Japanese cooking: Ebi Katsu Burger (Shrimp burger),katsu burger(Pork burger),and Teriyaki burger
My first trip to overseas was to Washington state when I was 16 years old. It was 2 weeks long home stay during Christmas. After that,I decided to major in English not in Music (I got silver medal in piano contest and was on newspaper before), and attended University with English major.
During the 4 year long University life,I visited some of my friends overseas by using summer vacation or Christmas break. I have been to USA, Britain, Holland, France, and Australia. Every time I visited friends in overseas I found something unique,something interesting to look at, or learn their culture.
Food is one of those things. Each country has very unique style of cuisine and flavor. Interesting thing is that I noticed that familiar McDonald offer menu that is served only to particular country.
Lets take a look at Japanese McDonald Menu. They offer regular burger you can eat here in US,but they offer unique menu such as Teriyaki Burger (My husband's favorite),Ebi Fillet Burger (shrimp burger.My favorite.), Pork burger (pork meat is tenderized, breaded and deep fried), juicy chicken burger (breadcrumb is mixed with red eye pepper).Then,they offer pancake,sweet corns,cinnamon bread, chocolate or strawberry sundae,bacon potato pie etc etc And,they now offer hot dog as breakfast menu (available until 10:30am).
This may sounds funny but whenever we back to Japan to visit my family,we make sure (I mean it!) to go to McDonald and enjoy our favorite burgers that we can eat only when we are there.
When we have craving for our favorite burger, I make one. And you always find our Corgi "Palette" line up behind you.
Ebi burger (Shrimp burger) sounds difficult/complicated to make,but it actually is very easy. It just that you need enough raw shrimps. Here is how you make it. With one pound of raw shrimp used,I usually end up 4 burger patties.
1>chop 1/3 lb of raw shrimp to 1/4 inch bits
2>put 2/3 lb of raw shrimp into food processor and make shrimp paste
3>put <1><2> into bowl,put 2tbs of potato starch
** If you did not have potato starch,you can use corn starch
4>sprinkle salt,pepper,and add 1 tbs Deli mustard (I like the one with horseradish in it) and 1tbs Mayo and mix very good
5> shape to round,about 1/4 thickness or so and put them into flour bowl,shake excess off
6>dip the shrimp burger to beaten egg,then put them into bowl of Panko breadcrumb
7>shake excess off from the burger and fry them to golden
After that,you can build your own shrimp burger with your favorite condiment. You may find that it is difficult to handle ebi burger to shape. Normally,I deep fry thing in 4 inch,5 inch deep oil,but with Ebi burger,I do shallow frying.
What is shallow frying?
I usually use wide open,a little deep sided skillet, put vegetable oil about quarter inch or so. Then, fry burger on skillet and flip it over til golden.I do shallow frying for things that is hard to handle shaping.
Pork burger (katsu burger) is easy too. What I normally use is boneless pork chop make them to thinner by pounding with meat mallet.If you did not have meat mallet,use the back of knife to pound.It works. This is something my mother taught me.
After pork chop is thinner,cut to your desired size and salt,pepper,flour them,dip into beaten egg,roll them around in panko breadcrumb and shake excess off and deep fry them.
My personal favorite as sauce to pork burger is mixture of ketchup and Worcester sauce.That is it. Just mix them in measuring cup and smear them on crispy deep fried pork (Katsu)
When you have left over shrimp burger or pork burger,what my mother used to do was making sandwich out of it. Prepare normal white bread,smear potato salad (mashed potato salad,not chunky potato salad),then smear ketchup and put lettuce,tomato,ebi burger or katsu burger and top it off with another piece of bread. It is good.
If the burger got soggy,you can crisp up in toaster oven.
Teriyaki burger is you make plain hamburger, and you dip burger in teriyaki sauce,place it on burger bun,put more sauce,and top it off with burger bun.
Teriyaki sauce is easy to make as well.Just mix equal amount of soy sauce, mirin (sweet rice wine),and water then add white sugar to it. Then,put a drip or two of sesame oil for additional flavor.You can add sugar little by little to your taste.
To thicken up,you can put it to sauce pan,boil it to dissolve sugar,then, add cornstarch+water mixture. Corn starch+water mixture should thicken up the sauce. If it got too thick,you can add water a little,and loosen up the sauce.
You can also use teriyaki sauce for your stir-fry.Meat,vegetable with teriyaki sauce over cooked white rice tastes very good and easy to make. If you go with a little elegant style,you cook your favorite white meat fish with salt,pepper then you can pour teriyaki sauce on top.You can make your own meatball and you can cook it with teriyaki sauce. It is very versatile sauce.
This entry makes me craving for shrimp burger.Maybe I will make shrimp burger this week.
I am sure my stumpy little dog "Palette" will be all over me,stalk me everywhere so as not to miss any dropped burger bits if we did.
Do you have any unique burger recipes you can share?
During the 4 year long University life,I visited some of my friends overseas by using summer vacation or Christmas break. I have been to USA, Britain, Holland, France, and Australia. Every time I visited friends in overseas I found something unique,something interesting to look at, or learn their culture.
Food is one of those things. Each country has very unique style of cuisine and flavor. Interesting thing is that I noticed that familiar McDonald offer menu that is served only to particular country.
Lets take a look at Japanese McDonald Menu. They offer regular burger you can eat here in US,but they offer unique menu such as Teriyaki Burger (My husband's favorite),Ebi Fillet Burger (shrimp burger.My favorite.), Pork burger (pork meat is tenderized, breaded and deep fried), juicy chicken burger (breadcrumb is mixed with red eye pepper).Then,they offer pancake,sweet corns,cinnamon bread, chocolate or strawberry sundae,bacon potato pie etc etc And,they now offer hot dog as breakfast menu (available until 10:30am).
This may sounds funny but whenever we back to Japan to visit my family,we make sure (I mean it!) to go to McDonald and enjoy our favorite burgers that we can eat only when we are there.
When we have craving for our favorite burger, I make one. And you always find our Corgi "Palette" line up behind you.
Ebi burger (Shrimp burger) sounds difficult/complicated to make,but it actually is very easy. It just that you need enough raw shrimps. Here is how you make it. With one pound of raw shrimp used,I usually end up 4 burger patties.
1>chop 1/3 lb of raw shrimp to 1/4 inch bits
2>put 2/3 lb of raw shrimp into food processor and make shrimp paste
3>put <1><2> into bowl,put 2tbs of potato starch
** If you did not have potato starch,you can use corn starch
4>sprinkle salt,pepper,and add 1 tbs Deli mustard (I like the one with horseradish in it) and 1tbs Mayo and mix very good
5> shape to round,about 1/4 thickness or so and put them into flour bowl,shake excess off
6>dip the shrimp burger to beaten egg,then put them into bowl of Panko breadcrumb
7>shake excess off from the burger and fry them to golden
After that,you can build your own shrimp burger with your favorite condiment. You may find that it is difficult to handle ebi burger to shape. Normally,I deep fry thing in 4 inch,5 inch deep oil,but with Ebi burger,I do shallow frying.
What is shallow frying?
I usually use wide open,a little deep sided skillet, put vegetable oil about quarter inch or so. Then, fry burger on skillet and flip it over til golden.I do shallow frying for things that is hard to handle shaping.
Pork burger (katsu burger) is easy too. What I normally use is boneless pork chop make them to thinner by pounding with meat mallet.If you did not have meat mallet,use the back of knife to pound.It works. This is something my mother taught me.
After pork chop is thinner,cut to your desired size and salt,pepper,flour them,dip into beaten egg,roll them around in panko breadcrumb and shake excess off and deep fry them.
My personal favorite as sauce to pork burger is mixture of ketchup and Worcester sauce.That is it. Just mix them in measuring cup and smear them on crispy deep fried pork (Katsu)
When you have left over shrimp burger or pork burger,what my mother used to do was making sandwich out of it. Prepare normal white bread,smear potato salad (mashed potato salad,not chunky potato salad),then smear ketchup and put lettuce,tomato,ebi burger or katsu burger and top it off with another piece of bread. It is good.
If the burger got soggy,you can crisp up in toaster oven.
Teriyaki burger is you make plain hamburger, and you dip burger in teriyaki sauce,place it on burger bun,put more sauce,and top it off with burger bun.
Teriyaki sauce is easy to make as well.Just mix equal amount of soy sauce, mirin (sweet rice wine),and water then add white sugar to it. Then,put a drip or two of sesame oil for additional flavor.You can add sugar little by little to your taste.
To thicken up,you can put it to sauce pan,boil it to dissolve sugar,then, add cornstarch+water mixture. Corn starch+water mixture should thicken up the sauce. If it got too thick,you can add water a little,and loosen up the sauce.
You can also use teriyaki sauce for your stir-fry.Meat,vegetable with teriyaki sauce over cooked white rice tastes very good and easy to make. If you go with a little elegant style,you cook your favorite white meat fish with salt,pepper then you can pour teriyaki sauce on top.You can make your own meatball and you can cook it with teriyaki sauce. It is very versatile sauce.
This entry makes me craving for shrimp burger.Maybe I will make shrimp burger this week.
I am sure my stumpy little dog "Palette" will be all over me,stalk me everywhere so as not to miss any dropped burger bits if we did.
Do you have any unique burger recipes you can share?
Posted by yassy at 7/31/2009 8:00 AM 
Categories: Asian cooking 911
Tags: shrimp burger japanese cooking pork burger teriyaki burger food
Categories: Asian cooking 911
Tags: shrimp burger japanese cooking pork burger teriyaki burger food
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