Chef John's Teriyaki Burgers recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound ground beef (85% lean)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sake
1 tablespoon mirin
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon sriracha hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
4 slider-size burger buns
4 leaves lettuce
4 slices tomato

Nutrition Info

328.9 calories
carbohydrate: 162.9 g
cholesterol: 81.1 mg
fat: 14.8 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 26.1 g
saturatedFat: 5.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 573.3 mg
sugar: 3.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat grill to medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.

  2. Break up ground beef with the tip of a fork in a bowl. Drizzle in the soy sauce, sake, mirin, Worcestershire sauce, and sriracha sauce, crumble in brown sugar. Use tines of a fork to evenly distribute ingredients. Finish mixing with your hands (ideally your hands should be very cold for this). Shape into 4 equal-sized patties.

  3. Grill until browned and cooked through turning once, 3 or 4 minutes per side. When burgers develop a slight dome shape and juices begin to come through the top surface, they are done. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

  4. Serve burgers on slider buns with lettuce and tomato slices.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Instead of using a sauce on the outside, I'm putting key teriyaki flavorings into the ground meat for these teriyaki burgers. Ideally these burgers should be cooked on a medium-hot charcoal grill, weather permitting.

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