Recipe: Chicken Patties with Ginger & Sesame Seeds

Ingredients...

1 spring onion
1 large clove garlic
1" cube fresh ginger
1lb minced chicken
1 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
freshly ground black pepper
1/4 - 1/2 tsp chilli powder
korean dipping sauce (see Korea/Sauces)
1-2 tbsps vegetable oil

Instructions...

1) Cut the spring onion crossways into very fine rounds along it's entire length.

2) Peel the garlic and crush it to a pulp. Peel the ginger and grate it very finely.

3) Put the chicken in a bowl. Add the spring onion, garlic, ginger, roasted sesame seeds, sesame oil, soy sauce, black pepper and chilli powder. Mix well and make 5 patties that are about 3 1/2" in diameter. Put in a single layer on a plate and cover with cling film. Prepare the Korean Dipping Sauce (see Korea/Sauces).

4) Grease the bottom of a large non stick frying pan with 1 tbsp of the oil and set over a medium high heat. When it is hot put in the patties in a single layer. Cook for 1 - 1 1/2 mins or until medium brown on one side. Turn and cook the second side again in the same way. Turn the heat to medium and cook both sides again for a minute or so until they are cooked through, (pierce the centre of one with a sharp knife to check they are cooked). Serve hot with rice or inside a hamburger bun.