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Szechwan Beef Burgers with Sweet and Hot Sauce

By: SMUCKER'S® 
"Zesty burgers are served atop fried rice, and garnished with an apricot and plum sweet and sour sauce."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (2)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
 

Ingredients

  • Burger Patties:
  • 1 tablespoon Szechwan Seasoning or to taste (see note)
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1/4 cup Jif® Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter
  • 1 1/4 pounds ground beef chuck
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  • Sweet and Hot Sauce:
  • 1/2 cup Smucker's® Apricot Preserves
  • 1/4 cup Smucker's® Red Plum Jam
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
  • Crushed red pepper flakes to taste
  • CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 2 cups prepared fried rice, warmed
  • Cilantro, chopped for garnish

Directions

  1. Combine Szechwan Seasoning, ginger, soy sauce, water and peanut butter in a medium bowl. Crumble ground beef over mixture. Gently combine the ingredients. Shape meat into eight (4-inch) patties. Refrigerate.
  2. Combine apricot preserves, plum jam, vinegar, ginger and pepper flakes in small mixing bowl.
  3. Coat unheated grill grate with no-stick cooking spray. Heat grill to medium-high (350 to 400 degrees F). Grill patties 3 to 5 minutes per side or until juices run clear. To serve, place 1/2 cup of warm fried rice onto each plate. Top with 2 burgers, garnish with sweet and hot sauce and cilantro.

Footnotes

FOOTNOTE

  • Szechwan seasoning is available in your grocer's spice aisle.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 600 | Total Fat: 30.3g | Cholesterol: 86mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 14, 2011 by MO2BOYS   view full review
I used the sauce over the top of filets and garished w sesame seeds instead of cilantro....
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 8, 2011 by MissDoor   view full review
So good! I had no idea what Szechwan seasoning was so we substituted montreal burger...

 

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