Japanese Hamburger Steak with Tofu (Vegetarian)

This healthy Japanese Hamburger Steak with Tofu is made from 100% tofu. If you are looking for a vegetarian dinner recipe, then this tofu dish will be perfect.

We call this dish tofu hambagu and it's our family's favorite tofu recipe!

Whether you're a meat-eater or vegetarian, this hamburger steak will be sure to please.

Let me walk you through how to make this healthy and easy dish!

This recipe is for you if:
• you love tofu and Japanese recipe.
• you are looking for a tofu burger recipe.
• you want to make Japanese hamburger steak.
• you are looking for a vegetarian hamburger steak recipe.

If you want to check the recipe, please jump to the recipe card. Let's get cooking!

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• About This Recipe
• What is a Japanese hamburger steak?
• 📋 Ingredients
• 🔪Instructions
• What to serve with
• Thanks For Stopping By
• More Tofu Recipes You Might Like
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

About This Recipe

• Japanese hamburger steak with tofu (Tofu hambagu)
• Use tofu and hijiki (dry seaweed)
• Vegetarian recipe
• Easy dinner recipe

What is a Japanese hamburger steak?

Hamburger steak or Hambagu in Japanese is a patty made with ground meat and onion and is a popular home-cooked dish in Japan.

We eat it as it is, typically served with rice or bread and some side dish.

You can also stack the patties on hamburgers buns and add your favorite toppings to make a hamburger.

It's a meat dish but can be made without the meat so let me show you how to make a vegetarian hambagu in this recipe.

📋 Ingredients

Here are the ingredients (amounts are in the recipe card below).

• Firm tofu: You don't need to press tofu.
• Hijiki: Dry seaweed. They don't have a strong taste but have a slight smell of the ocean. The texture is soft, so easy to bite. Mix in with tofu and absorb the water contained in tofu. You can substitute it with oats.
• Onion
• Ginger: Grate ginger would add a little flavor, but you can omit it if you don't have it.
• Egg
• Panko: Japanese-style bread crumbs.
• Salt and Pepper

🔪Instructions

I will show you how to make it step by step. You can also watch this video.

1. Finely chop the onion and microwave.
2. Put tofu and hijiki in a bowl.
3. Mix until tofu becomes smooth.
4. Grate ginger

5. Add an egg.
6. Add cooked onion.
7. Add panko.
8. Season with salt and pepper.

9. Mix all well.
10. Leave the bowl in the fridge for more than 30 minutes.
11. Make patties.
12. Pan-fry each side until brown. 

Here you go!

Serve them on a plate with your favorite sauce. A good one to try is ketchup mixed with mayonnaise, or teriyaki sauce (a mixture of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar).

You can also find the hambagu sauce recipe in this soy meat hambagu.

What to serve with

If you are not sure about what to serve with, here is an idea. Japanese steamed rice, miso soup, and salad together so that you can have the perfect vegetarian lunch!

• Japanese rice
• Daikon miso soup
• Tamagoyaki Japanese Rolled Egg
• Asparagus Salad

Thanks For Stopping By

How do you like the recipe? It's an easy and healthy dinner recipe with tofu. I hope you love it and enjoy it with your family.

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More Tofu Recipes You Might Like

• Vegan tofu nuggets
• Vegan mapo tofu
• Teriyaki tofu and mushrooms
• Teriyaki atsuage recipe
• Japanse Tofu and Seaweed Salad

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