Easy Sate Hamburger Recipe
Sate Hamburger Recipe
This easy sate hamburger recipe is best on a grilled chicken patty but it also tastes great with beef or pork burgers.
Sate is a spicy peanut paste widely used in Thai and Indonesian cooking. It has a taste unlike anything else I know of and is quite easy to get hooked on.
Use the Basic Chicken Burger , Basic Hamburger or Basic Pork Burger patties as a base. Personally I prefer sate with chicken but it goes equally well with beef and pork — ultimately the choice boils down to personal taste and the availability of ingredients.
Serves 4
For the Patties
- 4 Basic Chicken Burger , Basic Hamburger or Basic Pork Burger patties
For the Sate
- 1/3 cup peanut oil (vegetable oil will also do)
- 1/3 cup finely chopped or crushed unsalted roasted peanuts
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed or finely chopped
- 3 dried red chillies crushed, or a volume equal to the garlic of fresh chilli finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
For the Rolls
- 4 fresh bread rolls, same size as the patties
- Thinly sliced onion
- Lettuce
- Mayonnaise
Method
To make the sate paste heat the oil in a saucepan and add the garlic and chillies. Stir over a medium heat for a minute and add the curry powder. Stir for another minute or two to bring out the flavour and aroma, then add the peanuts. Stir for a further 5 minutes or so until the mixture forms a paste and you’re done. The paste can be used warm or cold but definitely tastes better if it has been allowed to stand for a few hours before using.
Cook the patties using your preferred method.
Split the rolls and toast the cut surfaces lightly (under the grill, on the barbecue or in a pan) just before the patties are done. Spread mayonnaise on the bottom halves, add a thin slice of onion and some lettuce. Spread a little sate on the lettuce, add the patty and spread a layer of sate paste over the top. Top with the other half of the roll. Delicious!
Bon Appétit!