japanese-style stewed hamburger steak

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• u.s.

ingredients:

• 330 g ground meat
• 400 g onion
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons bread crumbs
• 3 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 1/2 tablespoons ketchup
• 3 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 3 1/2 tablespoons water
• 3 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• suitable amount mayonnaise (optional)
• a little salt
• a little pepper
• 1 tablespoon salad oil

step 1:

Chop the onion into small pieces. Warm in the microwave for 3 minutes. Remove from the microwave and let cool for more than 20 minutes.

step 2:

Beat the egg and mix with the ground meat, onion, bread crumbs, salt and pepper in a big bowl.

step 3:

Form the mixture into small balls and flatten into patties.

step 4:

Heat the oil in the frying pan over a medium flame and add the patties. Sear the patties for a couple of minutes. After they change color, sear the opposite side for a couple of minutes.

step 5:

Mix the soy sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and water in a bowl. Reheat the frying pan over a low flame, and add the sauce. Cover and simmer the patties in the sauce for about 10 minutes.