Tender Hamburger Steaks with Silken Tofu. Great recipe for Tender Hamburger Steaks with Silken Tofu. I usually make this with firm tofu, but I tried making it with silken tofu and it was delicious! The onion is not sautéed, so this is very easy to make!

Heat a frying pan at medium high heat with oil. Tofu - this is my number one secret ingredient. Well, it is not so much a secret in Japan as this is a popular technique to add tofu when making hamburger steak. You can have Tender Hamburger Steaks with Silken Tofu using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Tender Hamburger Steaks with Silken Tofu

You need 200 grams of Mixed ground beef and pork.
It's 200 grams of Silken tofu.
It's 1 of Onion.
It's 1 of Egg.
You need 1 tbsp of Katakuriko.
It's 1 dash of Nutmeg.
Prepare 1 dash of Salt.
You need of For the sauce.
Prepare 3 tbsp of Ketchup.
You need 3 tbsp of Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Sake.
Prepare 3 tbsp of Water.
You need 1 tsp of Butter.

In Japan, we call hamburger patties, "hamburgu", so I call this recipe is tofu hamburg and not hamburgers like in English. A big problem that can happen when making hamburgers (or rissoles) are that they can be very dry, hard, and crumbly. So to make sure the hamburgers I make are always soft and juicy (and delicious), I put a little Japanese twist on them by adding tofu. Then pour in water or stock.

Tender Hamburger Steaks with Silken Tofu instructions

Wrap the silken tofu in paper towels and put on a sieve. Weight it down and leave to drain for half a day. Finely chop the onion..
Combine the drained tofu, ground meat, egg, katakuriko, onion, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and mix together well until smooth..
Refrigerate the mixture for about an hour..
Form the mixture into patties. It's very soft so do this just before you'll cook them..
Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add the hamburgers. Brown well (so that the juices are trapped inside). Flip over and brown the other side..
When both sides are browned, flip them over again, cover with a lid and turn the heat down to low. Steam-cook the hamburgers (5 to 10 minutes). If the juices run clear when you press down on them, they are done..
Combine the sauce ingredients in a small pan and simmer..
Transfer to serving plates, pour the sauce over it, and serve..

The longer time of simmering helps the tofu to absorb the flavors. In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, pepper, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and Worcestershire sauce. Add silken tofu carefully and break down tofu a little, not too much. Most people would not eat this. And yes, Tim is a spokesperson for Hellmann's Mayonnaise, but that doesn't change the fact that this actually works.