Cajun Halloumi Burgers

This is based on a Hello Fresh recipe we made a while ago, which made whole burgers and relied entirely on the halloumi as the burger "meat"; we ended up augmenting it with vegetarian burger patties but making no other changes.

This time around, we had a smaller piece of halloumi and a bunch of freshly baked featherpuff buns, as well as a bunch of leftovers to use up. So rather than cooking full-size burgers, we decided to cook a bunch of sliders, and supplement with leftovers if those turned out to insufficient. The end result was quite tasty and very easy to put together!

Cajun Halloumi Sliders

Hello Fresh

Ingredients

• 250g halloumi
• 30mL cajun spice mix
• 30mL corn oil
• 3 black bean "burger" patties (or similar)
• 9 slider buns or small featherpuff buns
• garlic butter
• 1 tomato
• spinach, arugula, or other greens
• mayo, ketchup, or other condiments to taste

Directions

1. Slice the halloumi into nine equal discs.
2. Whisk together the spice mix and the oil. Toss the halloumi with it in a bowl and leave to marinate.
3. Cook the burger patties (for the Morningstar Farms ones we used, ~5 minutes/side in a bit of oil at medium heat worked well). Remove to a plate and cut into thirds.
4. In the same pan, cook the halloumi slices until golden-crispy, ~5 minutes/side.
5. While the halloumi is cooking, halve the buns, spread with garlic butter, and toast.
6. Combine each bun with condiments, greens, a slice of tomato, a slice of halloumi, and ⅓ of a burger patty.