Chimi [Video+Recipe] Dominican Chimichurri Burger

Chimichurri Dominicano, the famous Dominican chimi burger is a sauce-dripping burger made throughout the Dominican Rep. a popular street food, and full of Dominican flavors.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Dominican, Latino

Keyword chimichurris, dominican chimichurri burger

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings servings

Calories 1317kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

For the chimi sauce

½ cup ketchup
½ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup orange juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Seasoning for the meat

1 large red onion
1 clove garlic
1 bell pepper
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 pound minced beef

For the chimi

3 tablespoons vegetable oil (soy, peanut or corn)
1 red onion cut into rings
2 diced tomato
2 cups shredded cabbage
6 panes de agua (or hamburgers buns)

Instructions

1. Making chimi sauce

In a small mixing bowl, mix the ketchup, mayonnaise, orange juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Set aside in the fridge.

2. Making the chimi patties

Pulse onion, garlic, bell pepper, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce in a food processor until you obtain a coarse paste.
Mix the seasoning paste with the meat. Divide meat into 6 portions and form 6 patties (round for hamburger bread, oval-shaped for pan de agua).

3. Grilling the patties

Brush a stove-top grill, heavy skillet, or large griddle with some of the oil and heat over high heat. Grill the patties, rotating until they are cooked through.
Set the cooked burgers aside.

4. Toasting the bread

Reapply some oil to the grill, lower the temperature to medium-high heat, and warm the bread.

5. Grilling the vegetables

Reapply oil to the grill, and sear onion and tomato slices.
Mix the cabbage with half the sauce made in step 1. Turn down the heat to medium and briefly cook the cabbage. Heating the cabbage is an optional step.

6. Assembling

Put meat, onions, tomatoes, and cabbage on the bottom half of the buns, and garnish with the remaining sauce. Top burgers with the other halves of the bread.
You can briefly put them back on the grill and press lightly if you want.

7. Serving

Serve right away. Goes great with an ice-cold beer.

Video

Notes

What bread to use for chimis?

This sandwich/burger is traditionally made with pan de agua (a Dominican bread similar to mini-baguettes. If you can't buy or make pan de agua, use burger buns, because what else can you do if you really want some chimis?

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