Combining ground chicken breast with chorizo delivers a burger that will wow your crowd. Take a whole new approach to burgers and try this combination with a spicy kick. These chicken chorizo burgers nail it when it comes to flavor and texture. Chorizo adds just enough pizzaz to make this a juicy burger that you’ll want to make over and over.
This recipe is for all of the chicken burger doubters.
Believe me when I say, this chorizo burger is delicious! This burger recipe is a very nice change from the norm combining ground chicken and Mexican chorizo.
It’s a perfect option for spicing up chicken for your next back yard grill party. The chorizo adds a little bit of kick that your friends are sure to love.
This chicken chorizo burger would be great with sweet potato fries and you could even make these healthier by eating this burger without a bun, making smaller burgers and wrapping them in iceberg lettuce leaves.
Simply flavored with onion and garlic, don’t over mix the chorizo and chicken meat. This helps to maintain a good end result in texture. And with the pockets of chorizo these burgers weren’t dry and lifeless like other chicken burgers I’ve tried.
What really brings this chorizo burger to the forefront is the topping of the cumin-lime quick pickles.
Zesty with lots of lime, rich with cumin, the flavor is complimented with the addition of smoky goodness.
The recipe called for smoked salt, which I couldn’t find at the store, so I grabbed a jar of smoked black peppercorns which ended up to be a very nice addition.
Add some lettuce and tomato and you’ve got a tasty burger.
This Mexican burgers was a delicious and adventurous Saturday night treat.
Recipe for Chicken Chorizo Burger
I hope you give this chicken chorizo burger recipe a try. And if you do, please come back and let me know how you liked it and give the recipe a star rating.
Your feedback is valuable to me for developing future recipes. And if you have a favorite chorizo burger recipe, let me know, I’d love to give it a try.
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Chicken Chorizo Burgers with Cumin-Lime Quick Pickles
Ingredients
- For the chorizo burgers
- 1 pound of ground chicken thighs or chicken breast
- ½ pound Mexican chorizo sausage bulk chorizo
- ¼ onion grated
- 2 cloves garlic grated
- Pepper to taste
- For the quick pickles
- 2 ½ cups Persian cucumbers or baby cucumbers, or english cucumbers
- Pinch of kosher salt
- ½ cup rice wine vinegar
- 2 limes zest and juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon smoked sea salt
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- If you bought Mexican chorizo links, begin by removing the casing from the chorizo sausage (slice with a paring knife and pull off). Cut the chorizo into small pieces and add it to the ground chicken. Grate in the onion and garlic. Add pepper.
- Mix together gently, being careful not to over mix.
- Form patties and cook in a grill pan or cast iron skillet. Tent with foil towards the end to insure they are no longer pink inside (about 160 F).
- To build the burgers, start with a toasted bun and the chorizo chicken patty. Top with a few of the quick pickles (recipe below), a slice of tomato and some lettuce.
- For the Quick Pickles: Begin by slicing the small cucumbers into the pickle shape, using the slicing blade on your food processor.
- Extract some of the water from the cucumbers by placing them in a colander, adding a pinch of salt, and letting it drain for about 2 hours. This helps the cucumbers ready to absorb flavors.
- After draining, build the quick pickling liquid. Combine the vinegar, lime zest and juice, cumin, garlic powder, smoked peppercorns and salt. Pour over the cucumbers and let sit for about an hour before topping the burgers with the quick pickles!
Nutrition
Chicken Chorizo Burger …. It’s whats for dinner
Why Trust These Recipes? Lea Ann Brown has lived, worked and played in Colorado for 45 years. She has immersed herself in the Colorado Culinary space, is a Culinary School Graduate and publishes her Colorado food Blog, Cooking On The Ranch.
I had no idea Denny’s had a chorizo burger. I must try. 🙂
Danny’s has a chorizo burger on its menu, we tried it and it is fabulous! Of course they made it with beef. Opened up a whole new world.
I made these just this past week and they were delicious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂 I’ll be featuring this recipe on my Try It Out Thursday: this week!
hey lady! just wanted to let you know the burger got featured on buzzfeed food! thanks again for speaking so highly of it!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelysanders/badass-burgers-to-grill-this-weekend
Very Cool! Thanks for such a great recipe, and thanks for letting me know.
Thanks so much for letting me know… and for a great recipe.
Dropping by to let you know that your Chicken Chorizo Burgers with Cumin-Lime Quick Pickles were Tuesday’s featured recipe on the Secret Recipe Club! Thanks for sharing and being a member of the club.
Thanks April. Love seeing my name in lights … and these burgers were very deserved. Delicious.
I usually shy away from ground chicken, but that burger looks delicious, Lea Ann. I saw Persian cukes at Costco last week and was trying to think of something to do with them. Love your photos. They make my stomach growl.
I do too Cathy, but I did find this to be good burger. I’ve never heard of Persian cucumbers. I’ll have to check Costco next time I’m over there.
Lea Ann, thank you for linking this in to Food on Friday. We have got a super collection of burgers together. I hope you have stopped by some of the other links to check them out!
Ps I have just signed up to follow your blog. A follow back to Carole’s Chatter would be wonderful – or have you already followed? Cheers
Ps If you would like email reminders of future Food on Fridays, just pop by and comment and include your email – I won’t publish it – and the reminder will be by bcc so it will remain private
Thanks Carole. I most certainly will follow Carole’s Chatter.
This is definitely a creative burger! Love it.
Thanks Velva.
Love the pickle recipe, Lea Ann. I don’t make burgers of any kind very often…but was recently watching a show with Ina Garten and she went on and on about overmixing hamburger meat and how it makes it tough all scrunched up like that. Do it lightly so air is left in, she said. I cringed when I remembered doing that very thing for my family. Never too late to learn!
Yummy burger!
I learned not to overmix years ago. And yes, what a difference it makes. Thanks for stopping by Barbara, always good to hear from you.
I have a pack of pickling cukes in the fridge right now, I might do a version of these pickles for tonight.
Let me know how you like it Chris.
I’m a big fan of pickles, and these sound delightful! Perfect for a chicken burger too. Now, I want to look for smoked pepper!
I found that smoked pepper at Whole Foods. I was really surprised they didn’t have smoked salt. I remember my son buying it there a couple years ago. Those pickles are really good Lisa. We had friends over and I ended up sending a few home with my begging friend Dan. He went crazy over them.
Hi Lea Ann,
I can’t wait to try these awesome burgers and pickles.
Happy Valentine Day!
Miz Helen
SRC Group B
Thanks Miz Helen. So nice of you to stop by and comment.
Hi there. The current Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter is about burgers. I do hope you link this lovely one in. This is the link . Please do pop back to check out some of the other links – there are a lot of good ones already. Have a great week.
These sound awesome! Already pinned because I’ll totally be trying these. 🙂
Please let me know how you like them. Thanks for stopping by Colleen and the comment.
Looks great and why have I never thought of mixing chorizo with another meat… I’m thinking it would be great mixed in with some ground venison… will have to try that next time.
I’m loving that ground venison idea Karen. Wish I had a freezer full.
It’s noon, here, and I think it’s a mistake to watch this page … I’M HUNGRY AND I WANT THIS BURGER !! 🙂
Unfortunately, I don’t have to be hungry to want this burger. 🙂