Chicken burgers can be so bland and boring. Not these! Made with ground chicken (mince), parmesan, garlic and a hint of dried sage, you’ll love how these chicken burger patties are juicy on the inside with crispy golden edges.
Loaded onto soft toasted buns with a generous scoop of creamy avocado, this may well be the burger of your dreams! (Great for grilling on the BBQ)
Chicken Burgers
Chicken burgers have a bad reputation for being bland and dry, perhaps because of the very fact that they do appear on menus as the healthier option to gutsy beef burgers.
Flavourless patties, underseasoned, overcooked, dry, jammed in a burger bun with equally unexciting burger toppings.
NOT IN MY WORLD!!!
These ground chicken burgers are loaded with flavour from parmesan, garlic and sage powder (the secret ingredient!). They’re golden on the outside, juicy on the inside, and no one could EVER accuse these of being bland!!!
The quicker way to make Chicken Burgers is with a seasoned chicken breast. The BETTER way is with chicken mince – you can get more flavour in it!
What you need for juicy Chicken Burger Patties
Here’s what you need to make these wickedly delicious chicken mince burgers.
Just a few notes on some of the items:
Ground chicken (mince) – the flavourings in the chicken patties work equally well with turkey or pork.
Parmesan adds great flavour into the patties. It doesn’t make it taste cheesy, it adds umami(which is the food-tech term for savoury-ness).
Sage is the herb flavouring in these chicken patties. It adds an earthy flavour that really gives these chicken burgers the edge! If you don’t have or can’t find ground sage, thyme is a terrific alternative, OR using celery salt in place of ordinary salt.
How to make chicken burgers with ground chicken
Nothing ground breaking here, but still useful to have a visual I think!
Mix up the chicken pattie ingredients, shape into patties.
Pan fry or BBQ until golden, plonk cheese on and cover with lid to melt.
Smush on a generous load of avocado, top with chicken pattie, lettuce, tomato.
Smear lid with mayo, relish, ketchup or other burger sauce of choice, then place on burger.
Devour and be happy!
Avocado all the way!
I’ve used a generous smearing of avocado in this recipe to make the whole eating experience juicier. I feel like avocado brings the whole burger together, making everything meld together so nicely!
But actually, today’s recipe is more about the chicken burger pattie itself, so feel free to go wild with other burger toppings. Never let anyone tell you what you should or shouldn’t put on your burger! Here are some suggestions:
Pan fried onions
Bacon
Egg
Sauteed mushrooms
Beetroot
Hot chips (oh yes!!)
– Nagi x
Watch how to make it
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Avocado Chicken Burgers
Ingredients
Chicken Burger Patties:
- 500g/ 1.2 lb ground chicken (mince) (Note 1)
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup parmesan , finely grated (Note 2)
- 1 cup green onion , finely sliced (~2 stems)
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/2 tsp dried sage (Note 3)
- 1/2 tsp salt and pepper , each
Burgers:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 soft burger buns or brioche buns
- 1 avocado (big!) (or 2 medium)
- 60g / 2 oz rocket / arugula or other lettuce of choice
- 2 tomatoes , sliced
- 4 slices Swiss cheese (or other cheese)
- Mayonnaise, relish, ketchup or tomato sauce (to smear lid)
On the side
Instructions
Chicken Burger Patties
- Place Pattie ingredients in bowl, mix well with hands.
- Form 4 patties, 1.5cm / 3/5″ thick, slightly larger than the buns (shrinks slightly). If mixture is super sticky (Note 4), either refrigerate mixture for 30 minutes, or wet hands or lightly spray hands with oil (I do this).
- Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat. Add patties, working in batches. Cook for 2 minutes or until deep golden, then flip.
- After 1 minute, top with a piece of cheese and place lid on to melt cheese.
- Once cheese is melted, remove patties from skillet.
Assemble
- Split buns and lightly toast in oven or under broiler/grill.
- Cut avocado in half, scoop out a generous amount then “smash” it on the base of the bun with a fork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Top with Chicken Pattie, then rocket/arugula and tomato.
- Smear the top bun with mayonnaise (or relish, ketchup, other condiment of choice) and place lid on bun.
- Devour and be happy!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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Life of Dozer
Can’t think of a better way to spend a lazy Saturday morning.
PS I’m reading Luke Nguyen’s Asian Street Food cookbook, and yep, that’s Dozer drooling licking his lips over the photos!!!
Nagi, could you use fresh sage (growing in my herb garden), and if so, how much? I’m dying for a good chicken/turkey burger and will try this. Thanks Nagi, I love your site, especially the videos.
Hi Nancy, you sure could – just use 2 tsp fresh sage finely chopped – N x
Delicious!
Made twice as much burger and made into meatballs …made the other ingrediants into a salad and turne the avocado into Green Goddess dressing. Lunches for work done!
Love your recipes! Even if i steal bits and pieces and mangle them for my own purposes (oh how I would love to scoff a burger at work!)
Oh wow! No wonder good food Australia have you as their newest contributor. Best chicken burger I’ve ever eaten.
Thanks so much Rachel ❤️
I made this tonight! Was disappointed when my small kids wouldn’t even try theirs…until I ate mine. Two hands needed to hold, finger licking good….so my kids not eating their’s equals leftovers for Mummy! I made the recipe exactly with the exception of using some dried mixed herbs instead of sage…oh my this burger is awesome!!!!!!
I love this Jag!!! 😂😂
I tried this recipe today.. swapped out the sage for poultry seasoning, it’s is abosolutrly fabulous!!
Absolutely delicious burgers!!! The recipe worked just as well with GF breadcrumbs…Will definitely make again!
That’s so great to know Ness!!
Delicious! Making them again for the second time 😍
Yum!! I’m adding these to my must make list!
You MUST! You’ll love them Chris – N x
So juicy and easy to make, love this I am thinking of putting this juicy chicken burger(patti only) on a bed of lettuce 🙂
ps.so glad Dozer has you back home ‘heart” “love”
Made these for dinner tonight and they were so tasty and filling. If I was served this in a cafe I would be happy. So yum.
My partner and I are on a keto diet at the moment so we made these without the Panko breadcrumbs and just omitted the buns.
DELICIOUS.
Thank you!!!!
Soooo easy, so yummy 😍
Hi there..we just returned from our weekend at Sharbot Lake..it’s a summer place where Luca can dive into the lake and have a great time..both you and DPZER are now part of our recipe blog with friends They love dogs .my friend Doug loves your recipes and we did the chicken burgers SIMPLY AWESOME XO
Yum! Made this last night. Ripe avocados are pretty hard to source in nz so had to do without but the patties were delicious and I have two in the freezer for next time. I definitely under seasoned mine but otherwise delicious. Thanks!
Omg these burgers are calling my name.. Absolutely spectacular 😍
I know better than reading your post prior to lunch. Now I’ll have your avocado chicken burger on my mind when I having my tuna salad. A great idea to make your own chicken patties. I must try this one.
Dozer has great taste as Luke Nguyen Street Food Asia is a great cookbook.
This looks amazing! I can never find chicken mince where I am, could I possibly substitute turkey mince?
Well, am neither a burger bun nor potato chip eater but do love your chicken patty and shall most definitely try the sage I never have ! Avocado, onions and mushrooms in companionship methinks 🙂 ! Did veritably drool over Luke Nguyen’s book . . . can’t wait to get back north !!!
When you say store bought sandy type Parmesan cheese do you mean the green can kind? Or in the tub in the cheese case?
Haven’t cooked it yet, but I do love what you have added to the chicken mince very similar to a Italian meat ball I make…
Must have knocked it, I was using my notebook little to big to hold and because I dont have a cover I end up chasing it around my lap…lol
I am making your sausage rolls tomorrow and that gorgeous chicken casserole with the rich brown gravy you posted about a week ago. If I have enough in the food budget tomorrow I may also make these and freeze. Thankyou for sharing all your recipes.
You said you haven’t made the recipe but rated 4 stars. Was that by mistake?