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Iron Chef Winner's Japanese-Style Hamburgers
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 4
A recipe from Katsuyo Kobayashi and her book Quick and Easy Japanese Cookbook . show Iron Chef . Kobayashi-san claims she can make anyone into an Iron Chef. :).
Ingredients:
14 ounces ground beef
1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
ground black pepper
1/2 onion, chopped fine
vegetable oil (for frying)
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1 cup breadcrumbs
2/3 cup water
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon sake
2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon butter
Directions:
1. In a mixing bowl, season ground beef to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a small amount of oil in saute pan and cook onion until tender.
3. In a small bowl, beat egg lightly; add milk, mixing well.
4. Stir in breadcrumbs and allow to rest.
5. Add onions and breadcrumbs to ground beef, working ingredients together with your hands.
6. Divide meat into fourths, and make a patty; toss back and forth to force air out.
7. Shape into burger shape.
8. Heat small amount of oil in skillet and cook burgers; cover pan, and simmer on medium-high heat until burgers cook done; then remove lid, reduce heat to medium, and cook till water disappears.
9. Remove from pan.
10. Add 2/3 cup water, ketchup, sake, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and butter to pan; bring to boil.
11. Simmer till thickened.
12. Spoon sauce over burgers on plate.
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