Asian Lamb Burgers
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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/
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- Total Time
- 1hr 0mins
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- Serves
- 4
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- Calories
- 549
Burgers with a twist! This simple meal combines fragrantly spiced lamb with Asian greens, cooling cucumber and a sweet and tangy dressing.
recipe updated Mar 2, 2022
Ingredients
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- Garlic clove
- 2
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- Lemongrass stalk
- 1
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- Ginger
- 25 g
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- Cilantro
- 7 g
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- Fresh chili
- 1
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- Salt
- 1 pinch
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- Olive oil
- 2 tablespoons
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- Bok choy
- 200 g
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- Muscovado sugar
- 3 tablespoons
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- Lime zest
- 2
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- Lime juice
- 4 tablespoons
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- Fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons
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- Peanuts
- 2 tablespoons
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- Ground lamb
- 500 g
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- Scallion
- 90 g
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- Cucumber
- 1
Tools
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Oven
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Food processor
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Cutting board
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Small bowl
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Food processor bowl
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Medium roasting dish
Step preview
- Pre-heat oven - 199°C
- Add garlic clove, lemongrass stalk, ginger, cilantro, fresh chili and salt to a clean food processor bowl
- Blend until thickened
- Add ground lamb and blend until completely mixed
- Divide into 4 pieces, roll each into a ball and flatten into a burger shape
- Sprinkle a clean medium roasting dish with olive oil and add the burgers
- Bake until just cooked - 25 min, 199°C
- Peel the cucumber, scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon and discard
- Cut into strips
- Slice scallion into strips
- Roughly shred the pak choi, keeping the white parts separate from the green
- Using a spoon, drain off all but about 2 tablespoons fat from roasting pan
- Arrange all the veg except the green parts of the pak choi in the roasting dish
- Bake medium roasting dish - 5 min, 199°C
- Add muscovado sugar, lime zest, lime juice and fish sauce to a clean small bowl and mix until combined
- Scatter peanuts over the burgers
- Transfer half of dressing to meat and toss with slotted spoon
- Serve