Recipe #219 and #220: Japanese Style Hamburger and Sesame Fries

It would be more japanese to eat this with rice, but I wanted fries and Will wanted beef so this is what we came up with! I found the recipe for the hamburgers here, but of course changed it because I didn't have tofu or mushrooms

You need:
1 lb ground beef
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup mirin
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp ground ginger
sprinkle of garlic powder

• mix ground beef, salt, pepper, egg and nutmeg together
• form into 6 small patties
• mix up mirin, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic powder
• put a bit of olive oil in pan then brown both sides of beef for about 2 minutes a side
• turn heat to low and cover. cook for 5 minutes.
• pour mirin mixture over hambugers. Move pan constantly so sauce doesn't burn.
• turn burgers to get evenly coated. Sauce forms a glaze on the burger.
• burgers are done when there is no sauce left in pan

Sesame Fries:

You Need:

3 russet potatoes

olive oil

sesame oil

ginger

salt

sesame seeds

• Cut up potatoes into long strips and put into a ziploc bag
• add olive and sesame oil, sprinkles of ginger, salt and sesame seeds
• bake for 25 minutes at 450 on a greased baking sheet.