Asian Chicken Burgers

Ingredients:

• 450 g of minced chicken
• 1 small carrot
• 1 small red onion, halved
• 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp grated peeled ginger
• 4 tsp. lightly salted soy sauce
• 3 tsp hot Asian chili sauce, such as sambal oelek
• 220 g of mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 2 tsp. dark sesame oil
• Juice of 1 lime
• 2 whole grain sesame seed burger buns

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (190°C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, grate the carrots and 1/2 onion on a coarse grater. Add the ground chicken, panko, 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce, ginger, 3 teaspoons soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon sambal oelek and mix well. Form the ground chicken into 4 patties and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until tender, about 20 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, thinly slice the remaining 1/2 onion. Combine in a bowl with the mushrooms, sesame oil, lime juice, and the remaining 1 teaspoon of soy sauce. In another bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of hoisin sauce and 2 teaspoons of sambal oelek with 1 tablespoon of water.
4. Warm the buns in the oven. Serve the patties on the buns with a drizzle of hoisin-sambal sauce and the mushroom mixture.