Ingredients

• 1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced rounds
• 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/8 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 pounds ground turkey
• 1/3 cup steamed jasmine rice
• 1/4 cup panko
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 Thai chili or serrano chile, seeded and minced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 4 sesame hamburger buns
• 1/2 cup homemade mayonnaise or store-bought
• 1 teaspoon wasabi powder
• 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped lemon peel

Instructions

1. Cucumber salad: Toss cucumbers, onions, rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Let it marinate at room temperature for 1 hour.
2. Burger: Mix ground turkey, rice, panko, green onions, egg, sesame oil, soy sauce, Thai chile, and sugar very well. Make into 4 patties. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute burgers until cooked through, approximately 5 to 6 minutes per side (depending on how thick you make them).
4. Wasabi mayonnaise: While burgers are cooking, toast buns, and mix mayonnaise, with wasabi powder, ginger, and lemon peel in a small bowl.
5. Drain cucumber salad well.
6. Smear 1 tablespoon wasabi mayonnaise on toasted bun halves, spread with a layer of drained cucumber salad, then top with burger and cover with bun top.