Tamarind Glazed Thai Burgers Sutter Home Build a Better Burger Contest Runner Up
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 6 servings
- Total: 49 min
- Prep: 40 min
- Cook: 9 min
Ingredients
Tamarind Glaze:
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons tamarind paste (wrapped in plastic with seeds or in jar)
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon Sutter Home Sauvignon Blanc
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Burgers:
1 pound ground pork
1 pound ground chicken (preferably 1/2 thigh meat and 1/2 breast meat, mixed)
6 scallions thinly sliced, just white and pale green parts
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Sutter Home Sauvignon Blanc
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, no stems
1/4 cup fresh Thai basil or regular basil leaves, chopped
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped
2 teaspoons lime zest, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 to 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil (for grilling)
6 sesame hamburger buns
1 large bunch watercress or arugula
1 hot house cucumber, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced crosswise, making rings
Directions
- Combine ingredients in a small bowl. Mash tamarind paste and mix well with other ingredients. Strain into another small bowl, gently pushing any thick paste and tamarind seeds against the strainer with a spoon or spatula to get as much paste as possible, and to get a smooth consistency. Set glaze aside.
Burgers:
- Prepare grill to medium-hot heat. In a large bowl combine first 7 ingredients mixing gently with hands or spoon. Add cilantro, basil, mint, lime zest, salt and pepper mixing gently with hands or spoon. Form into 6 patties.
- Brush grill with toasted sesame oil. Place patties on grill. Cook until brown, about 4 minutes, then turn over. Brush with sesame oil and then baste with glaze. Cook until juices run clear when meat is pierced in the center, about 5 minutes depending on thickness. Toast buns lightly, while patties are cooking on the outer edges of the grill.
- Serve placing some watercress (or arugula) the bottom half of the buns, then cooked patties and top with a little more tamarind glaze, cucumber slices, red pepper rings and top half of buns.