I modified my mother’s banana-oatmeal cake and baked it for a pre-Thanksgiving supper. To test it out, I sampled a piece, and I really like it! It has a spice cake flavor to it. Generally speaking, I don’t like pumpkin, but this cake is an exception. It tastes amazing when topped with cinnamon cream cheese icing. I’m eager to find out if my family members share my enthusiasm. This dish is also delicious when made with applesauce instead of pumpkin, in my experience. Salt and eggs are not required in this recipe.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 mins |
| Total Time: | 36 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ pounds lean ground beef
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons lemon grass, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 2 red chili peppers, seeded and minced
- ¼ cup chopped peanuts
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 limes
Instructions
- Preheat grill for high heat.
- In a large bowl, mix together ground round, bread crumbs, lemon grass, shallot, chili peppers, and peanuts. Season with salt and pepper. Form into patties. If you are making these ahead of time, do not add peanuts until you are ready to grill.
- Lightly oil grate, and place burgers on grill. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove from grill, and sprinkle burgers with lime juice.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 438 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 99 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 12 g |
| Sodium | 160 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 31 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I don’t particularly think they taste Thai, but I did enjoy these quite a bit. The texture was good, and I liked having a spicy burger. I will likely make these again
Really good. Everyone loved these.
Wonderful! I didnt use the bread crumbs. Added more lemongrass, added garlic & more shallots.
I liked this.. I didn’t taste Thai very strongly, so I topped with a thick homemade Thai peanut sauce. Nice change from usual burger
I wasn’t able to stay true to the recipe, but even with our substitutes, my boyfriend keeps making yummy noises, and claimed that this burger would sell if we opened a burger shack, haha. So it’s a hit and we plan to make them again!
I was looking for a recipe to use some of the lemon grass from my herb garden. These burgers were even better than I expected! I used ground turkey and some crushed red pepper flakes instead of fresh, but otherwise followed recipe exactly. We topped them with garlic herb cheese and some chili sauce. Yum!!
Didn’t like them. Nor did my family
IT was tasty, but really didn’t have much flavor. Don’t get me wrong, we both went back for seconds, but really couldn’t distinguish the Thai flavor until we chomped into the peanuts!
Enjoyed this different flavor. Couldn’t find lemongrass so had to substitute lemon rind. Thanks!
This was a wonderful and unique recipe that I couldn’t wait to try. I didn’t have any lemon grass, but my friend had lemon verbena and it worked perfectly. I also substituted red pepper flakes for the chili peppers and lean ground turkey for the beef. Honestly, the best turkey burgers I’ve ever made!
Excellent variation on the classic hamburger!
I am crazy about this recipe! So delicious! I did add an egg to the recipe (I thought it needed it bind the ingedients together) and made meatballs instead of burgers. Served with jasmine rice and satay sauce … it’s a dream!
Really tasty! A nice twist on the typical burger. I think next time we’ll put peanut sauce on the bun for something extra. We doubled up the fresh basil and the lemon grass – my son even liked them and he hates hamburger. Thanks for this creative recipe.
I use ground turkey for this. I also add fresh cilantro and some hot chili sauce. I serve it with pita folds and Thai peanut sauce. This is fantastic!!
That was really good. I used spring onions instead and it was just delicious.
These burgers are good, but I really wouldn’t compair them to “Thai”. The lemon grass wasn’t strong enough to give it that Thai flavor. (In order to get that taste you need vinegar). We followed the recipe exact and felt they were missing something nonetheless. My boyfriend added more onion and I added pepperjack cheese. All in all, if you want a burger with a different taste then these will do just fine.
GREAT IDEA!! No shallots on hand, so we used green onions. I’m not sure if we will want plain hamburgers again!
Outstanding! I fried them in a ridged frypan instead of grilling (inclement weather). The peanuts really added a good texture and the lime juice enhanced the flavor. I had to use dried basil instead of fresh but it didn’t hurt anything much. I also used jalapeno pepper but went easy on it. If you are looking for something different in burgers, don’t miss this one.