Blue Cheese-Stuffed Burgers

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1/2  cup  finely chopped onion
• 1  pound  ground round
• 3  tablespoons  dry breadcrumbs
• 2  tablespoons  water
• 1  egg white, lightly beaten
• 1/4  cup  (1 ounce) crumbled blue cheese
• 1/4  cup  fat-free sour cream
• 4  (1-ounce) English muffins, toasted
• 4  lettuce leaves
• 4  (1/4-inch-thick) slices tomato

Preparation

Coat a small nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Add onion; saute 5 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat; let cool. Combine onion, beef, breadcrumbs, water, and egg white in a large bowl; stir well. Divide mixture into 8 equal portions, shaping into 1/2-inch-thick patties. Spoon 1 tablespoon cheese into the center of 4 patties; top with remaining patties. Press edges together to seal.

Prepare grill. Place patties on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 4 minutes on each side or until done.

Spread 1 tablespoon sour cream over top half of each muffin, and set aside. Line bottom halves of muffins with lettuce leaves; top each with a tomato slice,a patty, and top half of muffin.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

327 (28% from fat)

Fat:

10.3g (sat 3.9g,mono 3.7g,poly 0.7g)

Protein:

31.4g

Carbohydrate:

25.1g

Fiber:

1g

Cholesterol:

75mg

Iron:

3.8mg

Sodium:

391mg

Calcium:

116mg