Ground Chicken Burgers {No eggs or breadcrumbs!} – by Gastro Guru

These floor hen burgers take simply 7 minutes to prepare dinner and could be grilled or pan-fried! Further juicy and completely wholesome, there are NO eggs and NO bread crumbs wanted!

I really like cooking with floor hen as a result of like hen breasts, it’s a clean canvas to work from.

It’s why my household loves floor hen meatballs, hen crust pizza, and hen sausage, however the place this meat actually shines is after I use it to make floor hen burgers.

Desk of Contents

1. Recipe highlights
2. Elements wanted
3. Methods to make burgers with floor hen
4. Recipe suggestions and variations
5. Methods to retailer leftovers
6. Incessantly Requested Questions
7. Extra recipes utilizing floor hen
8. Floor hen burgers (Further juicy) (Recipe Card)

Recipe highlights

• Fast and straightforward. The complete recipe takes lower than 7 minutes to prepare dinner, and there’s no resting time required!
• They make a wholesome and filling dinner. Lean floor hen is low in saturated fats and packs in over 30 grams of protein per serving.
• Straightforward to make forward. The bottom hen patties are freezer-friendly, so make a double batch or triple batch and freeze the leftovers.
• No eggs or breadcrumbs. There isn’t a want for eggs or bread crumbs, that are usually present in most burger recipes. This additionally makes them gluten-free and low in carbs.

Elements wanted

Moreover the bottom hen and a few seasonings, there actually isn’t a lot else wanted to make these burgers. Here’s what you’ll want:

• Floor hen breasts– As talked about earlier, I choose utilizing lean floor hen as a result of the addition of oil within the combination retains them tremendous juicy and tender. Additionally, increased fats cuts are usually extra soggy and greasy.
• Garlic– Freshly minced is all the time finest, however use garlic powder if that’s all you might have.
• Onion– Elective, however in contrast to a wagyu burger or traditional beef burger, including onions to this hen one received’t make an enormous distinction in taste.
• Olive oil– The key ingredient to make sure these burgers prove additional juicy each time. The additional oil helps preserve the insides juicy and moist, so that you’ll be craving burgers each single time. 
• Candy chili sauce- Provides a stunning, delicate, candy, and spicy taste. You may as well use normal chili sauce or sriracha or simply skip it collectively.
• Mustard– I choose American mustard, however Dijon mustard may also work.
• Worcestershire sauce– Provides an additional layer of taste that takes these burgers to a different degree. 
• Kosher salt and black pepper– To style. 
• Oil to fry/grill– Any cooking oil with a excessive smoke level, like peanut oil or vegetable oil.
• Burger fix-ins– I prefer to preserve issues traditional with hamburger buns, salad, mayo, slices of tomato, pink onion, and cheddar cheese.

Methods to make burgers with floor hen

I’ve included step-by-step pictures under to make this recipe simple to observe at residence. For the total printable recipe directions and ingredient portions, scroll to the recipe card on the backside of this submit.

Step 1- Make the bottom hen combination. Begin by including all of your burger patty substances in a big bowl and mixing till mixed.

Step 2- Form. Subsequent, calmly moist your arms and form the combination into 4 thick patties. 

Step 3- Grill. Now, add oil to a grill pan or charcoal grill and prepare dinner the burgers for 3-4 minutes per facet or till they attain an inside temperature of 165F.

Recipe suggestions and variations

• Use your arms to combine the patties, because it ensures all the things mixes effectively and doesn’t persist with the blending spoon or spatula.
• Don’t over-mix the burger combination, as overdoing it dangers the burgers changing into barely chewy and difficult (even with out overcooking them!).
• Keep away from urgent down on the burgers whereas cooking, as it will launch a few of their juices and dry them out. 
• Add another spices or herbs to them, like smoked paprika, parsley, or oregano.
• Be happy to modify the bottom hen for floor turkey if that’s all you might have readily available.
• Serve these burgers with some wholesome fries, like air fryer french fries, air fryer candy potato fries, zucchini fries, jicama fries, or baked curly fries.

Methods to retailer leftovers

To retailer: Leftover hen burger patties could be saved within the fridge, coated, for as much as 5 days. 

To freeze: Place the cooked and cooled burgers in a ziplock bag and retailer them within the freezer for as much as six months. 

Reheating: Microwave the burgers for 30-40 seconds or reheat on a grill or non-stick pan. 

Incessantly Requested Questions

Extra recipes utilizing floor hen