Hambagu with Grilled Brinjal, Green Pepper in Airfryer

Japanese Hambagu ala Salisbury Steak

INGREDIENTS

• 250-300gm of Minced Meat (70% beef, 30% chicken)
• 1 Egg
• 1 cup of Panko
• 2 Tbsp of Milk
• 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped & sauteed
• 3 Tbsp of Cooking Sake or 5 Tsbp of red wine
• 1/2 tsp of Nutmeg
• Cooking oil
• Salt
• Black Pepper

SAUCE

• 1 Tbsp of Butter
• 200ml of Water
• 4 Tbsp of thick Tonkatsu Sauce
• 2 tsp of shoyu

METHOD

• Mix all the INGREDIENTS above (except for cooking oil & cooking sake/red wine) in a bowl well. Knead it with hands.
• Rub some cooking oil on palms and take the mixture appropriate to your palm size. Start playing catch with the mixture, thrown between both palms to remove the air.
• Mould it into oval shape.
• Spray olive/cooking oil on baking pan. Placed patty on pan. Depress the patty in the middle with finger.
• Airfryer Setting: 230C for 6-8 minutes, depending on thickness.
• At 3-4 minutes, turn patty over. Don't do it if it wasn't nicely browned already!
• Pour in Cooking Sake and continue to cook through the remaining time.
• Remove cooked meat patty and place aside.
• Using the same pan in airfyer with the remaining jus, pour in the SAUCE mix above.
• Airfryer Setting: 180C for 3 minutes, stirring it well in between time.

Pour sauce over hambagu before serving.

Grilled Brinjal & Green Pepper in Nonya Dried Shrimp Sambal

INGREDIENTS

• 1 Long Brinjal, thick slices
• 1/2 Green Pepper, matchstick slices
• 1/2 to 1 Tbsp of Cooking Oil
• Nonya Dried Shrimp Sambal
• Salt to taste

METHOD

• In mixing bowl, throw in brinjal and green pepper slices and coat it well with cooking oil.
• Sprinkle salt to taste and mix well.
• Place mixture in Airfryer > High Metal Steel > Pan
• Setting > 180C > 9 minutes
• At 6-7 minutes of cooking, pause and sprinkle dried shrimp sambal into pan and mix well together with the brinjal + green pepper. Continue to cook through the remaining time set.

Hambagu Dinner