purplelara

wasabi chicken burgers

Across the street from my office is a little coffee shop called the Wired Bean, which serves a wicked chicken burger with wasabi mayonnaise. I’ve made my version a couple of times now, with varying degrees of success with the wasabi mayo.

It’s completely simple to make wasabi mayo (wasabi powder + mayonnaise = wasabi mayonnaise), but it’s difficult to tell when you have the wasabi level right. Until the powder has had a chance to sit in the mayo for a bit, it doesn’t seem to have that wasabi fire. We thought maybe we’d bought some old, dried out, broken down, non-fiery powder, so we snorted some. Whew, were we wrong.

I love wasabi and I really disliked the taste of the mayo when I first added the powder to it. I’d recommend adding a little at a time and refrigerating it for about an hour before giving it a taste test.

(This reminds me of story about the first time a certain someone I know (ahem) had sushi. This person thought it was weird that they served guacamole with sushi…and I’m sure you see where this is heading…)

Anyways, these burgers are quick, easy and pretty healthy too. I’m not sure they need the cheese, to be honest. They serve it with cheddar at the Bean but wasabi is so flavorful, I don’t think I really tasted the cheese. The rest of my day was pretty low-cal and I went for a walk/run after work, so I don’t feel bad about having it on my burger last night.

Ingredients

Whole wheat buns
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Wasabi mayonnaise (try approximately 1/2 teaspoon of wasabi powder per 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise and adjust from there)
Cheddar cheese
Tomato
Red onion

Prep

Breasts -> BBQ
Buns, cheese, tomato, onion -> Slice
Assemble

Yer done.

Fat, calories, carbs, etc.