Iron Chef Winner's Japanese-style Hamburgers

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• 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.