Use your hands to mix the ground pork, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, and cayenne together in a large bowl until well combined.
Form the pork mixture into 8 equal size flat patties roughly 3-inches in diameter then use your thumb to press a small divet in the center of each patty.
Heat a large cast-iron pan over medium heat. When the pan is hot add half of the pork patties to the pan and cook until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the cooked patties to a plate and cook the remaining patties the same way.
Combine the cabbage, mango, mayonnaise, salt, and black pepper in a bowl until well combined.
Serve the pork patties on the rolls topped with the mango slaw.
Oh, Yeah! LOVED these.
The way I cooked the mixture made a nice crispy crust on the outside of the burgers and kept the moisture in; I used a non-stick stove-top grill pan (ya know, one with the ridges to make the grill marks,) picked up each slider and sprayed it with olive oil spray on one side, placed that side down starting on medium heat (not med-hi) for 3 1/2 minutes, then cranked the heat to hi (our stove has settings 1-10 and I used 9) for about 90 seconds. Then I sprayed the top (uncooked) sides with olive oil spray and gently turned each slider over and only waited about 30 seconds on the 9 heat setting, then back down to medium for another 3 1/2 minutes or so. Perfection!
I also topped each one with a bite-sized piece of fresh mango and stuck a toothpick through it to hold it together for serving.
We like our "spicy" food just a bit "warm" and flavorful, not spicy, so I only used a single tablespoon of Sriracha, (only 1/4 of what the recipe calls for) and left out the red pepper flake. I erred a bit too much on the wrong side, so the 2nd time I did this recipe I used a tablespoon and a half of Sriracha, plus added a big pinch of cayenne pepper (which I prefer to red pepper flake in all dishes, although I know, that's not the Asian way to cook.). Those came out right to our taste. The mango in the mayo offsets the heat nicely.
These are in our regular rotation of favorites! Thanks for the great recipe!
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