Bulgogi barbecue burgers baked in banana leaf parcels

Name: Bulgogi barbecue burgers baked in banana leaf parcels
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 700 g coarsely minced pork; 3 spring onions, finely chopped; 2.5 cm piece root ginger, finely grated; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp Asian sweet chilli sauce; 2 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp sugar; ½ tsp sesame seeds, toasted; vegetable or sunflower oil for cooking; vegetable or sunflower oil for cooking

Preparation info

Serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Burgers

By Paul Gayler

Published 2014

About

The flavours of the famous Korean barbecued beef dish are wonderful. Cooking in banana leaves keeps in all the aromas and natural juices. To make the leaves supple to wrap, hold them over a flame until they soften. If banana leaves are not available, use foil pouches.

Ingredients

700 g coarsely minced pork
3 spring onions, finely chopped
2.5 cm

Asia
Korea
Burger

Method

Mix all the ingredients for the burgers in a bowl, chill for 1 hour.
Divide the mix into 4 evenly sized burgers and brush liberally with the oil.
Heat a film of oil in a nonstick frying pan and, when hot, add the burgers; seal on each side for 1 minute then remove.
Place a sealed burger in the centre of each banana leaf and spoon some of the