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Epic Thai Burger (Laab Burger)
- Yield: Serves 5
Ingredients
The Burger
- 500g ground beef
- 3 tablespoon chopped lemongrass
- 2 tablespoon chopped galangal
- 3 Kaffir lime leaves, julienned
- ¼ cup chopped shallots
- 2 tablespoon toasted rice powder
- 1 Egg
- 2.5 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Chili flakes, to taste
The Slaw
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 cup roughly chopped mint
- ½ cup chopped cilantro
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon toasted rice powder
- Chili flakes, to taste
- 3 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
The Fixins
- Original Thai Sriracha
- Mashed avocado
- Red onion
- Tomato
- Or anything else you'd like!
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Instructions
For the patties: Combine all ingredients together in a bowl and mix well. Form into 5 patties. Grill the burgers until done to your liking, or fry them on a skillet.
For the slaw: Combine all ingredients and mix it up!
Assembly: Put Sriracha and mashed avocado on the bun, top with the patty, red onion, tomato, and any other fixins you like. Top it off with a generous amount of the slaw - you can also serve extra slaw on the side. Enjoy!
Stephen Chan says
Interesting fusion of the west and the east, I’ve made it mini-sized in a party, which in Pai’s words, is always better, lol
Maryse Leclerc says
This is the best burger ever! Point Final!!! This is just completly awsome!!! I've been trying it with classic beef and it's was absolutly delicious! Another time with pork, and it was even better! My god Pailin! Wow, and thank you so much!!!