GRILLED SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE PO-BURGERS WITH REMOULADE SLAW

GRILLED SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE PO-BURGERS WITH REMOULADE SLAW image

Categories Sandwich Shellfish Tailgating

Yield 8 burgers

Number Of Ingredients 45

Ingredients

Burger Patties:
6 ounces andouille sausage
2 pounds medium or large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tablespoon ground ancho chilies
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 green onions, chopped, green and white parts
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons lager style beer
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
Remoulade Slaw:
6 green onions, chopped, green and white parts
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
2 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon Creole mustard
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups bagged, preshredded slaw mix (without dressing)
"Buns":
2 10-12 ounce refrigerated French loaves (dough)
Cooking spray
Fried Onions:
Vegetable oil, enough to fill a heavy-duty pot at least 1/2 inch deep
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup yellow corn meal
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cayenne
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup lager style beer
2 teaspoons hot sauce
1 medium sweet onion
8 frilly toothpicks in team colors

Steps:

Pulse andouille in a food processor, and transfer to a mixing bowl. Pulse shrimp, ancho, salt, and pepper in the processor, and transfer to the mixing bowl. Gently combine with the remaining burger patty ingredients. Form 8 patties, 1/2 inch thick, and transfer to a wax paper lined sheet pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Combine remoulade ingredients, but not the slaw, in a food processor or blender and puree. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Taste and adjust pepper, cayenne, or salt if necessary. Toss remoulade with the slaw and transfer to a zip-top bag. Refrigerate if not assembling burgers immediately. Preheat oven as directed by the dough package. With a knife, divide dough into 8 equal pieces. Place dough buns, sufficiently spaced and seam-sides down, on a sheet pan sprayed with cooking spray. Set a second sheet pan, its bottom sprayed with cooking spray, on top of the buns, and bake as directed by the dough package. Preheat the oil in a heavy duty pot over medium high heat. Combine in a large mixing bowl the flour, corn meal, salt, pepper, cayenne, and garlic powder. Combine in a second mixing bowl the buttermilk, beer, and hot sauce. Cut the ends from the onion and peel. Cut the onion into 4 even rings, then halve the rings and separate into individual crescents of onion. Coat about 1/3 of the onion in the wet ingredients, then toss in the dry ingredients, then gently transfer to the oil. Fry about 10 minutes, until the onions are golden. Remove the onions from the oil with a spider strainer or slotted spoon and transfer to paper towels to cool. Repeat in 2 additional batches. Preheat grill to medium high. Spray burger patties on both sides with cooking spray. Grill until shrimp is fully cooked, about 5 minutes per side. Slice buns. Distribute fried onions equally on buns. Place burger patties on buns. Top each burger with equal amounts of slaw. Secure with toothpicks.