Recipe and photos by Launie Kettler

Oh, yes. You want this recipe for Japanese burgers and pickled cabbage. It features a bright and savory burger coated in a sweet and salty sauce that will bring everyone running to the table.

Hey there! Don’t run with a fork in your hand! Walk slowly (and yet with great urgency) to get to the pan of Japanese burgers. Look at them gleaming under the beautiful glaze. Look at them, enticingly topped with a pickled Napa cabbage slaw. They transfix the eyes and awaken the imagination to new heights of enticement.  

Now, let’s stop daydreaming and get in the kitchen to get this recipe together! Round up your ingredients, get that chef’s knife and cutting board ready, and let’s dig in!

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Japanese-Style Hamburger Steaks with Pickled Cabbage

Servings: 4 - 6

Ingredients for the Cabbage

Ingredients for the Burgers

Ingredients for the Burger Glaze

Directions

About the Recipe Creator

Launie Kettler is a food writer and photographer who cooks big food in a small kitchen in northern Vermont. Her husband and cats are tolerant of the fact that she plays the same Wilco and Son Volt albums over and over while pontificating about the beauty of cumin. 

Launie is also the co-author of The Everything Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook and her recipes have been featured in Where Women Cook, Fresh Magazine, and on Salon.

You can find and follow Launie's adventures on her social handle @teenytinykitchenvt on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and her blog at TeenyTinyKitchen.com.