Today is not a day for cakes or cupcakes. Today is a day for burgers! It’s National Burger Day and because of that, I made some burgers! D’oh!! I am not kidding. If you expected a new sweet recipe you have to wait a couple more days. The only thing you will get here today are delicious Halloumi Veggie Burgers with Brava Sauce! Well and some chips on the side if you want ;)
Yeah, it is one of those days again: a food holiday! Someone decided to make August 27th the day of the burger – which means you will probably see a lot of burgers today in the news, social media and of course on food blogs :P I have no clue who’s decision it was to make this day a burger day. A big burger fan I assume, ore someone from the meat-producing lobby probably ;) Who cares. Let’s celebrate National Burger Day!
I assume most people think this day would/should be celebrated with a burger that is made with a ground beef patty. A big juicy one! I decided to go with the veggie/cheesy option here. We are not having burgers that often anymore but whenever it’s burger time, we actually prefer burgers with vegan/plant-based patties or just grilled veggies and halloumi… like the burger I made today. Dunno why – I actually like meat, but burgers without meat are also nice and there are so many options nowadays… all those vegan burger patties you can get lately. No need to do meat :P
For a veggie burger, you can use basically everything from eggplants to zucchini – use whatever you like the most. I think you can put almost everything on a grill – even salad ;P Sound all work fine with the halloumi and the brava sauce – which is, by the way, one of the key ingredients here. Without it you only have veggies and cheese on a bun. The brava sauce makes it a delicious veggie halloumi burger :P
Well… if you are too lazy to make the brava sauce yourself, you can use some other hot sauce, of course :P Not the same though, of course. With brava sauce, everything is much better, of course! ;) Patatas Bravas with Aioli is one of my favorite tapas. Love it. Using the sauce in other dishes was one of the best decisions I made in my life, so you should probably try too ;)
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
For the brava sauce:
3 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
8.8 oz. (250g) tomato passata
pimentón dulce ahumado
cayenne pepper or chili powder
salt
For the burgers:
2 red peppers
1 medium-sized zucchini
4 lage white mushrooms
250g halloumi cheese
some olive oil
1 red onion
4 brioche burger buns
Für die Brava Soße:
3 EL Olivenöl
1/2 rote Zwiebel, fein gehackt
2 Knoblauchzehen, fein gehackt
250g Passierte Tomaten
Pimentón Dulce Ahumado
Cayenne Pfeffer oder Chilipulver
Salz
Für die Burger:
2 rote Paprika
1 mittelgroße Zucchini
4 große Champignons
250g Hallumi
etwas Olivenöl
1 rote Zwiebel
4 Brioche Burger Buns
DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
2. Wash and dry the peppers, remove the seeds and quarter. Wash and dry the zucchini and cut into not too thin slices. Clean the mushrooms and cut horizontally into 2-3 slices. Fry the veggies and mushrooms with some olive oil in a grilling pan or grill in a bbq oven until nicely browned. Cut the halloumi into (not too thin) slices and fry/grill as well from both sides until done. Peel the onion and cut into thin rings.
3. Cut the burger buns horizontally in half and warm in the oven or heat up a bit on the grill. To assemble the burger add some brava sauce on the bottom part of the bun, place halloumi, grilled veggies, mushrooms, and onion rings on top and drizzle with some more brava sauce, finish with the top part of the bun. Serve with some veggie chips or French fries.
2. Die Paprika waschen, trocknen, die Innereien entfernen und dann vierteln. Die Zucchini waschen, trocknen und in nicht zu dünne Scheiben schneiden. Die Champignons säubern und in je 2-3 Scheiben schneiden. Das Gemüse und die Pilze entweder in einer Grillpfanne mit etwas Öl oder auf dem Grill von beiden Seiten anbraten/grillen. Den Halloumi in nicht zu dünne Scheiben schneiden und ebenfalls von beiden Seiten anbraten/grillen. Die Zwiebel schälen und in dünne Ringe schneiden.
3. Die Burger Buns aufschneiden und entweder im Ofen erwärmen oder kurz mit auf den Grill legen. Die untere Hälfte des Burger Buns mit Brava Soße bestreichen und dann mit dem gegrillten Halloumi, gegrilltem Gemüse, Pilzen und den Zwiebelringen belegen. Noch etwas Brava Soße darüberträufeln und dann die oberen Hälfte des Buns auflegen und mit Gemüsechips oder Pommes servieren.
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Halloumi Burger with Grilled Veggies and Brava Sauce
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Total Time: 1h
- Yield: 4
- Category: Burger
- Cuisine: German
Description
Delicious veggie burger with juicy soft halloumi and grilled veggies – perfected with a Spanish brava sauce.
Ingredients
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Enjoy grilling!
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;) 
