A lot of the ideas i get for meals and entries are from other blogs. In particular i love looking at the pictures on foodgawker - no matter how blah you are a quick look at all of these lovely dishes will make you hungry! This week i was feeling especially lazy, and took to looking at foodgawker for something to spark my interest in making something. As often happens on the internet, one link took me to another, and another and i was looking at a blog about making all types of salmon burgers - and one was asian inspired....My relationship with salmon has been shaky over the last few years due to a food poisoning incident - but i've started eating smoked salmon, and recently made that maple salmon pasta so i thought perhaps i was ready. I also liked this because it wasn't just some fillet, but a little more challenging. I made sure to buy some high quality salmon and had them skin it at the counter as i always make a mess of that aspect.
I'm not a huge bread/bun person, so i thought instead of serving these like regular burgers i would do them with a salad. I figured i would make an "asian" salad to work with the burgers.
The burgers themselves were really easy. I used about a pound of salmon, and cut it into chunks, then pureed a quarter of the salmon with soy sauce and sesame oil. Once that was a paste i added the rest of the salmon and a quarter of an onion and pulsed until they were dime-sized pieces. After that i put the mixture in a bowl, added salt and pepper and mixed in a couple tbsps of sesame seeds about half a cup of panko bread crumbs. (which i prefer to regular bread crumbs)
Once i had everything mixed i formed patties - this is supposed to make four but i had a little runt left so i made one mini burger. Heating up a pan i added a tsp of butter and once it foamed i added the patties and let them cook about four minutes a side.
On the salad i went a little rogue - i just ran around the grocery store picking things that i though would be fun - i ended up with zucchini, cucumber, red and orange peppers, red onions, avocado, mango, hot peppers, arugula, cilantro. When i got home i realized that i also had some peanuts so i roasted them too.
For the dressing i went with a easy one i've made before - i don't have a real recipe or measurements, i just taste it and see if i like it. Its olive oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and hot peppers.
Just before we were sitting down to eat i thought that perhaps the burgers might be a bit dry so i mixed a quick sauce - i used mayo, cilantro, avocado and hot sauce to top the burgers. I would have preferred sour cream, but i didn't have any.
The burgers were pretty good - i might try this with tuna instead, and actually the salad ended up being the stand out of the meal. Sometimes these things happen.
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