can add the spices of your liking to the above-given recipes to make them even tastier. Moreover, you can add vegetables of your liking as well to make them healthier. Similarly, add Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce to enhance the natural flavors of the lamb burgers.
Storage Options
Everyone loves a fresh burger, so we will not recommend refrigerating them. Instead, if you want to speed up the process of making burgers, marinate the minced meat, shape it into patties and freeze it for up to two months. Cut the butter paper into 10×10 squares, brush them lightly with oil, place the patties onto them and freeze them. Defrost them before frying and enjoy a homemade lamb burger at home in a matter of a few minutes.
Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce
Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce is one of the best in town. Gluten-free, vegan-friendly, and organic, Dingolay Hot Sauce is prepared with 100% natural ingredients. The ingredients include Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Peppers, pickled carrots, ripened Mangoes, Pineapples, and other exclusive Jamaican spices that make Dingolay Hot Sauce unparalleled.
You can use it as a marinade or dip. The exquisite flavor of the sauce does not overpower the natural taste of the food. In fact, it adds different tastes and makes your food taste heavenly. Moreover, you do not have to spend hours preparing a sauce that is perfect in taste and consistency. Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauces are all you have missed in your food.
Lamb Burgers are everyone’s favorite, but the ever same burger might bore us. Hence, use Dingolay Gourmet Hot Sauce as a spread and dip to make them taste different and better. Try our easy and delicious lamb burger recipe at home, and share your experience with us!