A simple avocado sauce gives a little gourmet edge to this otherwise ordinary sandwich. Load it up with plenty of veggies and this quick and simple burger is practically a meal!
And, as if to make up for last week, this sandwich turned out nice and ugly…
[Prep: 10min / Cook: 15min]
Ingredients– ½ lb (250 grams) ground turkey or chicken
– 4 slices whole wheat or rye toast
– 1 small/medium avocado
– half a 3oz box of cream cheese (75 grams)
– a hefty dash of garlic powder (about 1tsp)
– leafy lettuce (butterhead, romaine, etc)
– 1 tomato
– ¼-½ an onion
– slice of swiss cheese
– olive oil
- Separate the meat into two balls and flatten in out into round patties, as thin as possible.
- Put a touch of olive oil in a frying pan and grill the patties over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes on each side. Add a slice of cheese to each when nearly finished cooking.
- While the meat cooks, slice the tomato and onion. Separate a few leaves from the lettuce, rinse and shake dry.
- Cut the avocado in half, seed and peal. Mash the avocado in a small bowl with the cream cheese and garlic powder.
- When the meat is finished, stack the patties on the bread with a good serving of lettuce, onion and tomato and top off with the avocado mixture.
- Rinse and dry the frying pan. Return the complete sandwiches to the pan, grill for a few minutes on each side and squish with a spatula.
[Serves 2]
Sauce inspired by Taste of Home: Simple & Delicious, Zesty Garlic-Avocado Sandwiches
Notes
Once upon a time when I still lived in the US, we had a George Forman Grill. This would be a great little sandwich for a George Forman or a sandwich maker.- Like with guacamole, a very ripe, squishy avocado works best to make this sauce. My avocado was not so squishy, but the combination mixed up quite well when I microwaved it at 10 second intervals to soften it up.
- Though this sandwich is loaded, you may hesitate to call it a full meal. I refuse to serve more carbs with a sandwich, so I served mine with raw, quickly sliced carrots…which I was able to work into the cooking time specified.
- Those with a keen eye probably noticed that the sandwich pictured was made with beef. Ideally this would be made with ground turkey or chicken, but I had neither at the grocery store this week. For the record, it still tasted lovely with beef.
- I did, however, want to add bacon and mushrooms after I tasted it. Mushrooms would be a cinch, but bacon obviously would add a lot of cooking time (and not be very healthy…). I have seen bacon cooked in a microwave, though…
- For the vegetarians out there, this sandwich was originally made the same way, minus the meat. But I say, add a big ‘ole portobello mushroom in place of the meat. Yummy.