Banh Mi Burgers

Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chopped cucumber, seeded if large
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
• 1/4 cup chopped carrot
• 1/2 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons mirin (japanese rice wine)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 lbs ground lamb
• 2 tablespoons tamari soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon mirin (japanese rice wine)
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon chili-garlic sauce
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• 6 hamburger buns with sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil (optional)
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, mix together the cucumber, green onion, carrot, rice vinegar, 2 tablespoons of mirin, and sugar until the mixture is well blended. refrigerate 3 hours to overnight.
• 2 place the lamb in a mixing bowl, and lightly combine with tamari sauce, sesame oil, 1 teaspoon of mirin, ginger, chile garlic sauce, and fish sauce. divide the meat into 6 equal parts, and form each part into a patty. refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 3 preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil the grate.
• 4 grill the burgers until the meat is no longer pink inside and the outside is crisp and brown, about 5 minutes per side. to assemble, place a burger on a sesame seed bun, and pile about 1/4 cup of the pickle mixture onto the burger. sprinkle with a bit of fresh basil and mint, if desired.