Shrimp Burgers

• 1 clove garlic, peeled
• 1 dried chilies or 1 fresh chili pepper, stemmed,seeded and deveined,more to taste
• 1 inch ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs peeled shrimp, deveined if you like
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped shallots, scallions or 1/4 cup red onion
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped red bell peppers or 1/4 cup yellow bell pepper (optional)
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup cilantro leaf, to taste
• neutral oil (like corn or canola, as needed)
• toasted bun (optional)
• lime wedges or ketchup, for serving.

1. Start a charcoal or gas grill; fire should be moderately hot and rack about 4 inches from heat source.
2. Combine garlic, chili, ginger and 1/3 of the shrimp in a food processor and puree, stopping machine to scrape down sides of container as necessary.
3. 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.
4. Shape mixture into 4 patties.
5. Brush grill or patties lightly with oil and place them on grill.
6. Cook undisturbed until a dark crust appears on bottom and they release fairly easily with a spatula, about 5 minutes.
7. Turn and cook an additional 3 to 4 minutes on the other side.
8. Serve on buns or not, as you like, with ketchup or lime juice as a condiment.

clove garlic, chilies, ginger, shrimp, shallots, red bell peppers, salt, cilantro leaf, neutral oil, lime wedges

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/shrimp-burgers-92172 (may not work)