Itsy Bitsy Foodies

Typically when I make gyoza, I either run out of wrappers or get tired of forming the potstickers, and so I end up with left-over meat filling.  The meat filling is tasty on its own so in the past I have cooked the remaining meat in small patties or meatballs and drizzled it with the gyoza dipping sauce.  It’s been such a hit that this time around, I skipped the step of making potstickers altogether and simply made the meat filling, forming it into mini patties for gyoza sliders.  {You could make them full-size hamburgers if you want.}  When dressed with sauteed mushrooms and red onions, wasabi, pickled ginger and gyoza dipping sauce, these fusion burgers are a unique twist on the classic American burger and they make a striking appetizer or main course.  You can either drizzle the sauce over the burger or serve the sliders with the dipping sauce {au jus} on the side.