Chef John's Teriyaki Burgers

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef (85% lean)

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon sake

1 tablespoon mirin

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon sriracha hot pepper sauce

1 teaspoon brown sugar

4 slider-size burger buns

4 leaves lettuce

4 slices tomato

Directions

Preheat grill to medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.

Break up ground beef with the tip of a fork in a bowl. Drizzle in the soy sauce, sake, mirin, Worcestershire sauce, and sriracha sauce; crumble in brown sugar. Use tines of a fork to evenly distribute ingredients. Finish mixing with your hands (ideally your hands should be very cold for this). Shape into 4 equal-sized patties.

Grill until browned and cooked through turning once, 3 or 4 minutes per side. When burgers develop a slight dome shape and juices begin to come through the top surface, they are done. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Serve burgers on slider buns with lettuce and tomato slices.

Nutrition

• Calories: 329 kcal
• Total Fat: 15 g
• Saturated Fat: 5 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 81 mg
• Sodium: 573 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 163 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 4 g
• Protein: 26 g