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Thai Chilli Burger

if a burger was multi lingual, this is how it would taste Thai cuisine is packed full of flavour and textures, but it’s missing something – a burger! This burger incorporates several of the traditional Thai flavours used as a basis in their infamous dishes putting emphasis on aromatic components with a spicy edge. Using garlic, ginger, chillies and fish sauce, this burger is reminiscent of being on the streets in Thailand eating from a street vendor. Adding a hot and spicy sauce that Ronald McDonald would be envious of, you’re welcome to add more chilli to totally blow your mind!
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Fast Food, Thai
Keyword burger, fast food, Thai
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Pickling time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 350kcal
Author cooking at home is fun
Cost $12

Equipment

  • hot plate or large fry pan
  • small mixing bowl

Ingredients

  • 500 g beef mince
  • ½ cup breadcrumbs
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground garlic
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 carrot julienned
  • 1 cucumber julienned
  • ½ cup vinegar
  • 2 cups water
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 red chilli sliced
  • 4 rolls
  • ½ cup mixed lettuce to serve

Sauce:

  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • ó small brown onion diced
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tsp fresh ginger minced
  • 1 small red chilli finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp brown sugar
  • ½ cup tomato sauce
  • 2 tbsp sriracha sauce

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a small saucepan, cook onion until soft, then add garlic, ginger and chilli, stirring for 2 minutes. Add tomato sauce, sriracha sauce, fish sauce, vinegar and sugar, cooking for 4 minutes or until boiling, set aside. In a bowl combine: vinegar, water, sugar and salt, stir well, then add carrot and cucumber. Allow to pickle for 30 minutes minimum.
  • In a bowl, add together: mince, breadcrumbs, ginger, coriander, garlic, chilli powder and salt, mix well to combine. Divide into 4 balls, then flatten into a patty, refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Use 1 tbsp of olive oil to grease a pan or flat plate and heat to medium-high. Cook the patties for 4 minutes each side. Place lettuce on the roll base, add the burger, pickled carrot and cucumber, a generous serve of sauce and any extra fresh chillies if desired.