🐑 Spicy Cumin Lamb Burger
"hitting me right in the pleasure zone" - Anthony Bourdain
This recripe comes from Ethan.
Daily Bread
Ingredients
- 250g flour
- 5g salt
- 3g yeast
- 1g pinch (1/8tsp) baking powder
- 1g pinch (1/8tsp) sugar
- 125g room temp water
Instructions
- Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl
- Add water and mix by hand until a dough forms
- Knead for 3-5 minutes.
After kneading
- Cover and let rest for 30min
- Knead for another 2min in the bowl
- Pull it out and let it rest for another 10min
- Cut into 4 pieces and roll into balls
- Flatten and roll into 4-5in circles
- Over low heat in a pan, cook, covered each side for 2-3min
Fully cooked
Spicy Cumin Lamb
Ingredients
- 1lb boneless lamb leg (or lamb stew meat or gro)
- 8g (1.5 tsp) salt
- 15g (2 tbsp) cornstarch
- 30g (2 tbsp) neutral oil
- 1 scallion, sliced
- knob of ginger, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 10g (2 tbsp) cumin seeds
- 5g (1 tbsp) chinese dry red chile powder (subsitute Cayenne)
- 1/4 red onion, sliced
- 1 longhorn or Thai chile pepper
- 1 pinch MSG
- pickled onions for serving
- cilantro for serving
- noodles, rice, bun, or daily bread for serving
Instructions
- Cut lamb into small 1/8 in pieces. With your hands, mix with salt and cornstarch.
- Set wok over high heat and add oil. When oil is hot, add scallion, ginger, and garlic. Stir fry for 30 seconds. Immediately add lamb and stir fry for 5 minute unles nice browning exterior.
- Add cumin and chile powder. Stir fry for 30 seconds.
- Turn the heat off, add cumin, chile powder, onions, pepper, and MSG. Stir to combine.
- Serve on noodles, rice, bun, or daily bread with pickled onions and cilantro.