Burger with cooked portobello cap, halloumi, lettuce and tomato
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Air fryer portobello halloumi burgers

Air fryer portobello halloumi burgers with lettuce and yogurt sauce. Start mushrooms first, then add grilling cheese and briefly toast the rolls.

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Total time 39 min
Calories 520 kcal
Servings 2 servings
Difficulty Easy
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Why this recipe works

Drain mushroom juices before filling rolls

Two filled wheat rolls as a meal. Large mushroom caps are cooked as vegetables, not used raw. If avoiding animal rennet, choose halloumi accordingly.

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Recipe

Air fryer portobello halloumi burgers

Air fryer portobello halloumi burgers with lettuce and yogurt sauce. Start mushrooms first, then add grilling cheese and briefly toast the rolls.

Ingredients

2 servings

Method

  1. 1

    Prepare

    Trim stems of two mushrooms flush and wipe caps dry. Cut halloumi into broad slices about 1 cm thick. Dry lettuce and slice tomato. Mix yogurt and mustard and refrigerate.

  2. 2

    Mix and season

    If required by the manufacturer, preheat for 3 minutes at 180 °C. Coat mushrooms with oil and pepper, gills up in a shallow dish. Precook about 6 minutes at 180 °C. Carefully drain released hot mushroom juices. Use a heatproof dish suitable for the appliance, leaving space around it for airflow. Do not preheat with loose paper.

  3. 3

    Cook

    Place halloumi on caps and cook about another 8 minutes at 180 °C. Mushrooms must be tender and cheese hot. Remove, split rolls and warm about 2 minutes at 160 °C.

  4. 4

    Check and serve

    Fill rolls with sauce, lettuce, tomato and mushroom-cheese filling. Do not pour leftover mushroom juice into bread. Serve without extra salt; halloumi is already salty.

Kitchen know-how

Tips for Air fryer portobello halloumi burgers

What matters

Choose caps similar in width to rolls so burgers are easy to hold.

Serving guidance

Rolls and sauce included, chips or other sides excluded.

Variations

How to adapt this recipe

With other grilling cheese reassess salt and melting behaviour.

Stir a little lemon juice into yogurt sauce.

Nutrition per serving

520kcal
38.4 gCarbohydrates
28.9 gProtein
26.7 gFat

Values are estimates per serving and may vary depending on the ingredients, brands, portion size and preparation method used.

Frequently asked questions

FAQ about Air fryer portobello halloumi burgers

Not in this recipe; caps are fully cooked until tender.

Otherwise it quickly soaks bread and dilutes yogurt sauce.

No, grilling cheese stays firmer. It should be hot and lightly browned, not liquid.

Check halloumi rennet. Choose labelled vegetarian cheese if required.

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