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Thai Style Fish Cake Burgers

August 26

Full of Thai red curry paste and aromatics, they’re easy to prepare and cook quickly, making them ideal for relaxed summer evenings. Serve them on toasted buns with a simple slaw or fresh greens, and add a squeeze of lime and sweet chilli sauce for an extra burst of flavour. For kids or those who prefer less spice, you can easily reduce the heat by using less red curry paste. 

  • serves Serves 4
  • time 45min

Method

  1. 1. Place the fish in a food processor and blitz for 3 seconds or so until smooth. Add the fish sauce, egg, coriander, curry paste, chilli, garlic, ginger and grated lime zest and juice and blitz again until everything is combined.
  2. 2. Remove the blade from the food processor and stir through the spring onions. With damp hands, form the mixture into 4 balls and flatten to make burgers then set aside in the fridge to firm up for 30 minutes.
  3. 3. Whilst the burgers are in the fridge, make the pickled veg. Add the mirin, rice wine vinegar and sugar into a small bowl and mix to dissolve the sugar. Add the julienned daikon and carrot and set aside to pickle.
  4. 4. Place all the ingredients for the umami mayo into a small blender and blitz until smooth then set aside.
  5. 5. When ready to cook, heat the oil in a large frying pan set over a medium heat and fry the burgers for about 5 minutes on each side. Remove with a fish slice and drain on a plate lined with kitchen paper.
  6. 6. To assemble the burgers, place a little mayo on each bun then load with the pickled vegetables and sliced cucumber. Add the fish burger and top with some more mayo, sliced chilli and herbs.

Ingredients

For the fish burgers:

16oz skinless white fish fillets, such as haddock or cod

1 tbsp fish sauce 

1 large egg 

Handful of fresh coriander, roughly chopped

1 tbsp red curry paste

1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped

1 thumb-sized piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime

3-4 spring onions, roughly chopped

2 tbsp sunflower oil

 

For the pickled vegetables:

4 tbsp mirin

4 tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 tsp caster sugar

3.5oz daikon, julienned

2 carrots, julienned

 

For the umami mayonnaise:

7oz mayonnaise, Kewpie if you can find it – if not just mix a pinch of sugar into normal mayo

1 tsp Maggi sauce

1 garlic clove, finely grated

1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated

small handful coriander leaves

 

To serve:

4 burger buns, lightly toasted

½ cucumber, thinly sliced into half moons

Handful of coriander leaves

Handful of mint leaves

1 red chilli, thinly sliced, optional

For the fish burgers:

450g skinless white fish fillets, such as haddock or cod

1 tbsp fish sauce 

1 large egg 

Handful of fresh coriander, roughly chopped

1 tbsp red curry paste

1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped

1 thumb-sized piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime

3-4 spring onions, roughly chopped

2 tbsp sunflower oil

 

For the pickled vegetables:

4 tbsp mirin

4 tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 tsp caster sugar

100g daikon, julienned

2 carrots, julienned

 

For the umami mayonnaise:

200g mayonnaise, Kewpie if you can find it – if not just mix a pinch of sugar into normal mayo

1 tsp Maggi sauce

1 garlic clove, finely grated

1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated

20g coriander leaves

 

To serve:

4 burger buns, lightly toasted

½ cucumber, thinly sliced into half moons

Handful of coriander leaves

Handful of mint leaves

1 red chilli, thinly sliced, optional