Crispy Prawn Burgers – RecipeTin Eats

September 20, 2025

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Prawn burgers (shrimp burgers) are bizarrely onerous to seek out – however you can also make them at house in underneath half-hour! Crispy prawn patties, juicy inside, sandwiched in comfortable buns slathered with creamy-sweet-savoury Bang Bang Sauce, I’d count on to pay upwards of $30 for this at a stylish bistro.

Crispy prawn burgers

Good prawn burgers are weirdly onerous to return by. Those I’ve tried have both been disturbingly bouncy (like over-firm Thai fish muffins), dry from overcooking, or simply plain missing in prawn flavour (I think….fillers!).

This home made model fixes all that. I additionally like that it’s an excellent prawn recipe the place it doesn’t actually matter whether or not the prawns have been freshly plucked out of the ocean, or got here in frozen baggage from the grocery retailer. Freshly peeled prawns have a softer, juicier texture which is actually noticeable in dishes like Garlic Prawns, whereas in prawn burgers, the distinction just isn’t as stark!

Use pillowy comfortable buns for the very best consuming expertise and your favorite seafood sauce. I’ve gone with Bang Bang Sauce at present, impressed by the flavours of the ever-popular Bang Bang Shrimp – crispy prawns tossed in a creamy-spicy sauce, a match made in heaven. Sure, that’s coming right here quickly!

Components in prawn burgers

Right here’s what you have to make these crunchy crispy prawn burgers!

1. For the crunchy crumbed PRAWN PATTIES

Prawns (shrimp) – You’ll want 400g/14 oz contemporary (peeled your self) or 500g/1 lb frozen uncooked prawns, which is able to lose about 100g/3 oz of water as soon as thawed (frozen seafood releases numerous liquid!).
Garlic – Blitzed up with the prawn for terrific contemporary garlic flavour.
Inexperienced onion – For a contact of contemporary flavour and good little inexperienced specks. Wouldn’t be a deal breaker in the event you skipped this, or substitute with 2 tablespoons of very finely minced onion (any color).
Panko breadcrumbs – Bigger items than common breadcrumbs for a crunchier crust!
Egg and flour – To make the panko stick. Simply common plain flour (all-purpose flour).

2. FOR THE BURGER

Mushy buns – My top-shelf selection is brioche buns, for the pillowy softness, barely candy and buttery flavour. Else, any comfortable roll or bun will work, or you possibly can minimize rounds out of sandwich bread (I’ve seen this at eating places, appears to be like terrific and fairly connoisseur, with neat uniform rounds).
Lettuce – Finely sliced, so it sits properly.
Gherkins – I take advantage of bigger ones finely sliced into rounds. If in case you have smaller ones you possibly can at all times finely chop and scatter.
Sauce choices – I’ve used Bang Bang Sauce as a result of prawns + creamy-sweet-barely-spicy sauce is a win! Nevertheless, any sauce you get pleasure from with prawns or seafood can be terrific right here – Tartare Sauce, Seafood Sauce, Aioli (please remind me to share a recipe!) or perhaps a squirt of excellent ole’ ketchup!

The best way to make prawn burgers

I prefer to blitz half the prawns which turns right into a paste and holds the patty collectively (no egg wanted for binding) whereas the remainder is chopped up and stirred by way of the combination so that you get good little prawn chunks within the burger.

Chop the prawns up into small items, slightly below 1cm / 0.2″.
Blitz half the prawns utilizing a stick blender with garlic till it turns into pasty. No should be tremendous meticulous about making certain each little bit is blitzed, as a result of we stir in prawn chunks anyway.

Prawn patty combination – Scrape the prawn paste right into a bowl and blend by hand with the remaining chopped prawns, inexperienced onion, salt and pepper.
Type balls – Utilizing barely moist fingers to stop the combination from sticking, roll the combination into 4 balls.

Flour – Working one ball at a time, coat in flour and shake off extra. Notice: The combination is sort of comfortable so I discover it’s simpler for dealing with to do the dredging steps in ball type then press into pattiy shapes on the finish.
Egg – Then roll within the egg, and permit the surplus to drip off.

Panko – Place the ball in panko breadcrumbs and press down right into a patty. Make it a smidge bigger than the dimensions of the burger bun, taking into account it’ll shrink barely and turn into a bit thicker because it cooks.
Flip utilizing a spatula and press right down to make the panko adhered. Reshape as wanted – the sides may crack, your patty won’t be an ideal circle if you squish it (gasp shock horror!)

Cooking and assembling

Patties made, let’s cook dinner! Although you get a extra even golden floor in the event you deep fry fairly than pan fry, I determine it doesn’t actually matter as a result of as soon as assembled within the burger, no person can see the floor!

Repeat – use all of the prawn combination to make 4 crumbed patties in whole.
Cook dinner – Warmth oil in a non stick pan over medium excessive warmth (and even medium, in case your range is robust). Cook dinner the prawn patties for two minutes on both sides till golden, then take away onto a paper towel lined tray.

TIP: The perimeters of your prawn patties ought to go golden from the oil splattering up the edges because it cooks, but when not, you possibly can simply stand them on the facet and roll throughout the pan – they’ll color virtually on contact. I didn’t do it for the recipe video however for the pictures I did.

Bang Bang Sauce – Simply mayonnaise, candy chilli sauce and sriracha. Combine, then it’s prepared to make use of! See elements part or recipe card for different sauce solutions.
Assemble – I at all times have a particular order by which I construct burgers and sandwiches! For prawn burgers, that is how I do it: smear base with sauce, place prawn patty on prime. Cowl with gherkin slices, pile on shredded lettuce then prime with a sauce smeared lid. READY TO EAT!

Gold normal can be to serve these with a facet of home made French fries, however that was out of attain for me at present. So I simply baked some frozen ones.

As for getting forward, they are often crumbed then saved within the fridge for a couple of hours however I wouldn’t do it too far forward because the salt within the prawn combination will draw moisture out and make the panko comfortable. Which is ok if it’s only a bit as it’ll crisp up when cooked, however in the event you go away it too lengthy you’ll compromise the crispiness. No one needs a soggy prawn burger.

In all honesty, I can’t bear in mind the final time I noticed a prawn burger on a menu. So I actually hope you get to do that! – Nagi x

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Crispy Prawn Burgers – RecipeTin Eats

Crispy prawn burgers