Photo: BurgerFuelBio Fuel
BurgerFuel’s version of the classic Kiwi burger, and the best reason to visit if you are not from New Zealand. A smashed grass-fed patty with a fried free-range egg, raw grated beetroot with chia seeds, salad and aioli, on a wholemeal bun with tomato relish. The beetroot is fresh and crunchy rather than tinned, and the runny yolk ties it together. Expect purple fingers.
The story
Beef with beetroot and a fried egg is the way New Zealanders have long built a takeaway burger, and McDonald’s acknowledged the habit in 1991 when it added the Kiwiburger to its national menu: a beef patty with griddled egg, beetroot, tomato, lettuce, cheese and onion. McDonald’s dropped it from the permanent menu in 2004 and has brought it back only for short runs since, most recently in 2023 and 2024. BurgerFuel keeps the same idea on its regular menu, with raw grated beetroot and chia seeds.
What’s inside
- smashed grass-fed beef patty
- free-range egg
- raw grated beetroot with chia seeds
- salad
- tomato relish
- BurgerFuel aioli
- wholemeal bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Bio Fuel yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and egg
Runny Egg Hashbrown Burger - Shares beef
Zachariah's Shack Burger - Shares beefThe Mr. Smiley Burger
- Shares beef
McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat)
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Bio Fuel.- Red Robin · beef and egg
SignatureRoyal Red Robin - Bembos · beef and egg
SignatureHamburguesa A lo Pobre - Tropical Hut · beef and egg
SignatureRancho Ranchero - Fatburger · beef and egg
SignatureOriginal Fatburger
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About BurgerFuel
Chris Mason opened the first BurgerFuel in Ponsonby, Auckland, in October 1995, with a loud, irreverent style and burgers built on New Zealand ingredients. It grew into the country’s best-known home-grown burger chain and went public in 2007.
Around 60 stores across New Zealand, plus a few in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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