Grilled Beef Patties with Mediterranean Salsa
Grilled Beef Patties with Mediterranean Salsa are burgers topped with a zesty, flavorful vegetable salsa. You’ll love this even if you aren’t on the Whole30.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: entree
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients
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1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
6 medium garlic cloves peeled and left whole
1 cup shallots diced fine
1 1/2 pounds organic summer squash (half yellow and half zucchini), diced small
1 14.5-ounce can organic diced tomatoes with juice
1/2 cup Kalamata olives, sliced
2 tablespoons capers drained
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Kosher salt only if needed
1 pound grass fed ground beef
Instructions
- In a large skillet or sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium low heat.
- Once hot, add the whole garlic and cook to brown all sides, about five minutes.
- Using a fork, press the garlic into the oil.
- Raise the heat to medium to medium high.
- Add shallots and cook for three minutes.
- Add all of the squash and cook for about five minutes until almost tender.
- Add tomatoes with juice and cook until the squash is tender.
- Add olives, capers and black pepper.
- Stir and add the balsamic.
- Taste and add salt if needed. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Form the ground beef into four patties.
- Heat a large ribbed grill pan over high, brush with a little oil then grill the patties to your doneness, flipping half way.
- To serve, portion one patty per portion and divide the hot relish over each and serve.
