Piri Piri Chicken burgers

serves 4

Ingredients:

For the burgers

* 4 buns
* 600g Chicken breast
* 2 tomatoes
* 8 slices of cucumber
* lettuce
* 4 slices of cheese
* 1 tablespoon castor sugar
* 2 tablespoons balsemic vinegar
* 2 tablespoon olive oil
* piri piri herbs (see http://emiliosbistro.blogspot.nl/2017/06/piri-piri-chicken.html )
* juice of one lemon
* 1 large onion
* 4 tablespoons yogonaise

For the sweet potato oven baked fries:

* 4 medium sized sweet potatoes
* 2 Tablespoons corn starch
* 1 Tablespoons olive oil
* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
* 1/2 teaspoon paprika powder
* 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
* 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
* Salt (to taste)

Preparation:

Peel the potatoes and cut them in 1 cm fries. Put them in a bowl with water for 1 hour.

Now beat the chicken with a meat hammer or anything similar until evenly round. Now put the herbs in a bowl and mix with lemon juice and a bit of olive oil. In this recipe I used one tablespoon. Now mix your chicken with the marinade and set aside.

Preheat the oven to 220 C.

Now we will prepare some caramelized onions. Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil and add the onion. Stir fry for a few minutes and then add the sugar. Stir fry for one more minute and then put the vinegar, turn the heat to low and let it simmer until the liquid is gone. Set aside.

Rinse and dry the fries. Now mix them in a bowl with cornstarch and add the oil. Toss them over again to evenly distribute the oil. Now add the rest of the herbs except for the salt and give them one good mix. Place the fries on a baking tray in the oven, evenly distributed and not too close together. Bake for 10-15 minutes.

Now heat up a grill pan and put the chicken once it is hot. Cook thoroughly on each side, until you are satisfied.

Now the fries should be done. Flip them all over and bake for another 10 - 15 minutes more, or until crisp.

Open the buns and grill each side until it gets a bit crisp, but still soft.
Now put one spoon of yogonaise on each burger, followed by lettuce, onions, chicken, cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, and the top of the bun.

Serve with the fries and possibly a nice soda!

Enjoy!

Mike & Leda

Asian Burger

serves 4

Ingredients:

* 300 g minced meat (half pork half beef)

* Zucchini slices
* Beansprout
* Chinese cabbage
* Oyster Mushroom (or any kind of mushroom you like)
* Ginger Syrup
* Soy sauce
* Buns
* Garlic
* Ginger

Optional:

* Crispy onions
* Sambal
* Breadcrumbs

Preparation:

Finely cut the ginger and garlic and put the meat in a bowl. Mix with the ginger, garlic, a dash of soy sauce and optionally the breadcrumbs. Leave alone for a while so the flavours can blend.

Meanwhile cut the cabbage in as big of a size you want, I used large strips, since it shrinks while stir frying. Since I used it for the topping I wanted it to be as large as possible while still maintaining a medium structure. Cut the mushrooms in 1 cm strips. Now we can make 4 burgers of the meat mixture.

Heat up a saute pan or wok and stir fry the cabbage and mushrooms, and after 1 minute add a little bit of soy sauce and ginger syrup and mix, turn the heat to low, or better off if you want to keep the crispness of the cabbage.

Heat up a grill pan and cut the buns in half. If you like you can roast the buns for a bit until the pan gets hot enough to grill the burgers, and the zucchini slices. For the burgers; grill 3 minutes on each side. Meanwhile put the beansprout in a sieve and pour boiled water over them.

When everything is done we will finish the burger by putting it all together.
Bottom bun, ginger syrup if you want, cabbage, beansprout, burger, zucchini slices, crispy onions, and on the top bun a bit of sambal (chili paste) if you want some spice, and then the top bun.

This was a surprisingly tasty hamburger for a change and I hope you will like it as much as we did.

Enjoy!

Mike & Leda

Hawaii burgers

serves 1 - 2

Ingredients:

* 300g tartar

* 2 slices ham

* 2 pineapple slices

* Lettuce

* Cheddar

* A sweet-sour sauce

* Mayonnaise

* Buns

* Chili flakes

* Pepper & Salt to taste

* Breadcrumbs

Preparation:

Mix the tartar with the pepper, salt and chiliflakes. Add more herbs to your liking, and add breadcrumbs until you are satisfied with the structure.

Meanwhile cut the lettuce to your liking, and slice the buns in two. Heat up a grill pan with minimum oil. Once heated, grill the burgers on each side for 3 minutes on high heat, after that turn around and add a slice of cheddar on top of the burgers and wait until the cheese starts to melt. The burgers are done. Add the buns too, inside down and grill for about 3 - 5 minutes until slightly crispy. Grill the ham, and pineapple too until you are satisfied. Now put the mayonnaise on the bottom of the buns, lettuce on top, followed by slices ham. Add the burger on top, and the pineapple on top of the cheese. Add some sweet-sour sauce, and finally the other half of the bun.

Serve with fries if you like.

I hope you like this recipe and see you again soon.

Yours truly,

Mike

Homemade Whopper

serves 1 - 2

Ingredients:

* A handful of lettuce

* 1 tomato
* 1 onion

* 2 buns

* 350g minced beef

* Pickle slices

* Tomato ketchup

* Mayonnaise

* 0,5 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon Worcester sauce

* 1 spoon tomato ketchup

Additional:

* Cheddar cheese

* Breadcrumbs

Preparation:

Cut the onion in rings, the lettuce in strips and the tomato in slices. Cut the buns in half.

Mix the minced beef with the salt, Worcester sauce and the spoon of tomato ketchup. If the beef is too moist, add some breadcrumbs. Make 2 burgers from the beef.

Heat up a grillpan, and grill the buns on the flat sides for 2 - 4 minutes. Now remove and add the beef. Leave for 2 - 3 minutes and change the side. Now add the onions on the sides of the pan.

After another 2 - 3 minutes the burgers are done. Remove from the heat and place the burgers on the bottom of the buns. If you have cheese, put the cheese on top of the burger. Now add the pickles, tomato ketchup, onion rings, tomato, lettuce, mayonnaise and finally the top of the bun, in this order.

Serve with (homemade) fries and a soda.

I'm sure you will never visit Burger King anymore!

Yours truly,

Mike