Loaded with flavour, these Greek Feta Burgers, also known as biftekia, can be cooked on a barbecue or in a hot pan resulting in a delicious burger every time!
Greek Feta Burgers
There are burger purists and celebrity chefs who will say burgers are best without anything added to them. Cook as is with a little salt and pepper. Totally fine if that’s how you prefer your burgers. I say do what you like and flavour is flavour. When you add enhancers to your ground meat, you will have more flavour.
Burgers, like all foods, are subjective right down to how you cook them and sometimes we like them simple, other times we like to add ingredients to the ground meat to pump up the flavour!
These burgers are a play on Greek cuisine featuring parsley, garlic, onion, oregano and spinach. Served with a feta aioli or even Tzatiki sauce.
Traditional Greek Recipes
Greek food is simple, classic and rich in textures and flavour. Discovering, tasting and experiencing this kind of cuisine is a delicious journey to go on and one we highly recommend. Here’s a few common, classic dishes to consider trying out to get you started on your own Greek food adventure!
Baklava, Chicken and Lemon Rice Soup (Avgolemono), Greek Village Salad (Horiatiki), Tzatziki (with pita), Pastitsio, Saganaki and Moussaka. I’ve had all of them and they are all tasty bites!
PRO TIPS:
- Turn ground beef mixture into meatballs and cook in the oven.
- Swap the beef for pork, lamb, turkey or chicken.
- Use your favourite kind of burger bun. We like to lightly toast ours on the grill first.
- Add a sliced of grilled Halloumi cheese as one of your burger toppings for some wow factor.
- Serve with a Greek salad or feta and oregano topped french fries.
Planning a big fat Greek wedding and looking for more food ideas, check these recipes out!
- Greek Wedge Salad
- Greek Chicken Kabobs
- Greek Beef Stew with Onions & Feta Cheese
- Greek Pasta Salad
- How to make Labneh
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 3 clove garlic minced
- 1/2 pkg frozen spinach chopped, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 egg
- 1-2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp seasoning salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp feta cheese crumbled
Build your Burger
- 4 burger buns
- sliced tomatoes
- sliced bell pepper rings
- thinly sliced red onion
- lettuce
- cheese like havarti
Feta Aioli
- 1/2 cup shredded dry pack feta cheese
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1-2 garlic cloves
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Combine ingredients and shape into patties. Salt and pepper patties on each side and grill over medium heat until cooked to your liking or no longer pink inside.
- Lightly toast buns, add burgers, toppings and slather on feta aioli. Serve.
Feta Aioli
- In food processor mix 1/2 cup shredded dry pack feta cheese, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1-2 cloves crushed garlic and 1/4 tsp ground pepper until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until serving.
This looks so good! My mouth is watering just looking at the photos!
Tried it and everyone loved it. Served with havarti cheese. A keeper!
These were so good. Next time we are going to try making them with lamb!
We pan fried these and they turned out so good! My stepmother was Greek and I miss her cooking. But these have great flavour!
We all loved these burgers! Definitely five stars for this recipe!
We love feta and Greek food. Served these burgers in pita with extra tzatziki. Delicious!
These were SO easy and flavorful!!! Everyone loved them!!!! This recipe is a keeper 🙂
We had these burgers for dinner last night and they were ah-mazing! Can’t wait to make them again!
Fabulous burgers! I love how delicious these look, and how easy it is to make them.
What a special recipe! I love all the flavors and ingredients you combined for these tasty burgers, and the Feta Aioli is a treasure, too. Another winner from Bakers Beans!
Yum! What a fun spin on a burger! Thanks for the recipe.