Jewels Turkey-Jasmine Burgers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cucumber salad
1 cucumber, peeled, and sliced into thinly sliced rounds
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1/8 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Burger
1 1/4 lbs ground turkey
1/3 cup steamed cooked jasmine rice
1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 Thai chiles or 1 serrano chili, seeded and minced
1 teaspoon sugar
salt, to taste
fresh ground black pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon peanut oil
4 hamburger buns with sesame seeds
Wasabi Mayonnaise
1/2 cup mayonnaise (store-bought or homemade)
1 teaspoon wasabi powder
1/2 teaspoon gingerroot, minced
1 teaspoon lemon peel, finely chopped

Preparation

Cucumber Salad:
Toss cucumbers, onions, rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Let it marinate at room temperature for 1 hour.
Burger:
Mix ground turkey, rice, panko, green onions, egg, sesame oil, soy sauce, Thai chile, and sugar very well.
Make into 4 patties.
Season with salt and pepper.
Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over med-high heat. Saute burgers until cooked through, approximately 5-6 minutes per side (depending on how thick you make them).
Wasabi Mayonnaise:
While burgers are cooking, toast buns, and mix mayonnaise, with wasabi powder, ginger, and lemon peel in a small bowl.
Drain cucumber salad well.
Smear 1 tablespoon wasabi mayonnaise on toasted bun halves.
Spread with a layer of drained cucumber salad, then top with burger, and cover with bun top.