Here is a burger you have probably never heard of before but are sure to fall in love with
Pork and prawns pair perfectly with the wonderful fragrant taste of lychee. Using homemade lychee ketchup, fresh pork mince and prawn patty and zingy lime juice salad, this flavour combination has a wonderful balance that leaves a tingle on the tongue. Not to mention melted cheddar cheese – the strong and steady player holding everything together. This is an exciting, light and refreshing burger-eating experience you will want again and again.
What are lychees?
Lychee is a tropical fruit native to China with a spikey red bumpy outer skin. The soft light opaque inner flesh has a unique flavour that is best described as fragrant, sweet and floral.
Lychee is most often used in cocktails, and desserts such as sorbets, or Asian-style salads. In the Western part of the world, the most common way to buy lychees is tinned, the skin removed, and in preserved juice.
What is Lychee Ketchup?
It might seem an unusual mix to add lychees to ketchup, but the combination along with other ingredients such as ginger and soy sauce produces an outstanding tongue-tingling sauce that pairs harmoniously with seafood, chicken and pork. Click here for the Lychee Ketchup recipe.
Lychee Ketchup pairs very well with cheddar cheese
Pork Prawn Lychee Burger
Pork and shrimp pair perfectly with the wonderfully fragrant flavor of lychee. Melted cheddar and zesty lime juice slaw provide a wonderful balance that leaves a tingle on the tongue.
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 5 Minutes
- Total Time: 20 Minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Burger
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Modern Fusion
Ingredients
- 1 brioche bun
- 2 whole lychees from the tin, chopped up
- 50g raw shrimps
- 75g minced pork
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- Sea salt flakes
- Cheddar cheese
- Lychee ketchup (recipe here)
Salad
- 2 lettuce leaves, cut into slices
- 1 tablespoon grated carrot
- 1/2 spring onion, finely sliced
- Coriander leaves
- Lime juice
- Sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Prepare the burger patty: combine ground pork, shrimp, lychee, soy and salt in a small bowl and mix gently and evenly. Form a patty the same size of your bun.
- Heat a small skillet with a little oil and fry until nicely browned. Flip the patty over and immediately top the browned side with cheddar slices.
- Cover the pan with a lid and turn down the heat. Cook for approximately 1 minute or until the cheese has melted and the patties are cooked through.
- Mix salad ingredients with a squeeze of lime juice and salt.
- Toast the insides of the brioche buns.
- Assemble the burger: Spread both insides generously with lychee ketchup. Top the bottom half of the bun with salad, followed by the pork-prawn patty. Top with remaining brioche bun.
Keywords: Pork shrimp lychee burger, lychee sauce, pork and prawn burger
