The Best Japanese Style Burgers
The Best Japanese Style Burgers
Ingredients
- 500 g beef mince
- ½ cup leek, finely sliced
- 6 tbsp bread crumbs
- 4 tbsp sake
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp red miso paste
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
To assemble your burgers
- 6 bread rolls or burger buns, sliced and buttered
- 3 cabbage leaves, finely sliced
- Japanese bbq sauce
- kewpie mayonnaise
Instructions
- 1
Add the beef mince into a large mixing bowl along with the leek, breadcrumbs, sake, soy sauce, red miso paste and egg. Mix everything together with your hands until well combined.
- 2
Form mixture into 6 equal size patties about 2 cm / 1 inch thick.
- 3
Heat the vegetable oil and sesame oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Pop in your beef patties and cook for 4 – 5 minutes per side until cooked through.
4 min - 4
Optional: Lightly toast your burger buns in a toaster OR butter them and place butter side down in a large frying pan until lightly toasted. Transfer to serving plates ready to assemble.
- 5
Stack a beef patty onto the base of a burger bun and slather (or artfully decorate) with your favourite ratios of Kewpie mayonnaise and Japanese BBQ sauce.
- 6
Top with cabbage slices and the lid of your burger bun and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Per serving (based on 6 servings)
