Chicken Burger Recipe

I am on a cook at home spree. So whatever I crave for, I make at home. It's a great idea for me to try cooking new things and learn more cooking.

Chicken Burger Recipe

My latest cravings were that of a chicken burger. A juicy minced chicken patty, some lovely spread between crispy lettuce and soft buns. Well, I thought if I've imagined so much,  I might as well make it!

Chicken Burger Recipe

This burger combines the recipes of many burger specials I've seen on TV and online. The ideas which have appealed to me, I've taken them. I've come up with this recipe for my juicy chicken burger. All the ingredients are easily available to an Indian kitchen, so there are no worries there!

Chicken Burger Recipe

Chicken Burger Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Making Time: 30 minutes

Makes:  4 burgers

Ingredients:

For the burger patties:

500 gms minced chicken
2 cups bread crumbs
1 tbsp mustard sauce
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp mixed herbs (oregano, basil, rosemary, thyme and parsley)
1 tbsp garlic powder
Oil to shallow fry
Salt to taste

For the burger spread:

4 tbsps mayonnaise
2 tbsps mustard sauce

For Serving:

4 burger buns
4 leaves of lettuce
1 medium tomato sliced


Method:

First take the chicken mince in a bowl. Add in the mustard, ketchup, garlic powder, salt and herbs.

Next, add in the bread crumbs and mix with very light hands. Using a lot of pressure with make the burgers dry.

Make 4 patties of this mixture and refrigerate for 20 minutes at least.

In a bowl mix together the mayonnaise and mustard sauce to make a yummy burger spread.

In a bowl take some ice water. Dip the lettuce leaves in it and keep for at least 15 minutes. Pat dry.

Heat oil in a flat pan till it becomes very hot. Lower the flame to a medium high and cook the chicken patties for 5 minutes on each side.

In the meanwhile cut the burger buns, spread the burger spread on it and put the lettuce and tomato slices on the lower half of the bread.

When the patty is done, put it on top of the tomato slice and serve!

You can also serve the lettuce and tomato on the side to prevent the burger from soggy.

Pan- Fried Garlic Rosemary Chicken Recipe

Baba (my father-in-law) loves food. There's no two ways about it. You can see his passion in how enthusiastically he talks of food, eats it with gusto and is involved in planning menus as much as possible. The ball doesn't just stop there. He always is up for trying new dishes in the kitchen- from new recipes to just simple addition of different herbs and spices to our regular dishes. When I try something new, he will be right there in the kitchen asking me how I am making it or with suggestions about what else I could try with it. That makes for great company in the kitchen!

Pan-Fried Garlic Rosemary Chicken Recipe

This dish has come from a simple request he came to me with. He has got a bottle of dried rosemary from Singapore when he was at my sister-in-law's (yes he shops for new food stuff too!) which he uses for anything and everything. He loves it's flavour so much! He asked me if I can find fresh rosemary somewhere in Mumbai since he'd had it in Singapore and really liked it. And I laughed and said that it has become available at the supermarket in the mall near our house. On our next shopping trip we got some fresh rosemary leaves. 

Pan-Fried Garlic Rosemary Chicken Recipe

In this dish, I have tried to highlight the  anise-seed-y pungent flavour of rosemary by keeping it simple and pairing it only with the complementary taste of garlic. This dish takes exactly 10 minutes to make. While it is great to have just like that as a starter, I am thinking of using it the next time in a salad with iceberg lettuce and a dash of mayo or in a chapati roll with some mayo again. 

Pan- Fried Garlic Rosemary Chicken Recipe

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time:  10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

200 grams chicken breasts

2 tbsps olive oil

8-10 cloves of garlic finely chopped

2 stalks of fresh rosemary, leaves separated

1 tsp pepper

Salt to taste

Method

Clean the chicken breasts and dice them into 1 inch cubes.

In a pan heat the olive oil.

Lower the flame and fry the garlic in it slowly till it starts turning brown (about 1-2 minutes).

Add in the chicken, the rosemary leaves and salt and pepper. Cook for about 3-4 minutes till the chicken is done. 

Serve fresh. 

You can add a dash of lime juice to the chicken if you wish.