Pork patties burger

This is a surprise hit with the adults in my family especially my hubby who says :"have standard". This means in Singapore lingo that the burger tastes good.

I was searching for recipes that uses cumin as I bought a bottle not long ago. I only used it once. It has a pungent smell and unlikely that the children will enjoy if I made curry with it. So while checking I came across chicken patties using roasted chicken and cumin by Jennifer Perillo. I think I will also explore her other recipes next round http://www.injennieskitchen.com/category/recipes/

The recipe I referred to, the link is below

http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/recipes/cumin-cilantro-chicken-patties/13320/

Instead of using roasted chicken which i don't have, I used fresh minced pork. I also changed the recipe a little.

Recipe

Minced pork bought from Fairprice supermarket about 270 grams

Some white pepper

Sprinkle of ground cumin

Sprinkle of salt

Bread or Panko crumbs 1/4 cup

Chinese parsley a small sprig chopped finely

One quarter of a yellow onion chopped finely

One egg beaten lightly

1 heaped teaspoon corn flour

Use a large plate or bowl n place minced pork in it

Loosen the pork a little

Add in all the dry ingredients. Mix a little 

Then add in the beaten egg

Mix everything ( I used my hand) in one direction 

Then divide n shape into 4 patties 

Do make them slightly rounded and thick, not flat n thin because they may break while frying

Heat some oil in a large frying pan

Fry the patties at medium low fire.

The meat patties have fat in them.

Be careful oil may splatter out.

Place the four patties n fry till one side browns

Flip over n fry the other side 

I also made them stand at sides of pan so the edges can get browned too

I follow the link above and place a rack over a few paper towels 

After frying, place the patties on the rack.

The excess oil will drip onto the paper towels. 

To test if cooked, I used my butter knife and poke the blade in.

The patties are cooked as the meat inside turned white.

Leave to cool a while 

For the burger buns, I used my small grill pan n heat up a small piece of butter n grill the buns both sides 

Place some slices of Japanese cucumber  on the bottom half of bun

Top with a piece of cheese 

Add the pork patty

Pipe the Japanese mayonaise on it

Then tomato ketchup

Before adding egg

Form 4 patties 

In the pan

One side browned

Let the excess oil drip

I used Kewpie mayonnaise 

Yummy burger!!

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Happy cooking!!