OK, burgermeisters. We need your help. One of our burger brethren is looking for a good teriyaki burger recipe. As our friend Chisai asks in Serious Eats's Talk section:
I was deeply in love with the teriyaki burgers at Trader Vic's in the International Market Place in Honolulu. Best burger in the world. Anyhow, god knows, I've tried to replicate it, but with the most dismal results. They have a cookbook available online, but there's no TOC for me to check if it's on it, and since it's more of a kitschy party book, I'm kinda doubting it's there or I'd just buy it. So, does anyone make an awesome teriyaki burger?
After having had a couple dismal teriyaki burger specimens in my life, I'd all but written off the form. But if a good one can inspire such devotion from Chisai, maybe some reevaluation is in order. So, anyone? Recipe?
I've tried for a while to make this. It's not about mixing the teriyaki into the meat. It's about a lot more. It was the kind of teriyaki, the kind of bread, etc. I haven't eaten this thing in 20 years and I can still taste it, and can come no where near to making it right. It's been driving me crazy forever. I worry that it's a lost cause.
I remember my aunt making this in the '60's. It had a ton of teriyaki in it, and orange juice - the concentrate, and garlic salt. I remember that she called them Trader Vic's Hamburgers, and they were grilled on charcoal, and served on a kind of sweet-ish bun, like Portuguese bread, but she called it Filipino bread. And I think there might have been pineapple juice mixed into mayonnaise? Sound familiar?
In Hawaii (James Campbell HS in Ewa Beach during the late 60's) the cafeteria served teri burgers with a slice of tomato, leaf of lettuce on hawaiian roll, no condiments. Wedge of pinapple on the side.
They cooked the meat rolled out on baking sheets and cut the to around 3x6 inches. Ono loa!
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5 Comments:
mix the teriyaki sauce into the meat.
gerald tritt at 7:56PM on 03/12/08
I've tried for a while to make this. It's not about mixing the teriyaki into the meat. It's about a lot more. It was the kind of teriyaki, the kind of bread, etc. I haven't eaten this thing in 20 years and I can still taste it, and can come no where near to making it right. It's been driving me crazy forever. I worry that it's a lost cause.
chisai at 8:00PM on 03/12/08
I remember my aunt making this in the '60's. It had a ton of teriyaki in it, and orange juice - the concentrate, and garlic salt. I remember that she called them Trader Vic's Hamburgers, and they were grilled on charcoal, and served on a kind of sweet-ish bun, like Portuguese bread, but she called it Filipino bread. And I think there might have been pineapple juice mixed into mayonnaise? Sound familiar?
dksbook at 9:52PM on 03/12/08
Oh My Gosh @dksbook, that sounds probably closer to what I'm looking for than anything else I've heard, save the mayo. I'm gonna try it. Thanks!
chisai at 7:20PM on 03/14/08
In Hawaii (James Campbell HS in Ewa Beach during the late 60's) the cafeteria served teri burgers with a slice of tomato, leaf of lettuce on hawaiian roll, no condiments. Wedge of pinapple on the side.
They cooked the meat rolled out on baking sheets and cut the to around 3x6 inches. Ono loa!
opbuzz at 9:47AM on 03/23/08