Pork and Shrimp Burgers

Ingredients

• Vegetable Salad

  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) fish sauce (nuoc-mam)
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) sambal oelek
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and julienned
  • 1 English cucumber, unpeeled and julienned

• Patties

  • 1 small onion, quartered
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1/4 cup (10 g) cilantro leaves
  • 1 lb (450 g) shrimp, shelled and deveined
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) fish sauce (nuoc-mam)
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) sambal oelek
  • 1 lb (450 g) lean ground pork
  • 1/4 cup (30 g) breadcrumbs

• Burgers

  • 8 hamburger buns
  • Mayonnaise, to taste
  • 8 curly lettuce leaves