Asian Inspired Tuna Burgers

Yoh Yoh Yoh people! Sorry I've been away lately. I'd like to say I was busy with a cool project or something, but to be perfectly honest, I have been just extremely fucking lazy, oh and I moved to a different flat and all that boring stuff but no matter, I am back! And I am back with a recipe that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and make your belly full of happy thoughts.

So, the other day I was thinking: "It would be so could if I could get minced tuna steak" So I decided to go to the supermarket and ask. They usually have a pretty sweet selection of fish. However, their answer was no. But before I turned around and left, they told me: " But I can chop it, and it will be pretty much the same", I was skeptical but decided to give it a try. And the result was pretty awesome!

So when I made sure that the texture was right, I proceeded to make this awesome Asian-Inspired Tuna Burgers, sharp, sweet, sour and savoury burgers that will appeal to the adventurous and will surprise the most conservative.

Anyways, enough chitchat, here is the recipe. Enjoy. Thank me later.

Seriously, how awesome does that look?

 You will need:

• Salt & Pepper: Duh!
• Onion: A third of an onion, thinly chopped.
• Red Pepper: Half a small red pepper should be enough, chop it the same size as the onion.
• Lemon: The juice of one medium sized lemon.
• Cucumber: Half a cucumber, seeds removed and in ribbons, use the vegetable peeler for this.
• Carrots: Two small carrots in ribbons, same method as above.
• Avocado: One medium sized avocado for serving.
• Tuna: This is the important part, it needs to be fresh and chopped.
• Bread Crumbs: Just a tiny bit to help the patties come together.
• Miso Paste: A table spoon.
• Honey: A teaspoon.
• Soy Sauce: As needed.
• Greek Yoghurt: A third of a cup.
• Thai Sweet Chili Sauce: As needed.

The Ingredients

Let's get to it!

This recipe is divided in three parts, but all of them are super easy. First we will make a little marinade and a glaze, we will prepare a simple salad to top the burger up and then we will cook the burgers with the glaze.

1. Take the chopped onion and red pepper and put it in a bowl with the lime juice. We want the onions to get soft with the lemon juice. We should leave this for around 30 min. This little marinade will be mixed with the burger, so depending on how lemony you want your burger will tell you how much lemon you will put in here.
2. In the mean time take your miso, soy sauce, honey and a bit of the lemon juice and mix it well to prepare the glaze. You can do it in a cup, or in a little jar; this will help you to shake it up nicely.
3. Now it is salad time. Some of the Greek yoghurt with a pinch of salt and a generous serving of sweet chili sauce will make the dressing. Add the carrot and cucumber ribbons and you are good to go. This is a pretty moist salad, so in the end you will probably be able to skip any mayo or dressing on the bread.
4. Ok, by now some time has passed and probably the onions are good to go. So, pour them into your Tuna meat. You decide how much of the lime you want to actually put into the meat at this point as well. Me, personally, don't like them too lemony. Your choice.
5. Mix well and add a tad of bread crumbs, if your mix is too wet, add a bit more. The consistency should be the same as your normal beef burger. Now make the patties, as big and thick as you like them.
6. Brush them with oil, and get a pan to a searing hot temperature.
7. Place the burgers in the pan and be ready, it will literally take one and a half minutes per side for a perfect medium-rare-kind-of-like-how-a-tuna-steak-should-be-served doneness. When you flip them make sure to generously apply the glaze to the already browned side.
8. Toast your buns. Or not. Whatever.
9. Get Ready to assemble. Take your glazed patty and put it on top of the bun, top it with freshly sliced avocado. The salad should go on the other bun. Bahm, you are done!
10. Eat, have a mouth orgasm and thank me later. Do the asian thing, take a photo and share it ;)

Marinade

The Glaze

The Salad

The Patties

Glazing them!