Asian Lamb Burgers

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    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 2 Mar 2022

Ingredients

  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Lemongrass stalk icon
    Lemongrass stalk
    1
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    25 g
  • Coriander icon
    Coriander
    7 g
  • Fresh chilli icon
    Fresh chilli
    1
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 pinch
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Pak choi icon
    Pak choi
    200 g
  • Muscovado sugar icon
    Muscovado sugar
    3 tablespoons
  • Lime zest icon
    Lime zest
    2
  • Lime juice icon
    Lime juice
    4 tablespoons
  • Fish sauce icon
    Fish sauce
    2 tablespoons
  • Peanuts icon
    Peanuts
    2 tablespoons
  • Minced lamb icon
    Minced lamb
    500 g
  • Scallion icon
    Scallion
    90 g
  • Cucumber icon
    Cucumber
    1

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Food processor
  • kCook icon Cutting board
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Food processor bowl
  • kCook icon Medium roasting dish

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 199°C
  2. Add garlic clove, lemongrass stalk, ginger, coriander, fresh chilli and salt to a clean food processor bowl
  3. Blend until thickened - medium speed
  4. Blend until completely mixed - medium speed
  5. Divide into 4 pieces, roll each into a ball and flatten into a burger shape
  6. Sprinkle a clean medium roasting dish with olive oil
  7. Bake until just cooked - 25 min, 199°C
  8. Add cucumber to a clean cutting board
  9. Cut into strips
  10. Slice scallion into the vegetables into strips
  11. Add pak choi to the vegetables
  12. Using a spoon, drain off all but about 2 tablespoons fat from roasting pan
  13. Arrange all the veg except the green parts of the pak choi in the roasting dish
  14. Bake medium roasting dish - 5 min, 199°C
  15. Add muscovado sugar, lime zest, lime juice and fish sauce to a clean small bowl
  16. Scatter peanuts over the medium roasting dish
  17. Transfer half of dressing to meat and toss with slotted spoon
  18. Serve
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