Barbara Tropp’s China Moon Cafe Wonton Burgers
Barbara Tropp’s China Moon Cafe Wonton Burgers, a barbeque recipe with simple ingredients and a clear step-by-step method. Home cooking from the Soumac.
Barbara Tropp’s China Moon Cafe Wonton Burgers
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tsp. green onions — sliced
- 1/4 cup cilantro or Chinese chives — chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh gingerroot — finely minced
- 2 1/2 tablespoons garlic — finely minced
- 1/4 cup plus 1 T. soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine OR dry sherry
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons hot chili oil
- 1/4 cup chicken stock
- 3 pounds pork butt — coarsely ground
- (1 part fat to 3 to 4 parts lean) 2 French baguettes — each cut crosswise
Method
- – into 4 equal — portions peanut oil Dijon mustard In a large bowl, combine the green onion, cilantro, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rice wine or sherry, salt, pepper, chile oil, and stock and mix well.
- Add the pork and stir in one direction with your hands or a large spoon just until the mixture can be thoroughly blended.
- Do not overcook the meat. (At this point the mixture can be sealed airtight and refrigerated overnight.
- The flavors will actually enlarge.
- Bring to room temperture before cooking.) Handling the meat mixture as little as possible to avoid compacting it, divide it into 8 equal portions nd form the portions into rectang;es to fir the bread.
- Brush a heavy skillet with a film of oil.
- Remember that the pork will render some of its own fat, so you’ll need only minimal oil for cooking.
- Place the pan over high heat and heat it as hot as possible.
- Add the patties and sear, turning once, until well browned on both sides.
- Reduce the heat and cook until done to your preference.
- Cut the French bread lengthwise and spread the cut surfaces of the baguette portions with mustard and enclose the patties inside.
- Serves 8.
- NOTE: “Burgers made from leftover spicy pork wonton filling is a favorite staff lunch at China Moon Cafe in San Francisco.
- The meat mixture is moist and zestily seasoned, so a mild Dijon mustard is a terrific accompaniment….
- Wonton, by the way, translates as “cosmic chaos”.
- The word dates back to Chinese antiquity when the universe was described as a jumble of light and dark enclosed in a thin shell, hence the edible invention of the wonton.”.
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