10Make the ground chicken into a ball and place it on the pan.
11Smash the meat with a spatula.
12Add 2 slices of cheese and cover the pan.
13Toast the burger buns in a pan.
14Spread sauce on the buns.
15Add lettuce and the meat with cheese.
16Add caramelized onions.
17Place the other half of the bun on the burger.
18Serve the burger.
Ingredients
250 g minced chicken
1 tsp garlic powder or paste
1 tsp onion powder or paste
1 tsp soy sauce or Worcestershire
1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder or paprika
to taste salt & pepper
1 tbsp cornflour
1 sliced onion
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp butter
salt
0.5 tsp sugar
balsamic or soy sauce
burger mayo (mayo + ketchup + mustard + chili sauce)
lettuce
tomato
cheese
toasted buns
Equipment
knifecutting boardbowlspanspatula
Tips
Mix chicken with garlic powder, onion powder, soy sauce or Worcestershire, Kashmiri chilli powder or paprika, salt & pepper to taste, and cornflour to create patty.
Form into 2 loose balls (don’t flatten yet).
Heat pan on high.
Add a ball, smash it flat using parchment + spatula.
Sear 2–3 mins until crisp edges.
Flip, add cheese, cook through.
Cook sliced onion with oil + butter and salt + sugar low & slow for 20–25 mins for caramelised onions.
Finish caramelised onions with balsamic or soy sauce for an umami flavour.
Burger assembly: Toasted buns, Burger mayo (mayo + ketchup + mustard + chili sauce), Lettuce, tomato, caramelised onions, Smash patty with melted cheese.