Chicken Burger Recipe

Ingredients (240 ml cup used):

•3 Chicken breasts (sliced to 5 or 6, about 500 grams)

•¼ cup curd/ yogurt (for brine)

•¼ tsp all spice powder or pepper powder

•1 cup water

•Salt as needed

•1 cup rice or plain flour (prefer organic / unbleached unbromated )

•1 ¼ cup bread crumbs

•1 egg (prefer organic)

•Oil for deep frying

•6 burger buns

for sauce:

•¾ cup hung curd/ greek yogurt or mayo as needed

•2 to 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

•2 tbsp lemon juice

•1 ½ tsp mustard powder or mustard paste as needed

•½ tsp fresh pepper powder

•Salt if using hung curd

for assembling:

•4 to 6 lettuce leaves or as needed

•Tomatoes deseeded and cut to rings

How to make chicken burger recipe:

1. Brining : Add ¼ cup of curd / plain yogurt to a large utensil. Add ¾ to 1 cup water. Whisk it well. Add half tsp salt.

2. Add any spice powders or herbs you like. This is only for flavoring and is optional. I prefer to use ¼ tsp all spice powder. You can even just add half tsp pepper powder.

3. Wash the breasts thoroughly. If they are very thick then, slice them evenly. I used 3 out of which 2 were thick so i sliced to 4. Together they weighted around 500 grams. Trim to a round shape if you desire but i do not do it. Add them to the brining liquid and cover the utensil. Rest for overnight or at least 4 hours. This helps to keep the fried chicken juicy and tender. I would not suggest skipping these steps unless you use a meat tenderizer.

4. Add flour to a wide bowl or plate along with very little salt and red chili powder. Mix together and set aside. You can also add your favorite seasonings now.

5. Break egg to another wide bowl. Add 2 tbsp. water. Beat it well until frothy.

6. Drain the liquid from the chicken completely. Place a breast in the flour and coat it well on both the sides. Alternately you can spread all of them at one time in a wide plate.Coat well with the flour.

7. Dip it in the beaten egg.

8. Place it on the bread crumbs. Roll it well.

9. Place it in a plate. Repeat this process for all the breasts. Set aside for 5 mins. For one of the patties i added extra spice powders to bread crumbs.

10. Heat oil in a pan on a medium high flame. When the oil is hot enough, deep fry them on both sides flipping as needed. Do not fry on a high flame else the patty will turn brown while the meat remains uncooked. Also frying on a low flame will make them hard and chewy. I fried 2 in one batch.

11. Transfer them to a kitchen tissue.

12. Slice the burger buns. Toast them. Place the patty over the bun.

13. Place the lettuce, tomatoes and onions (optional)

14. Add mayonnaise or hung curd to a bowl. Add mustard, lemon juice, salt and pepper powder. Whisk together with little olive oil. You can also add ketchup if you like.

15. Add that over the tomatoes. Place the other half of the bun. Enjoy chicken burger with a cup of hot tea.

Hope you will love this zinger burger as much as we do.