Chicken Burger Recipe
Make the easiest chicken burger at home from scratch! Tastes delicious with juicy and succlent chicken patties breaded and fried to perfection.
© Swasthi's Recipes
Servings: 5 to 6 servings
Ingredients
- 3 Chicken breasts (sliced to 5 or 6, about 500 grams)
- ¼ cup plain yogurt (to brine)
- ¼ tsp all spice powder or ground pepper
- 1 cup water
- Salt as needed
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or rice flour (prefer organic / unbleached/ unbromated )
- 1 tsp chili flakes or chili powder
- 1 ¼ cup bread crumbs or panko
- 1 egg (prefer organic)
- Oil for deep frying
- 6 burger buns (dinner rolls)
for sauce or dressing
- ½ cup Mayonnaise or Greek yogurt
- 2 to 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 ½ tsp dry mustard or mustard sauce as needed
- ½ tsp ground pepper
To assemble
- 4 to 6 lettuce leaves or as needed
- Tomatoes deseeded and cut to rings
Instructions
- Whisk together yogurt, salt, all spice or ground pepper and water. Slice the breasts if they are too thick. Place them in the buttermilk and rest for a minimum of 4 hours to overnight in the refrigerator.
- Mix together little salt, red chili powder and flour. Keep aside. Beat egg with 2 tbsp water. Keep aside.
- Remove the chicken and place them in the flour and coat them well. Dip in the egg mixture and then roll in the bread crumbs. Rest for 10 mins.
- Deep fry in hot oil on a medium high heat until golden and crisp. Your meat thermometer should read 165F in the thickest part. Remove to a cooling rack. Fry the chicken in batches.
- Slice and toast the dinner rolls on a griddle. Place the fried chicken, then lettuce and tomato.
- Prepare a sauce by stirring mayo, mustard, olive oil, pepper, salt and lemon juice.
- Add this generously over the tomatoes. You can also add tomato ketchup or any other preferred sauce. Place the other half of the dinner roll.
- Serve chicken burger immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 738kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 125mg | Sodium: 889mg | Potassium: 783mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1621IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 223mg | Iron: 4mg
