These are delicious pork burgers with an exotic spicy flavour.
They are excellent if you are looking for a burger with a difference, especially for foodie grown-ups!
One way to serve them is in a bun with lime mayonnaise – just mix some fresh lime juice into mayonnaise. Cabbage coleslaw goes well with them too as a salad accompaniment.
These are the ingredients you need for the burgers:
700 grams of minced pork
3 large spring onions
2 large cloves garlic
the bottom 4 inches of a stalk of lemongrass
half a deseeded red chilli or some chilli paste
225 grams button mushrooms
a tablespoon of Thai fish sauce
a handful of fresh chopped coriander
a few grinds of black pepper
Put the spring onions, garlic, lemongrass and chilli into a food processor and blitz to a smooth puree.
Add the mushrooms and process until finely chopped. Transfer to a bowl and mix in the fish sauce, pork and coriander. Grind in some black pepper and divide into 6 burgers.
Spray lightly with oil and fry or barbecue until they are cooked through – about 5 minutes per side over a medium heat.
Spread lime mayonnaise on the bottom of each bun and serve the burgers in the buns with some pretty salad leaves. A wedge of lime and some sweet chilli sauce could finish it off, or add a salad as well.
For a quick and easy cabbage coleslaw salad to serve with these, just dice part of a white cabbage (add a little onion too if you like) and mix with more of the lime mayonnaise.
Or check out another
cabbage salad recipe
or two on this site - for instance added shredded chilli would complement the flavours of the burgers.
