CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Meats |
Greek |
Meat |
4 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
1 |
lb |
Extra-lean ground beef |
1 |
|
Clove garlic, minced |
2 |
T |
Fresh lemon juice |
1 |
t |
Dried oregano leaves |
1/4 |
t |
Ground cumin |
1/4 |
t |
Ground pepper |
1 |
|
Size plum tomato |
2 |
T |
Flat-leaf parsley, minced |
4 |
|
6" whole-wheat pita pocket |
|
|
breads |
|
|
Romaine lettuce leaves |
1 |
|
Red onion, sliced |
INSTRUCTIONS
Date: 05 Mar 1996 22:41 GMT From: "Lisabeth Crawford (Pooh)"
<104105.1416@compuserve.com> Mix ground beef, garlic; lemon juice,
oregano leaves; cumin, pepper, plum tomato, and parsley. Form into 4
patties about 3/4" thick. Grill or broil, 4" from souce of heat, ofr 3
minutes, for 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Cut the top thrie
off each of four 6" whole-wheat pita pocket breads. Turn the cut-off
piece round side down; tuck inside to pocket bread to reinforce
bottom. Place a grilled burger in each pocket bread along with a
romaine lettuce leaf and paper-thin slices from 1 small red onion.
Pass 1/4 cup Cilantro Chutney (page 218) to spoon into burgers. Note:
These hamburgers could be made with lean ground lamb. The exchanges
would stay the same, but lamb add 17 calories and 2 grams of fat
(mostly saturated fat) per serving Joslin Food Exchanges per serving:
3 MEDIUM/FAT MEAT EXCHANGES + 2 BREAD/ STARCH EXCHANGES CAL: 346 PRO:
27; CAR: 26g; FAT: 15g;(CALORIES FROM FAT 39%) FIR: 2g; CHO: 54mg;
SODIUM: 285mg; POTASSIUM: 441mg; Source: The Joslin Diabetes Groumet
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