Ingredients
Burgers:
- 1 pound medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 3/4 cup plain bread crumbs, plus more as needed
- 1 poblano chile, roasted, peeled, stemmed, seeded, and diced
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Avocado Aioli:
- 1 Hass avocado, halved, pitted, and peeled
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 medium garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 serrano chile, stemmed, halved and seeded
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 hamburger buns, split in half
- 3 medium tomatoes, sliced
- 6 lettuce leaves or a mixture of baby lettuce leaves
Directions
Burgers:
In a food processor, combine the shrimp, egg, cilantro, garlic, 3/4 cup bread crumbs, poblano chile, salt, and pepper. Process until the mixture is a coarse puree. Form the mixture into 6 patties and set aside (if the mixture is too wet, add additional bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture can be molded easily).
Put a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill. Brush the patties with vegetable oil and grill until golden, about 3 minutes per side, depending on the thickness.
Avocado Aioli:
Scoop the avocado pulp into the bowl of a food processor. Add the mayonnaise, lime juice, garlic cloves, serrano chile and cilantro. Process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
To assemble:
Serve the shrimp burgers on buns, topped with a dollop of avocado aioli, sliced tomato, and lettuce.
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By karinslvhomes_1...
Las Vegas, NV
on July 31, 2012
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After watching the video, i made the salad & shrimp burgers, they were not a hit in my home. I followed the directions, normally I tweek recipes with a little more flavors, but decided to just follow the recipe & see how it turns out. should have read the reviews first. might try it again with suggestions from the other review with adding more of an uumph to it. but I do have to say the aioli turned out really good, next time I'm adding another Serrano.
By manama23
on September 17, 2011
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Good
By lalymurphy
Sherwood, MD
on August 13, 2011
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Loved this recipe..we had shrimp burgers years ago on our honeymoon is Mexico and have tried a couple of different recipes but thie was definately the best. Added a little extra cilantro and some olive oil to the canola and wrapped the burgers in bacon: They were perfect. Thank you Marcela!
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