The BariGirls Shrimp Burgers

Shrimp Burgers

1 clove garlic, peeled

1 dried chilies or 1 fresh chili pepper, stemmed, seeded & deveined, more to taste

1 inch ginger, peeled and roughly chopped

1½ lbs peeled shrimp, deveined

¼ cup roughly chopped shallots, scallions or ¼ cup red onion

¼ cup roughly chopped red bell peppers or ¼ cup yellow bell pepper

Salt and Petter

½ cup cilantro leaf, to taste

Avocado oil

Start a charcoal or gas grill; fire should be moderately hot and rack about 4 inches from heat source.

Combine garlic, chili, ginger and 1/3 of the shrimp in a food processor and purée, stopping machine to scrape down sides of container as necessary.

Add remaining shrimp along with shallots, bell pepper, salt, pepper and cilantro, and pulse as many times as necessary to chop shrimp, but not too finely.

Shape mixture into 4 patties.   Brush grill or patties lightly with oil and place them on grill.

Cook undisturbed until a dark crust appears on bottom and they release fairly easily with a spatula, about 5 minutes.

Turn and cook an additional 3 to 4 minutes on the other side.  Serve on buns or not, as you like, with ketchup or lime juice as a condiment.