Cafe Style smash chicken burger

Directions

  1. 1Tie your hair.
  2. 2Slice the red onions.
  3. 3Add ground chicken to a bowl.
  4. 4Add spices and salt and mix.
  5. 5Mix everything by hand.
  6. 6Melt butter in a pan.
  7. 7Add sliced red onions.
  8. 8Add some salt and stir.
  9. 9Add sauce and stir again.
  10. 10Make the ground chicken into a ball and place it on the pan.
  11. 11Smash the meat with a spatula.
  12. 12Add 2 slices of cheese and cover the pan.
  13. 13Toast the burger buns in a pan.
  14. 14Spread sauce on the buns.
  15. 15Add lettuce and the meat with cheese.
  16. 16Add caramelized onions.
  17. 17Place the other half of the bun on the burger.
  18. 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.