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Pad Thai Shrimp Burgers

[heart_this] · Jun 3, 2013 · 20 Comments

Pad Thai Shrimp Burgers

Succulent shrimp burgers with all of the flavours of pad Thai!

My next tasty new burger this grilling season is inspired by the flavours of shrimp pad Thai, aka shrimp pad Thai burgers. As many of you know, I am a huge fan of pad Thai and I always enjoy using pad Thsi flavours in different dishes and with burgers being on my mind a lot lately it struck me to combine the two. Pad Thai , a stir-fried noodle dish, can be made with any meat but my favourite has to be shrimp and a shrimp burger patty sounded like a fabulous idea. When I think of a shrimp burger I think of large chunks of juicy succulent shrimp bursting in your mouth with every bite and not some kind of texture-less shrimp patty so I decided to start with some fairly large shrimp and to cut them into a few big pieces. The only question was how to hold those large chunks of shrimp together and the obvious solution seemed to be to grind up a small portion of the shrimp in a food processor and to use shrimp to hold the shrimp chunks together. I do not really like to use ‘fillers’ like egg and breadcrumbs in burger patties so these shrimp burgers are simply large chunks of shrimp held together by some shrimp paste along with a few pad Thai flavours including garlic, shallots, fish sauce, lime zest and cilantro.
Up next was the condiments for the pad Thai burgers and I had to start with the sauce. Pad Thai is normally made with a tasty sauce consisting of sour tamarind, sweet sugar, salty fish sauce and spicy chilies so that is where I started but this sauce is a little too thick for what I wanted so I thinned it down a bit with the addition of some coconut milk. I could have stopped there with the sauce but I could not resist adding some peanut butter, which is not commonly used in pad Thai, but since pad Thai is often topped with chopped peanuts I figured adding some more peanut flavour could only make things better. I filled the pad Thai burgers out with some of the vegetables in pad Thai including bean sprouts and shredded carrots along with plenty of fresh cilantro and I finished them off with some chopped peanuts and crispy fried shallots.
I have to say that these tasty shrimp pad Thai burgers exceeded all of my expectations and that the pad Thai flavours work really well in burger form! I was also really pleased by how well the shrimp patties tuned out! The texture of the large chunks of shrimp was quite amazing and I am looking forward to making many more shrimp burgers in the future!

Pad Thai Shrimp Burgers
Just look at those large chunks of succulent shrimp!

Pad Thai Shrimp Burgers
These pad Thai shrimp burgers are sure to impress at your next barbecue get together!

Pad Thai Shrimp Burgers

Pad Thai Shrimp Burgers

Pad Thai Shrimp Burgers

Prep Time: 10 minutes Chill Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Servings: 4

Succulent shrimp burgers with all of the flavours of pad Thai!

ingredients
  • 1 1/2 pounds shrimp, peeled, deveined and coarsely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 small shallot
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon lime zest
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro
  • 3/4 cup coconut milk
  • 2 teaspoons tamarind concentrate (or the juice from 1 lime)
  • 2 tablespoons palm sugar (or brown sugar)
  • 1 tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce)
  • 1 teaspoon chili sauce (or to taste)
  • 1 tablespoon peanut butter
  • 1 cup bean sprouts
  • 1/4 cup carrot, julienned
  • 2 green onions, sliced
  • 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
  • 4 buns
  • 1/4 cup peanuts, toasted and chopped
  • 2 tablespoon crispy fried shallots (optional)
directions
  1. Mince 1/3 of the shrimp in a food processor along with the garlic, shallot, fish sauce, lime zest and cilantro.
  2. Mix the minced shrimp into the chopped shrimp, form 4 patties and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  3. Oil your grill, heat to medium-high and cook the shrimp until pink, about 3-5 minutes per side.
  4. Heat the coconut milk, tamarind, sugar, fish sauce and peanut butter over medium heat until the sugar and peanut butter melt and the sauce thickens a bit and set aside to cool.
  5. Mix the bean sprouts, carrot, green onion and cilantro and toss in the pad thai sauce.
  6. Place the shrimp patties in buns and top with the bean sprout mixture, chopped peanuts and crispy fried shallots.
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Comments

  1. Steph says

    June 3, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Loving all these flavors!

    Reply
  2. Tieghan says

    June 3, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    What a great burger Kevin! I love all these flavors!

    Reply
  3. Unknown says

    June 3, 2013 at 1:03 pm

    That looks incredible!

    Reply
  4. Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says

    June 3, 2013 at 1:22 pm

    Love this spin on the usual burgers – and gorgeous pictures!

    Reply
  5. Heather Christo says

    June 3, 2013 at 2:51 pm

    oh Kevin- this looks mouthwatering. I would eat one for breakfast!!

    Reply
  6. We Are Not Martha says

    June 3, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    Shrimp burgers are the BEST idea ever!! Add Pad Thai flavors and I don't even know what to do with myself!

    Sues

    Reply
  7. Rocky Mountain Woman says

    June 3, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    Great idea for summer! I have a few friends who don't eat beef, so this is going in the rotation…

    Reply
  8. marla says

    June 3, 2013 at 8:12 pm

    Such a fun idea for burgers Kevin!

    Reply
  9. Paula - bellalimento says

    June 3, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    This is just genius!

    Reply
  10. Rachelle Flores says

    June 3, 2013 at 9:51 pm

    Not a fan of Cilantro – is there something I can use instead?
    Thanks
    [email protected]

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  11. kevin says

    June 3, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    Rachelle Flores: Basil and/or a small amount of mint would also be nice.

    Reply
  12. Julie @ Table for Two says

    June 4, 2013 at 1:00 am

    what a fun and creative burger!! this is so full of flavor. my mouth is watering!

    Reply
  13. SumZ says

    June 4, 2013 at 1:40 am

    Shrimp Burger.. who wud have thought!!! looks and sounds great. Gotta try.

    Reply
  14. Joanne T Ferguson says

    June 4, 2013 at 1:54 am

    G'day! What a novel pad thai burger, TRUE!
    Is only breakkie, but I can go for one of these too!
    Cheers! Joanne

    Reply
  15. Angela says

    June 4, 2013 at 4:43 am

    Wow! That looks delish and it's such a great idea! Can't wait to try it!

    Reply
  16. Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says

    June 4, 2013 at 5:22 am

    Pad thai is one of my favorite take-out dishes so I know I will absolutely LOVE this burger. Well done!

    Reply
  17. Angela AnotherBitePlease says

    June 4, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    thai shrimp burger – YES please. i love all your thai recipes…keep them coming 🙂

    Reply
  18. Sika says

    June 4, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    What a great idea! I have to try this recipe.

    Reply
  19. turtle66 says

    June 4, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    Kudos Kevin for creativity! "Lovin' It"

    Reply
  20. Beverly says

    September 3, 2021 at 7:23 am

    Hi Kevin,

    I made these last night and they were outstanding. We didn’t have them on buns, I made up the bean sprout/carrot/cilantro mixture and we put that in bowls, drizzled on the peanut sauce (which I could have just drank on its own! Delish!) then put a patty on top. Nom-nom! Oh – and as the weather wasn’t really the best for BBQing (how un-Canadian of me to say that – we BBQ in blizzards!), I used our panini press, which worked perfectly as there was no need to flip them. They held together very well. Thanks so much for posting this recipe.

    Reply

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