Burgers for the dim sum lovers out there

I've made these burgers countless times pre-WLS and made them for the first time since surgery last night. OMG!! They're still perfect! If you love Dim Sum, these will certainly remind you of shumai dumplings. Though the recipe doesn't suggest it, I always serve them with Soy Ginger Dipping Sauce. If people wish, they can be served on PC Thinsations mini burger buns. The recipe was printed in Chatelaine magazine sometime last summer. I've included a link to the recipe on their site.



As for the dipping sauce, I use the following recipe:

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon honey

• 1 teaspoon grated or minced fresh ginger
• 1/4 cup chopped scallions

 

Instructions

1. Whisk together the soy sauce, vinegar, honey, ginger then add the scallions.
   
   
   Here's the link to the burger recipe: http://food.chatelaine.com/Recipes/View/Shrimp-and-Pork-Mini -Burgers
   
   Oh, almost forgot the best part. They're a protein powerhouse! (At nearly three months out I can comfortably eat 1/2 a serving.)
   
   Nutrition:
   
   361 calories
   
   36 g protein
   5 g carbohydrates
   22 g fat
   1 g fibre
   620 mg sodium

they look awesome! thank you.

Wow they look awesome. I just sent the recipe to my boyfriend LOL

I made them for my boyfriend and he was reluctant to try them. It's now his new favourite meal. We both love Dim Sum and this really brought back memories of our former favourite Sunday morning activity.

Oh my - sounds delish, no bun needed at all.

I think it would be pretty easy to lower the calories and fats in this recipe. For example, instead of using honey in the dipping sauce you could use agave or even granulated Splenda.  Instead of pork, you could use turkey, etc. Are you going to post this recipe on our recipe forum?

You're right, you can tinker with the recipe to make it even healthier but I love it so much as it is. I decided not to sub for the honey in the dipping sauce because it really is just a smidge. I eat maybe a total of 1 TB so the sugar content is negligable. I'm sure this could work with turkey, too and I'd love to know how it turns out if someone tries it. Nutritionally, since I can only eat 1/2 a serving, my meal comes to less than 200 calories and about 11 grams of fat. Not too terrible for almost 20 grams of protein.

I'll try my best to post it on the forum but I haven't posted anything there before. I may need some technical help.

Sounds delicious! I make pot stickers (chinese dumplings) which have a similar filling and I substitute ground turkey for the pork. WIth the wonderful flavours of the ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil, I don't notice any difference between the pork and turkey. The burgers look great without all the hassle of filling the dumplings.

Lorraine

 mmm these look delicious. I will have to swap out the pork (religous reasons) but these are so going in mah bellah tonight.
Thanks for the recipe.

These sound so much like a recipe I made up (its posted on the Ontario recipes board), except I used ground chicken I believe and made them into small meatballs added them to chicken broth for a carbless won ton soup!  I absolutely love anything with fresh ginger and soy sauce!  Thanks for sharing!

 I think this is on my dinner list Saturday night. Thanks so much! I'm sure my company will loves this as much as I will:)