Twisted Hawaiian Burger with Sweet Potato Slaw

Inspired by my love of Japanese food, I decided to throw a twist into making a Hawaiian style burger.  It does take some prep time, but it was worth it!  The photo - yeah, not my best work!  The camera died before I could take a picture of the pineapple stage, and the final outcome :/.

Ingredients:

Hamburger patties

Buns (of your choice)

Pineapple rings

4 Slices of Swiss Cheese

2 Sweet potatoes (peeled, and cut julienne style)

2 TB butter (unsalted)

1 Carrot (diced small)

1 Celery Stalk (diced small)

2 Garlic Cloves (fresh)

6 Almonds (raw)

1 TB Minced Onion

1 tsp. Honey

1 tsp. Lime juice

BRAGG's Liquid Amino's or Soy Sauce

Black Pepper

Coarse Sea Salt (in a grinder)

Homemade Teriyaki (or store bought - I just didn't have any on hand)

1 C. Water

5 TB Brown Sugar

1 TB Sesame Seeds

1/4 C. Soy Sauce (or I use BRAGGS liquid amino's)

1 tsp. Ginger (fresh ground)

1 tsp. Garlic powder (I used onion powder because I am out of garlic powder)

2 TB Pineapple juice (I used the juice from the can)

2 TB Corn Starch

• For sauce - add all ingredients to a sauce pan (except the corn starch) - heat until sugar melts.  Mix the corn starch with 1/4 cup cold water and dissolve.  Add the corn starch mixture to the saucepan and continue to heat and stir until thick.

Directions:

• First, prepare the teriyaki sauce if you want to make it from scratch (directions below).  
• Next, dice the carrots, celery, almonds, and garlic very fine.
• Julienne the sweet potatoes (I used a food processor for this).
• Saute the sweet potatoes in the butter, honey, minced onion, and a dash of salt until soft with a slight crisp.
• Saute the carrots, celery, almonds, lime juice, and garlic in 1 TB of butter for about a minute or two. Set both aside.
• Heat the grill or griddle.
• Drizzle some BRAGG's (or soy sauce) and black pepper onto the hamburger patties (both sides).
• Cook the hamburgers, adding the Swiss cheese towards the end.
• Add a little butter to the griddle and brown the buns.
• Add a little teriyaki sauce to the bottom bun.
• Pile on the ingredients!
• Patty  
• Sweet potato slaw
• Carrot mix
• Teriyaki Sauce
• Pineapple Slice 

I highly recommend napkins for this one....and my camera died before I could get a final shot or one with a pineapple slice on it for that matter!  Enjoy!