Jewels Turkey-Jasmine Burgers

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Recipe courtesy Julie Anne Rhodes, Los Angeles, CA

  • 4
  • 25 mins
  • 37 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced rounds
  • 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 1/8 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 pounds ground turkey
  • 1/3 cup steamed jasmine rice
  • 1/4 cup panko
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 Thai chili or serrano chile, seeded and minced
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon peanut oil
  • 4 sesame hamburger buns
  • 1/2 cup homemade mayonnaise or store-bought
  • 1 teaspoon wasabi powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped lemon peel

Preparation

Step 1

Cucumber salad: Toss cucumbers, onions, rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Let it marinate at room temperature for 1 hour.

Burger: Mix ground turkey, rice, panko, green onions, egg, sesame oil, soy sauce, Thai chile, and sugar very well. Make into 4 patties. Season with salt and pepper.

Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute burgers until cooked through, approximately 5 to 6 minutes per side (depending on how thick you make them).

Wasabi mayonnaise: While burgers are cooking, toast buns, and mix mayonnaise, with wasabi powder, ginger, and lemon peel in a small bowl.

Drain cucumber salad well.

Smear 1 tablespoon wasabi mayonnaise on toasted bun halves, spread with a layer of drained cucumber salad, then top with burger and cover with bun top.