Mini Meat Patties with Kimchi

I have always wanted to introduce kimchi into our child's diet.  One of the main reasons is the well-known nutritional value of kimchi where it's rich in probiotics, low calorie, high fibre many more.

Looking at the red colour kimchi, my boy would run away screaming "spicy!!!" =.=" which had failed our many attempts trying to get him to eat some kimchi.  I tried to hide the kimchi in some of my dishes but to our surprise he still can taste it and spit out....what a sensitive toungue he has!!??  Finally, my husband suggested to wash away the spicy red sauce from kimchi and include it as an ingredients may be in a meat patties.  I was told that this is quite a common baby step to encourage young children to eat kimchi in korean household....So, there I tried and my boy loves it! I am a happy mum! haha ;)

This recipe is quite easy to make, not only children will like it, adults will too.  You can make a batch of the patties and keep them frozen for 2 weeks and they still taste yummy!  These meat patties are great for burgers, or with gravy like sweet and sour meat dish or even with teriyaki sauce. Try them out today!

Serving size: about 15 patties

Ingredients:
400g Chicken breast meat (minced)
1/2 cup kimchi (washed & minced)
1&1/2 hard tofu
Half medium size carrot (minced)
1 stalk spring onion (chopped)
1& 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 egg
2 tbsp sesame oil
Pinch of salt
Pinch of black pepper (optional)
some oil for frying

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1. Prepareall the ingredients - chicken breast meat, kimchi, hard tofu, carrot, spring onion, garlic, bread crumbs, and egg in a big bowl.  Drizzle sesame oil and add in salt and pepper (I omitted pepper in this recipe).
2. Mix well.
3. Shape into desire size and place them on a tray.  *Place the tray of patties in the freezer if you wish to keep for later.  After the patties are frozen, move them into zipper bags or containers.  Best consume within 2 weeks.
4. Prepare a pan with oil, heat the pan on medium high fire.
5. When the pan and oil is hot, turn the fire to medium low and add in the meat patties (*the meat patties contain bread crumbs which will esily turn brown, therefore it's best to pan fry using medium low heat).
6. Fry each side about 5-8 minutes (*depends on the size and the thickness of the meat patties).
7. Take out from the frying pan and serve. 

**You can use any type of meat for this recipe.