Shrimp Burgers

Submitted by chia2160

"easy on the grill, nice change from the usual beef. this can also be cooked under the broiler."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 clove garlic, peeled
• 1 dried chilies or 1 fresh chili pepper, stemmed,seeded and deveined,more to taste
• 1 inch ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 680.38 g peeled shrimp, deveined if you like
• 59.14 ml roughly chopped shallots, scallions or 59.14 ml red onion
• 59.14 ml roughly chopped red bell peppers or 59.14 ml yellow bell pepper (optional)
• salt and pepper
• 118.29 ml cilantro leaf, to taste
• neutral oil (like corn or canola, as needed)
• toasted bun (optional)
• lime wedges or ketchup, for serving.

directions

1. Start a charcoal or gas grill; fire should be moderately hot and rack about 4 inches from heat source.
2. Combine garlic, chili, ginger and 1/3 of the shrimp in a food processor and purée, stopping machine to scrape down sides of container as necessary.
3. Add remaining shrimp along with shallots, bell pepper, salt, pepper and cilantro, and pulse as many times as necessary to chop shrimp, but not too finely.
4. Shape mixture into 4 patties.
5. Brush grill or patties lightly with oil and place them on grill.
6. Cook undisturbed until a dark crust appears on bottom and they release fairly easily with a spatula, about 5 minutes.
7. Turn and cook an additional 3 to 4 minutes on the other side.
8. Serve on buns or not, as you like, with ketchup or lime juice as a condiment.

Reviews

[Hey Jude]

Yep, these are excellent! I had mine on an fresh organic bed of lettuces and herbs with a bit of vinaigrette dressing. My husband wanted his on a kaiser roll with lettuce and mayo. We both enjoyed these tremendously. I made the recipe as is, using green pepper and scallions as that's what I had on hand. I sprayed the grill liberally with Pam spray for grills and cook low on my gas grill, watched carefully and turned carefully. SO good! I will definitely be making these again. Thanks Chia for another great shrimp recipe!

 

[Jewelies]

Chia these are excellent. Fantastic as a gourmet sandwich. I served on bread with a bit of lettuce and lime juice squeezed onto the patty. These are quite filling so it would be a brilliant way of serving quite a few people with just a few prawns (shrimps).