Kangaroo burgers

Kangaroo has been an important and sacred Indigenous Australian food source for thousands of years and still remains a popular protein today. Try it in burger form with these roo burgers from comedian Sean Choolburra.

Credit: Jiwon Kim

• serves

  4

• prep

  15 minutes

• cook

  20 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 brown onions, thinly sliced
• 4 crusty bread rolls, split
• 4 iceberg lettuce leaves, shredded
• 225 g tin sliced beetroot, drained
• 2 tomatoes, sliced
• 4 canned pineapple rings, drained
• 4 tasty cheese slices

For the patties

• 500 g kangaroo mince
• 2 tsp garlic salt or chicken stock powder
• 2 tbsp barbecue sauce, plus extra to serve
• ¼ cup dried breadcrumbs
• 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves

Instructions

1. To make the burger patties, in a large bowl combine the ingredients and mix well to combine. Shape the mince mixture into 4 equal sized patties and place on a plate, ready-to-cook.
   
2. Heat half the oil in a large frying pan over high heat, then add the burger patties, pressing down with a metal spatula. Cook for 4-5 minutes per side, or until browned and cooked through, then transfer to a clean plate. Return the pan to the heat with the remaining oil. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, until the onions are caramelised.
   
3. To build your burger, on the base of your bread roll, top with lettuce, beetroot, tomato, the burger patty, pineapple, caramelised onion and a slice of cheese. Drizzle with extra barbecue sauce, if you like and serve.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

Stream free On Demand

Weeknight Winners

episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • 

cooking • 

25m

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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • 

cooking • 

25m

G