These sweet potato and mozzarella burgers are so tasty and easy to make. With melted mozzarella cheese within and a light crunchy breadcrumb coating. they make a delicious, vegetarian alternative that kids (and adults) will love!
The reason for today's sweet potato and mozzarella burgers?
Well you folks loved my quick healthy turkey burgers recipe and it continues to be one of my most pinned recipes.
So I thought, let’s go with what’s popular. Another burger recipe.
Now, these sweet potato and mozzarella burgers would have been ideal for the family planned BBQ.
However in true Scottish style on Saturday morning it was raining. So I went with plan B - the kitchen grill to cook these up.
But get this. At the time I would have been due to actually cook everything on the BBQ, the sun came out!
We were able to get the chairs out in the back garden. Unfortunately it was too late anyway these burgers were grilled.
So anyway, the idea for this sweet potato and mozzarella burgers recipe came to me whilst having dinner in the Bell Tree restaurant in Dundee. I think that was about a year ago.
I’m always taking notes and jotting down ideas for recipes.
Or tweaking ones that I’ve had to try out different combinations of ingredients to see what I can come up with.
Fortunately I don’t carry a notebook around with me, otherwise it would be huge. Nope, thank goodness for OneNote on my mobile to keep notes of everything!
I‘ve made these burgers with and without the slice of mozzarella cheese within. I think they're better with the cheese. I feel it adds a little tasty surprise within.
If you’re looking to make this as low fat and as low calorie as possible, then an option could be for you to leave that out.
As these burgers are quite filling you probably won’t need to serve them with anything else other than a light side salad.
It’s quite funny trying to keep the burger in the roll as you press down to bite on it, You can’t help but squidge it out the other side! 😉
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Sweet Potato and Mozzarella Burgers Recipe
These sweet potato and mozzarella burgers are easy to make and are perfect grilled!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Sweet Potato and Mozzarella Burgers Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 medium sized sweet potatoes peeled and chopped
- 1 small red onion diced
- 2 garlics cloves crushed
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 medium sized egg beaten
- Salt and pepper to season
- 125 g lighter mozzarella cut into 4 slices
- 80 g breadcrumbs mixed with 2 tbsp. grated parmesan
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
Instructions
- Cook the potatoes until soft, drain and leave aside to cool.
- Heat 1 tbsp. of vegetable oil in a small pan and sauté the onion and garlic, leave aside for a few minutes to cool.
- Mash the potatoes and place them in a large bowl with the onion, garlic, red chilli powder, ground cumin, ground coriander and beaten egg and mix together well.
- Form patties, using your hands, around each slice of mozzarella with the sweet potato mixture, season to taste and then cover thoroughly with the breadcrumbs.
- Heat the other tbsp. of vegetable oil and gently fry both sides of each burger until golden brown.
Susie @ SuzLyfe
What a lovely idea! I've made beet burgers before, but I've not yet tried sweet potato burgers (though I know that they are popular). I get too impatient to eat the sweet potatoes... And what is this bramble whisky of which you speak??
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I did have a little trouble stopping myself from scooping large amounts of the mashed potato into my mouth before shaping it into the patties Suz, yes, very tempting to just eat the entire lot that way! 😉
Haven't tried beet burgers myself, but you never know, they could be an idea for a future recipe here, we get lots of fresh Scottish beets at this time of year.
You MUST NEVER drink bramble (blackberry) whisky. My bother made it from the blackberries in his garden and fermented them with whisky. Basically doubling the alcohol content. Sore heat city!! 😉
Erin@BeetsPerMinute
These look SO good. I recently had a serious fail with a sweet potato pizza crust I was trying to make. I love chickpea burgers so I think a sweet potato burger would be amazing. I'm with Susie, sometimes I skip sweet potatoes because they take so long to deal with. Even my spiralized sweet pots can drive me up the wall with impatience. I'm on my own for a few days so maybe I should try and make these! 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Even though you say it was a "fail" Erin, I'd still be interested in hearing about that sweet potato crust you were trying to make. I'm intrigued now!
I do hope I get a spiralizer for Christmas. I've mentioned it a few times, but if not I might just pick it up myself. (Can't believe I just mentioned Christmas there! 😉 )
Enjoy your days pottering about on your own. That's always an opportunity for me to basically sleep in my kitchen, staying up late trying out multiple recipe combinations! 🙂
If you get bored, you could always volunteer as the new spin instructor for Lynne's classes at the Glasgow Club Holyrood gym we go to. Her class instructor failed to turn up last night and she was furious!!
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
Neil - these burgers sound absolutely crave worthy! Love the breadcrumb covering and love all those spices in them - seriously - who even needs buns for these!?
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Actually Shashi, you are so right! 🙂 These pretty much do not need the buns and can just be a meal by themselves, or maybe with some veggies or salad.
Thanks again for commenting. 😀
lindsay
I love this! gonna try it with my udis GF buns! yes, totally pinning!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Sounds good to me Lindsay! 🙂
Thank you and enjoy! 😀
Suzanne
Defo giving these a go. Had a cracking sweet potato and mozzarella vegi burger for pub lunch last week and have since found this recipe!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Suzanne. I hope this tastes just as good as that one you had in the pub! 🙂