Burger recipe - Cemita Poblana with Pork Milanesa

This is based upon the Cemita Poblana with Pork Milanesa recipe.

This is a Mexican recipe - some background on it can be found on the original recipe description.  Technically you might call it a kind of sandwich, as it uses a pork chop rather than pork mince, but it comes across more as a burger by sight and taste.  And it's pretty good.  A crumbed, marinated pork chop combines well with avocado, pickled vegetables, and chipotle.

Note that the pork chops and vegetables for this recipe need to be marinated overnight.


Makes 2 burgers.

• boneless pork chops, 2 x 140g
  sprinkled with sugar and marinated overnight in balsamic (alt: apple cider) vinegar
• flour (or masa harina or bread crumbs), 1/2 cup
• salt and pepper, to taste
• egg, 1, whisked
• peanut or vegetable oil, for frying
• hamburger buns, 2
• ripe avocado, 1/2 (if it's a small avocado use a bit more of it)
  sliced, smashed or lightly mashed
• chipotle chiles in adobo, 2, chopped
• onions, carrots, and capsicum, all thinly sliced
  marinated overnight in vinegar and sugar to taste (you can substitute fresh onions and capsicum)
• shredded queso panela or mozzarella cheese, 55g
• rocket

Prep marinated pork chops

Pound the pork chops to flatten them to 1/2 inch or less.

Mix the flour (or masa harina or bread crumbs) with salt and pepper and place it on a shallow plate.

Dip the pork chops into the flour, dip it into the whisked egg, and dip in the breadcrumbs or back into the flour or masa harina. Set aside.


Cook chops

Heat a frying pan over a medium-high heat and add oil to 1/4 inch. Test a small piece of pork to see if it sizzles.

Fry the pork in the pan for 4 to 5 minutes per side, until golden brown and cooked through, and place on a plate. Cover with foil.


Prep and toast buns

Turn the heat down in the pan to a medium-low heat (the exact temperature doesn't matter much), and wipe the fat and burnt bits out of it with a paper towel.

Cut the buns in half, and scoop out some of the bread from the top half to make more room for the fillings.

Toast the buns, cut side down, until they're lightly toasted. 


Assemble burger

On top of the bottom half of the bun, add the avocado, chopped chipotle, marinated vegetables, pork chop, queso/mozzarella, and rocket.  Add the top half of the bun and you're done.