So this recipe was born thanks to some awesome farmers I always have at my local farmers market. Of course I only needed 5 avocados to whip up some amazing Avocado Chocolate Pudding and they always give me extra so I was stranded with extra green fat and didn’t know what to do with them. I remembered that I had a couple pounds of delicious grass fed ground beef defrosted from US Wellness Meats and just started looking around for inspiration. Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Lemons caught my eye and I decided that’s where I was going with this one. And I am damn glad I did, because these came out amazing. I found myself not putting as much filling in the burgers so I could just eat more haha. I am such a fat kid, if you could only see my face when I am cooking in the kitchen, it is either covered with avocado from me licking spoons and bowls, or chocolate from all my brownie creations, etc. Such a class act I am but I am saving water by licking the bowl, so that’s Paleo right?
And just a couple more quick notes before I leave you with this amazing recipe:
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So just in case you didn’t see my amazing results from the 21 Day Sugar Detox you can check them out here and get in on it for yourself, I know its tough with the desserts I post but so well worth it. Here was my POST on my results.
- 2 pounds grass-fed ground beef from the awesome US Wellness Meats
- 2 avocados
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped NO OIL
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- Bacon fat (Optional)
- Preheat your grill to medium-medium high heat
- Put your ground beef in a large mixing bowl and add black pepper, 1 teaspoon of sea salt, and the zest of one lemon
- Mix well and then using your hands form into thin patties all the same size (you need them thin because you will be using two of them to make one patty)
- In another mixing bowl combine avocados, sun dried tomatoes, lemon juice, and the remaining teaspoon of sea salt.
- Mash the avocado and mix ingredients well to get as smooth as you like
- Place your avocado mixture on the bottoms of half of the burgers, ensuring you leave room to seal the burgers without it leaking out
- Put your other patty over the top of your mixture and pinch the edges of your burgers together to seal all the way around
- Now go out and grill to your liking. I normally do about 6-8 Minutes per side on my grill but yours may be different. Ensure you cook evenly on both sides of the burger or you will end up with an undercooked and an overcooked side
- While grilling, I drizzle my burgers with bacon grease and it adds an amazing flavor
- When done grilling, allow your burgers to rest for 10 minutes and then serve. You can use the rest of your avocado mixture to top your burgers with and go to town
- Enjoy!
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great recipe! oven-baked these on a foil lined baking tray at 180C for 15min and then 5min under the grill, absolute perfection! loving that you only have the mixing bowl to clean :)
Oh that’s awesome. Thanks for doing it in the oven and letting me know :)
Man, these were awesome! I ate them with portabello mushrooms for buns. They looked so good even my non-paleo husband wanted to try one. I gave him a half, because I only made two and he had already had his own two regular burgers. He found it delicious, too. So next time I’ll have to make avocado burgers for the both of us. Thanks for the great recipe!
Awesome, so glad you enjoyed :)
OMG!!!! This is probably one of the best things I have ever eaten in my entire life!!! Love it so much. I omitted the sundried tomatoes (I just can’t acquire a taste for them), and added garlic and onion. Thanks for the fantastic recipe!
That sounds delicious Mona. You are so welcome
I’ve made this a few times now so I figured I should stop by and tell you…from here on out, I will not be able to make a burger without stuffing it with avocado. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
Seriously though, I didn’t even use the tomatoes and I cooked them inside, and they were so good. Probably going to try some on the grill this weekend. This is only the second recipe I’ve made of yours, but no doubt I will be back for more :)
Thank you for taking the time to come tell me Annie. I really appreciate it :)
I found your site through Facebook and Pinterest. I have been needing to find some paleo gluten free recipes for my family so the timing couldn’t have been any better. I made your advocado burgers last week for my family. I did not have the tomatoes on hand so I sustituted with some fresh spaghetti sauce I had on hand but other than that followed the recipe to a ‘T’. They were the ‘bomb’!! ;) We LOVED them and are not big fans of advocado either! We will be having these on a regular basis now. Thanks!!
Welcome Lisa. So glad to have you :)
Why did i wait so long to make these…amazing
I don’t know Rob, but I am glad you finally made them
Loved the recipe. I decided to make these this night and they were amazing. The first bite oozed the warm comforting avocado and it melted straight away. And the blend of the lemon and beef combined so well with the avocado. I seriously recommend whoever is reading this to try this recipe. And don’t hold back on the pepper it adds a wonderful smokyness to these burgers when they brown on the grill. Honestly even though this recipe was simple it was oh so intoxicating. I made these on grilled eggplant as buns with a little bit of bleu cheese crumbled on them. Although next time I might try goat cheese. But anyway enough of the sexual food talk. Thanks for the awesome recipe, I really enjoyed. And I love the blog by the way. We both have a very similar story when it comes to coming of health you and I .
16 years old and lost 100 lbs. You are amazing. Keep up the great work
Great recipe and great site! Quick question: Why do you say no oil on the sun dried tomatoes? I was forced to use store bought olive oil packed sun-dried tomatoes and made sure to drain off as much of the oil before mixing. The recipe turned out fine, so i’m left wondering, “Could it have been better if I didn’t have the oil?”
Joey glad you liked it. I just say no oil as some people wouldn’t drain them all and end up with oily burgers. You got it nailed
Killer! I made them last night, and even my kids (who were skeptical initially) LOVED them. Going to have a leftover one for breakfast. Thanks, and keep it up.
So awesome. Glad you loved them and hope it tastes good for breakfast
What an awesome idea, can’t wait to try it!
What a wonderful idea, can’t wait to try it!
Its delicious
Jesus-tap-dancing-Christ…….. These are AMAZING! Thank you sir for another awesome recipe!!
You are so welcome, I love this recipe
Just a quick question?? How and does the meat stay together without an egg as a binder like most other burger recipes? Just waitin for my ground beef to defrost so I can make these…. Hurry hurry hurry :)
I rarely ever use eggs in my burgers, especially in grass fed beef but these stay together just fine. If you are nervous just add an egg but you don’t need them
These look fantastic! I’m a huge avocado addict!
Question for you – I am just getting started on the Paleo lifestyle (still working on cutting out grains and such) and I can guarantee my bread obsessed husband is going to have a tough time eating these without a hamburger bun. Any suggestions for an alternative to a hamburger bun? I thought maybe a portobello mushroom, but he outright refused that because the “texture will be different”.
Either lettuce or portabello mushrooms were going to be my recommendation. There are lots of sites tht have paleo bread recipes etc. I would just do a quick google search
Ok thank you! I found one made from sweet potatoes, so I may try that.
Caveman, made these tonight, and they were incredible! Super delicious, and enough still for leftovers! Even goes well with leftover Beastly BBQ Sauce… but then again, what doesn’t? Thanks again!
we just made these for dinner…awesome! truly amazing
And how are they
freaking genius!
Thank you
Totally amazing. Have made it twice since. Definitely recommend making lots of the avocado filling to slather on just about anything. I put some on my omelet this morning, but it would make a great dip for veggies and stuff too.
Oh yes I have been making tons and tons. So glad you enjoyed
Avocado. Be still my heart. What a genius idea. I’m not usually a big burger person, but this is a must!
Let me know how you like It
OMG!!! So AMAZING!!! Thank you for all that you!! You ROCK!!
You are so welcome. I love this recipe too
Wonderful!!
Awesome Jeffrey, so glad you liked them
I made these last night and ate 2 before I bothered looking up from my plate. Holy mackerel, were they good! I have 2 more of waiting for me tonight. This will become one of my “go to” staples recipes. Thanks!
You are most welcome. So glad to hear you love them as much as I do. I will be making this often as well.
Just made these tonight! An hour later I’m still basking in the afterglow. Wow!
Woohoo that makes me happy :)
when are you coming to south florida so you can cook this glorious food? lol
Haha that I dont know
I will happily guarantee you a full kitchen and a box =)
Haha ok I’ll keep that in mind.
I just recently made the jump to Paleo and found your blog. Made these for dinner tonight and it was like a little piece of Heaven in my mouth. Thank You!!
Woohoo I always love to hear I can provide heaven on a plate, thank you for making my night and welcome to the Paleosphere
This sounds HEAVENLY. Love avocado (who doesn’t?). I’ll definitely be trying this.
Great site!
They taste heavenly too, can’t wait to hear how you like them and thank you so much for the compliments on the site
Looks amazing. I too love avocados on top of burgers (and absolutely anything else). Just picked up 4 yesterday… as soon as they’re ripe I may have to make this.
This was delicious for breakfast too Katie so do it up.
i ALWAYS top burgers with avocado but never though to stuff them! Love the idea and I’m sad that I literally just finished eating a grass fed burger for dinner. Sigh, not I’ll have to wait until breakfast to make this!
I found this website and your Facebook page from a link on Pinterest. Funny how things work. I’ve been interested in Paleo from listening to Jimmy Moore’s podcast and last night was thinking I need to jumpstart my stagnating program with a sugar detox–I had really been slacking. Meant to be. lol Thank you so much.
Well I am glad you found my website. Welcome and good luck