Recipe: Super healthy Japanese style Tofu Turkey Patty! (Tofu Hamburg)

Number of steps: 10  (...but very easy!)
Time taken: 30 min
Aprrox. 150kcal per large patty.

About This Dish:
Craving Japanese style beef hamburgs? I crave those, but I love these tofu hamburgs even more given the fact that they are super super super healthy, and easy to make! You can make a bunch and freeze them up too. How convenient can it be?

What You Need:
(for 8 large tofu hamburgs)

• 1 firm tofu (They sell it most grocery store now!)
• 300g Ground turkey (1/2 - 2/3 of a pound, you can also use ground chicken) 
• 1 cup Japanese panko (bread crumbs, they also sell these at the asian section of most grocery stores)
• 1/2 large onion
• 1 egg
• Salt, pepper

Sauce

• About 10 cm of Japanese radish 
• 2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 1.5 tbsp Japanese sake (or any wine)

Here are your ingredients, please ignore the chicken broth, I have no clue why it's there! 

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2. Get rid of the unnecessary water which of the tofu. I just pressed it hard until water stopped dripping.

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Here's the tofu after crushing it thoroughly.

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5. Add an already mixed egg, and ground turkey. Mix very well! 

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7. Using your hands, create the patties! I made them quite big as you can see ;)

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9. Add 1/2 cup of water into the pan and close it with a lid! This will steam the hamburgs and cook it well inside.

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11. As for the sauce: grate the radish and place HALF of it into a microwavable bowl. Add the soy sauce, mirin and sake and microwave for 2 minutes! Yup, that's it.

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1. Let's start! Chop up the onion in small, tiny pieces. Smaller the better! 

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3. Start crushing the tofu in a large bowl using a whisk. We want to make it a paste!

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4. Little by little, add the panko into the tofu.

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6. Once you've mixed it very well, add the onions and mix thoroughly.

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8. Put them on a pan on HIGH heat. Flip them over once you see a nice burn and wait for a nice burn on the other side.

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10. After 3 -5 minutes , take of the lid. If the water is all gone and your hamburgs seem cooked inside, you're all done! 

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Final: Top the hamburgs with the sauce and some fresh grated radish! Enjoy!!

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Note: Wrap them up with plastic wrap and freeze them! You can reheat on the pan or on the microwave. Very helpful on those busy days.

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