Mini Renkon Hamburgers with Red Wine Sauce

This is version 2 of the Mini Renkon burgers. It's almost the same except that I add a little red wine to the actual burgers and serve it with a red wine sauce. See original Mini Renkon Hamburgers with Daikon Oroshi Sauce.

Ingredients (8-10 Mini burgers)
380 grams (0.8 lbs) of ground beef
1 clove of garlic (grated)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of red wine
1/2 cup of chopped onions
1/4 cup of grated renkon
1 egg
1/4 cup of panko bread crumbs
2 small renkon (lotus)
16-20 slices of renkon
1 teaspoon of vegetable oil

Sauce ingredients
1/3 cup of red wine
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce

Thickening sauce
1/4 teaspoon of katakuriko (potato starch) or you can substitute with corn starch
2 Tablespoons of water

1) Mix the beef, salt, pepper, nutmeg, soy sauce, red wine oyster sauce and garlic and mix well until it starts to get sticky. Use your hands.
2) Add the chopped onions, egg, panko and grated renkon and give it a quick mix until incorporated.
3) Peel your renkon. Grate 1/4 cup or about half of a small renkon. (You can use your daikon grater) Slice the rest into thin slices about 1/8 of an inch (or about 4mm).
4) Place sliced renkon into water for aku nuki.
Make little hamburger patties that are slightly smaller than the diameter of your renkon.
5) Assemble your burgers by sandwiching the patties between two slices of renkon and press lightly.
6) Heat your frying pan with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil.
7) Add your burgers and fry on medium to low heat for about 1 and a half minute on each side.
8) Add the sauce, cover and simmer on low for 5 minutes.
9) Add the thickening mix and stir quickly and simmer for an additional 1 minute.

Chop up your onions fine.


Grate your renkon with your daikon Grater




Slice your renkon thin and put your sliced renkon into a bowl of water.


Put some meat between two slices of renkon and press lightly while keeping the patty at least 1 inch thick.


Push the sides of the meat in until they fill up the holes in the renkon.


Add the vegetable oil and fry your mini burgers.


Add the sauce.


Cover and simmer with the sauce for 5 minutes.


Serve on a plate and drizzle red wine sauce over the top. Eat with rice and cooked vegetables.


DEEELICIOUS! You can serve these burgers with many different types of sauces. See previous posting for daikon sauce.