My First Hamburg

What a good timing!  When I was thinking to make a "Hamburg steak" in the near future, uncle Mo gave me some "Panko" or "Bread crumbs." 

As you know, "Panko" is a Japanese word but it was originally combination of Pan which is derived from Portuguese (pão) and Japanese (ko) which is abbreviation of "Kona" meaning "flour."  

Just like a western word and a Japanese word were combined well, western dishes with Japanese Panko are excellent.

Today, for my first time, I made a Hamburger (It's called "Hamburg" in Japan.)

Ingredients (4 servings)  *I made more than double for 10 people which means two times meal for my family.

Ground Beef  400 gram or 14 oz

Onion   1/2 Onion

Butter    1 tbs

Panko    30 gram  or 1.05 oz

Milk     3 tbs

Egg   1 Egg

Salt    1/2 small spoon

Pepper   a little

Nutmeg  a little

Salad oil   1/2 tbs

1.  Fry finely cut onion with butter.  Do not fry too much.

2.  Make fried onion coold down.

3.  Mix ground beef, salt, pepper and nutmeg very well in a bowl.  It's important to mix beef with salt first.  So that beef can be sticky.

4.  Add milk (3tbs), Panko (30gram), Beaten Egg (*I made mistake), and then fried cool onion and mix them well.   Take and hit mixed beef to the bowl a few times in order to take out all the air insdie the mixed beef.

5.  Make oval shape hamburg.

6.  Heat frypan and pour salad oil a little.   Then fry hamburg by turing them upside down.

Comleted.  They are my very first bamburg!   They are not looking good but tasted good! 

I believe.....now, my wife has to admit...... she is lucky to have a good husband!