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I decided to try a veggie burger on Saturday. Mixed feelings about the results.
For starters, I couldn't get hold of brioche buns, which I was kind of banking on. Tesco used to do Finest burger buns which were brioche but my local Tesco said they don't sell them any more.
I kind of mixed a few ideas/recipes I found, the main idea was from Umami, I boiled edamame beans, mixed them with chopped mushrooms, garlic, ginger, coriander, salt, pepper, mirin and Sriracha sauce. This is where the difficult part came, the mixture was wet, and me adding an egg to bind it didn't help at all. I stupidly added a second egg which made it worse. I was going to fry in panko breadcrumbs so I added a bunch to the mix which helped a little bit. I managed to make 2 patties, that mostly stuck together, so I coated the outside in the panko breadcrumbs and I fried them.
To go in the bun with the burger I crushed avocado with garlic and wasabi, and spread it over the burger, then topped with spring onions and pickled ginger.
I was pleasantly surprised given how I'd just kind of made it up myself, it was under-seasoned, not enough garlic or ginger, and there was no heat despite the Sriracha and Wasabi.
So round two I added more garlic and ginger, more Sriracha, and I added flour to soak up the liquid. I was sure it would work better this time but I think I went too big and they both fell apart in the pan, and my suspicions were confirmed when the half that had stayed together almost filled the bun. Far too big, so they maybe would have worked that time but I hadn't sized it right. They tasted much better though so I know how to improve the taste.
I added the leftover breadcrumbs I had taken out of the packet into the leftover burger mix, tried to drain it a bit and left it in my girlfriend's fridge overnight. I wasn't there to test on Sunday but my girlfriend said she made a couple that turned out really well, they stayed in one piece and crisped up nicely on the outside. Maybe it was because the mix had sat in the fridge overnight, or maybe the extra breadcrumbs in the mix, or maybe both, but the smaller size definitely helped I think.
Anyway, a pic of the first go: