Two juicy burgers featuring Impossible Lite Ground Beef made from plants, thick tomato slices and fresh lettuce, smashed avocado with lime juice, a zesty chimichurri sauce, and sliced piquanté peppers.
Heart-Healthy

Impossible™ Chimichurri Avocado Burger

3 Servings

18 Ingredients

Super Easy

By Impossible™ Foods Chef

J. Michael Melton

25’ Total time=5’ Cooking + 20’ Preparation

This Heart-Check certified recipe by the American Heart Association packs a ton of flavor. The burger patty is made with Impossible™ Lite Ground Beef Meat From Plants and complemented with a bright and zesty chimichurri sauce, a lime-spiked avocado spread, and sweet and mildly spicy piquanté peppers. All tucked into a whole wheat bun, with classic tomato and lettuce toppings.

With lots of fresh parsley, cilantro, oregano, and garlic, and just the right amount of red wine vinegar, red pepper paste, and olive oil, the chimichurri sauce is a match made in heaven for meaty Impossible Lite Ground Beef made from plants. And this herbaceous sauce is the perfect complement to rich avocado smashed with lime juice, and sliced sweat and savory piquanté peppers. Enjoy!

One serving of this recipe is 1 burger. The image above shows 2 servings.

This recipe is made with Impossible™ Lite Ground Beef Meat From Plants

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18 Ingredients

  • 12 oz package Impossible™ Lite Ground Beef Meat From Plants
  • 3 Whole Grain or Whole Wheat Burger Buns, toasted
  • 6 tbsp Chimichurri Sauce
  • 3 tbsp Avocado Smash
  • 3 tbsp chopped Piquanté Peppers
  • 6 slices Tomato
  • 6 leaves Butter or Bibb Lettuce

Chimichurri Sauce

  • 1/4 cup Italian Parsley leaves
  • 3/4 cup Cilantro leaves
  • 1/2 cup Oregano leaves
  • 4 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
  • Garlic powder
  • 4 cloves Garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp crushed Red Pepper paste, such as crushed Calabrian Chili Peppers
  • 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt

Avocado Smash

  • 1/2 ripe Avocado
  • 1 tbsp fresh Lime Juice

How to prepare

Step 1: Make the Chimichurri

Finely chop fresh parsley, cilantro and oregano. Combine with red wine vinegar, minced garlic, and crushed red paper paste, and mix until well incorporated. Whisk in olive oil slowly, season with salt and set aside.

Step 2: Smash that Avo

Scoop avocados into a bowl, add lime juice, and smash with the back of a fork.

Step 3: Grill the Impossible Burgers

Over medium-high heat, sear your burgers in a pan or on the grill to desired temperature (approximately 2 minutes per side).

Step 4: Build your Burgers

Spread 1 tablespoon of the chimichurri sauce on the bottom toasted bun, and add two leaves of lettuce on top, as well as two slices of tomato, followed by the Impossible burger patty. Add another tablespoon of chimichurri on top of the patty, followed by 1 tablespoon of chopped piquanté peppers. Spread 1 tablespoon of avocado smash on the top toasted bun, and crown your delicious burger! Repeat assembly for the other burgers, and enjoy.

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