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Why wait for a weekend BBQ? Make this chicken burger for dinner tonight!

Crispy seasoned chicken breast, topped with mandatory melted cheese and piled onto soft rolls with onion, avocado, lettuce, tomato and garlic mayo. Quick to make for a midweek meal, great for gatherings!

Super tasty, quick Chicken Burger recipe made with chicken breast. It's all in the seasoning! Great for grilling too. recipetineats.com

Big, juicy Chicken Burgers!

I love a good juicy hamburger. Burgers are one of my favourite quick meal options, and also my go-to option when I’m pressed for time when hosting a gathering.

Whether making beef Hamburgers, Steak Sandwiches or these Chicken Burgers, they’re quick to prepare and cook, then I lay out all the topping options and let everyone help themselves!

For a sensible meal option, I do tend to favour these Chicken Burgers over beef Hamburgers because they’re healthier – leaner meat, lower calories, lower fat. Just as tasty!

Super tasty, quick Chicken Burger recipe made with chicken breast. It's all in the seasoning! Great for grilling too. recipetineats.com

Seasoning for chicken breast

These chicken burgers are made with crispy seasoned chicken breast fillets. I just halve chicken breasts to create two thin steaks – or you can buy chicken breast already cut into steaks at the store.

Coat in a seasoned flour (the flour makes it nice and crispy), pan fry until golden then top with cheese to melt.

Meanwhile, that the burger buns or bread rolls and prepare your toppings! I like to fry up some onion because a burger doesn’t feel like a burger without onions.

But the beauty of burgers is that you can load it up with your toppings of choice. Lettuce, tomato, pickles, beetroot, avocado, bacon, egg. Go wild!

Super tasty, quick Chicken Burger recipe made with chicken breast. It's all in the seasoning! Great for grilling too. recipetineats.com

Nothing whizz bang about these Chicken Burgers, but they are a dang tasty staple recipe. The main thing is the seasoning for the chicken – I personally think it’s important to load up the chicken with plenty of flavour, especially if you only use one thinnish piece like I do (for a greater surface area to flesh ratio and no marinating).

I use avocado in this burger which adds creaminess and takes the place of a 2nd sauce / mustard that I would otherwise use. I’ve added some tips in the notes for alternative condiments that I think go great with chicken burgers.

Happy weekend everyone!  – Nagi xx

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Super tasty, quick Chicken Burger recipe made with chicken breast. It's all in the seasoning! Great for grilling too. recipetineats.com

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Chicken Burger recipe video! Not my best effort I’m afraid, the white balance is a bit off. I edited this video while on a bumpy flight from New York to San Francisco, and quite motion sick at that! 😉 The lovely stewardesses on Virgin America had great fun watching me make it as they moved up and down the aisles!!

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Super tasty, quick Chicken Burger recipe made with chicken breast. It's all in the seasoning! Great for grilling too. recipetineats.com

Chicken Burger Recipe

Author: Nagi
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Total: 25 mins
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Western
4.92 from 36 votes
Servings4
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Recipe video above. Crispy seasoned chicken, topped with a mandatory slice of melted cheese and piled onto soft rolls with onion, avocado, lettuce, tomato and garlic mayo. The key to juicy chicken is to cook it hard and fast! You can eyeball the Seasoning - it will be tasty as long as you use "around" the right amounts. 🙂

Ingredients

Seasoning:

  • 1/3 cup /80g flour (any white)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ¾ tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp onion powder

Burgers:

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 large onions , halved them sliced (white, brown or yellow)
  • 400 - 500g / 14 oz - 1 lb chicken breast (2 pieces) , cut in half horizontally into 2 thin steaks
  • 4 – 8 slices Swiss or other melting cheese slices (Note 1)
  • 4 soft rolls (I used brioche burger buns)
  • 1 avocado
  • Lettuce
  • 2 large tomatoes

Garlic Mayo:

  • ½ cup mayonnaise (I use whole egg)
  • 1 large garlic clove , minced

On the side

Instructions

  • Mix Garlic Mayo ingredients in a small bowl, set aside for 20+ minutes.
  • Mix Seasoning in a flat bowl / dish.
  • If required, pound chicken to about 1 cm / 2/5” thick. If wanting to be exact, trim to shape of rolls BUT ensure it is about 15% larger (it shrinks) (Note 2).
  • Heat 1 tbsp oil in a skillet over high heat (if doing on BBQ, drizzle flat plate).
  • Add onion and cook, turning regularly, for 5 minutes until golden. Season with salt and pepper, toss, then remove.
  • While cooking the onions, preheat oven to 160C/320F. Split rolls, then lightly toast / warm the rolls (if using BBQ, just toast the cut side until crispy). Leave in turned off oven with door ajar while you cook chicken.
  • Heat 1 tbsp oil into the same skillet, still on high heat.
  • Dredge chicken in Seasoning, shake off excess, then place in skillet. Repeat.
  • Cook for 2 ½ minutes until golden, then flip.
  • Top with cheese then leave for 1 1/2 minutes. When the underside is golden, if the cheese is not yet melted, place lid on for 15 seconds (or tray or foil).
  • Remove chicken from skillet onto plate. Cover loosely with foil while you start assembling the burgers.

Burgers:

  • Smear base of roll with avocado, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with chicken, onion, lettuce then tomato.
  • Smear lid of roll with Garlic Mayo, place on burger. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes:

1. I like using Swiss cheese (or Massdam – like a better value version of Swiss) or processed cheese (think McDonald’s style!) because they melt well but don’t drip everywhere and become slick with oil like Colby, Australian Tasty cheese.
2. If chicken is more than about 1 cm / 2/5” thick, use mallet (or rolling pin, back of knife or can) to pound. If you are wanting to be exact, pound to even. When cooked, surface area will shrink about 15% and thickness will increase by about 15%, so bare that in mind when comparing chicken shape to roll size. For exactness, feel free to trim to shape of rolls - I don’t usually do this unless the shape of the chicken is wildly long.
3. CONDIMENTS: The popular condiments of tomato ketchup and mustard are not in my base recipe because I use avocado. However, feel free to add any and all!
4. Nutrition per serving, assuming 400g/14 oz chicken breast and 1/3 cup mayo. Of the 666 calories per serving, 110 cal from the mayo, 45 cal is from the avocado, and 110 calories is from 1 slice of swiss cheese (yes, seriously). For a low carb version, try this recipe without the buns and make lettuce wraps (with all the other fixings in this recipe) - terrific! Also try using ketchup and mustard instead of mayo.
But for days you just want a really tasty burger, don't sub anything!

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 666cal (33%)
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107 Comments

  2. Kirsty Andrews says

    5 stars
    BEST BURGER EVER!!!😋😋😋 Doubled it and cooked onions for 10 mins til caramelised. Quick, easy, economical and super delicious. Everyone raved. Thank you Nagi, you are a food angel!!!🙏😇🤗🤗🤗

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  3. Renee says

    5 stars
    Legit awesome. Made no changes and I would have been happy to have paid for this (but I didn’t! Which made me feel very smug!)

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  4. Grace Davis says

    5 stars
    Nagi- this is a delicious. I’m surprised that there are not more comments!!! We had chicken breasts in the fridge and we just wanted to change it up and this delivered. The chicken was juicy and all the flavours complemented each other. Everyone loved it!

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  5. Claire says

    Amazing! We dipped ours in egg and coated with flour twice! Also used Greek yoghurt in place for the Mayo. Yum yum! Thanks nagi for another amazing recipe !

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  6. Taysia says

    5 stars
    These were such a good quick and easy dinner. Super fresh and didn’t feel heavy like other burgers, great flavours, only took 10 mins to make and used hardly any dishes. A winner on all fronts!

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  8. Clarissa Richards says

    5 stars
    I made this tonight and my husband said it’s one of the best dinners we’ve ever had! I added cayenne pepper to the flour mixture and brined my chicken breast (I do this every time I cook chicken breasts now) and it was so good.
    Loved this simple but delicious easy dinner.

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  10. Emma says

    Just wondering if the chicken seasoning ingredient is hot paprika or smoked paprika?..just wondered coz it seemed a reasonable amount 🙂 thanks

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  12. Yvonne says

    This is the 6th time I’m returning for this recipe, the family love it. We made your beef in red wine last night – Loved it! and your sausage rolls for lunch time – they were superb!!!

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