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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Chicken Burgers!

I got this recipe from The Food Network.


Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground white meat chicken
  • 2 cups coarse to fine fresh bread crumbs, divided (not canned)
  • 1/2 cup low-fat milk (I'm using 2%)
  • 3 tablespoons grated sweet onion (or finely, finely minced)
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 
  • 3/4 teaspoon coarse grained salt (I'm using seasoned salt)
  • Cracked black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil

Directions

For this recipe, I'm using Perdue prepackaged ground chicken.  They make an all-breast meat version as well.
The Food Network recommends using fresh bread crumbs. Here are their steps to making them:  Remove crusts from good bread or don't remove the crusts, tear into chunks and pulse in a mini chopper or food processor. Make a giant batch and freeze them so next time you can skip this step.
I am using a mix of croutons and toasted bread for my burgers.
Place chicken in a mixing bowl. Using a large spoon, fold in milk, 1/2 cup bread crumbs, onion, cayenne, salt and pepper. The mixture will be very wet. Place remaining 1-1/2 cups bread crumbs on a dinner plate.  Divide chicken meat into 4 or 5 patties and using your hands, shape into patties. Coat each patty with bread crumbs. Heat olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat and fry until golden and cooked through.  

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