hambaagu - Japanese hamburger steak

 

Hambaagu is one of many Western dishes that was introduced to Japan, and Japanese adjusted to their tastes and sensibilities.

this was one of my earlier attempts without obtaining a few crucial ingredients such as egg

I harvested a lot of Dungeness crab meat for use in cooking dishes of many varieties; I buy only live crabs

sautéed onion and mushroom to be mixed into the meat

more mushroom for serving with the hambaagu

this time I bought egg

panko is use to make the burger lighter

the secret is to work the meat until it becomes sticky

getting glueier

only at the end I mixed in the wet panko

the dimple on the second side to be pan fried is the secret to keep the burger patty cooking evenly

I even bought Italian parsley

Gorgonzola cheese to jazz up the already flavorful steak

the mushroom and onion garnish with a demi glace

this is one decadent version with dungeness crab meat and gorgonzola cheese topping the steak; the garnish is sautéed onion, mushroom, and watercress

here is a soup dish made with a variety of seafood including the crab meat

The long list of seafood soup ingredients are:

• Dungeness crab broth, meat, and tamale 
• sake
• nori
• dashi stock
• mustard green
• soy sauce
• Himalayan pink salt
• live clams
• sea scallop
• gulf shrimps
• shiitake mushrooms
• olive oil
• sesame oil
• ground white pepper
• scallion
• fried soy milk skin roll