Southwest Ground Chicken Burgers with Green Chile Peppers

Southwest ground chicken burgers with a slice of tomato and watermelon for a side.

Southwest Ground Chicken Burgers with Green Chile Peppers

Jazz up those Summer burgers with these Green Chile Chicken Burgers. Oozing with green chile and Southwestern flair.

Course Main Course Chicken

Cuisine Southwestern

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 386kcal

Author Lea Ann Brown

Ingredients

1 pound ground chicken Either ground chicken breast, or ground chicken (combo of breast and thigh meat)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
6 large roasted Hatch Chile tops and skin removed, chopped (or two cans diced green chile, drained
1/4 cup cilantro leaves fine chopped
1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs or fresh bread crumbs, chopped well.
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Canola oil for brushing
1 tomato sliced
leaf lettuce Soft lettuce like red leaf, butter or bibb
4 sesame seed buns
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or sour cream.
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Instructions

Heat grill to medium high, or heat a grill pan over medium high heat stove top.
Combine chicken, cumin, chiles, chopped cilantro, bread crumbs and salt and pepper.
Using your hands, gently mix and divide into 4 patties.
Brush grates or grill pan with oil and grill burgers, flipping a couple of times, until good grill marks are present and a meat thermometer reads 165 degrees internal temperature. 8 - 10 minutes.
Grill buns, just until toasted, about one minute. Serve burgers on buns with tomato slices, mayo and mustard mixture, and lettuce.

Notes

Substitute Chipotle Mayo for regular mayo.

Tip; Hands are always the best tool for mixing ground meat. Using a large spoon will crush everything together, creating a tighter mix, which can cause the meat mixture to be dry and too dense in texture.

Buying ground chicken breast from the store is easy and readily available. Most ground chicken is a mix between dark and white meat. The bit of added fat from the dark meat is a plus in adding flavor and texture to your chicken burger. You can also use ground chicken breast.

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