Floor Hen Burgers {No eggs or breadcrumbs!}

These floor hen burgers take simply 7 minutes to cook dinner and could be grilled or pan-fried! Additional juicy and completely wholesome, there are NO eggs and NO bread crumbs wanted!

I like cooking with floor hen as a result of like hen breasts, it’s a clean canvas to work from.

It’s why my household loves floor hen meatballs, hen crust pizza, and hen sausage, however the place this meat actually shines is once I use it to make floor hen burgers.

Desk of Contents

1. Recipe highlights
2. Elements wanted
3. The way to make burgers with floor hen
4. Recipe suggestions and variations
5. The way to retailer leftovers
6. Incessantly Requested Questions
7. Extra recipes utilizing floor hen
8. Floor hen burgers (Additional juicy) (Recipe Card)

Recipe highlights

• Fast and straightforward. Your entire recipe takes lower than 7 minutes to cook dinner, and there’s no resting time required!
• They make a wholesome and filling dinner. Lean floor hen is low in saturated fats and packs in over 30 grams of protein per serving.
• Simple to make forward. The bottom hen patties are freezer-friendly, so make a double batch or triple batch and freeze the leftovers.
• No eggs or breadcrumbs. There is no such thing as a want for eggs or bread crumbs, that are sometimes present in most burger recipes. This additionally makes them gluten-free and low in carbs.

Elements wanted

Moreover the bottom hen and a few seasonings, there actually isn’t a lot else wanted to make these burgers. Here’s what you’ll want:

• Floor hen breasts– As talked about earlier, I desire utilizing lean floor hen as a result of the addition of oil within the combination retains them tremendous juicy and tender. Additionally, greater fats cuts are usually extra soggy and greasy.
• Garlic– Freshly minced is all the time finest, however use garlic powder if that’s all you’ve gotten.
• Onion– Non-obligatory, however not like a wagyu burger or basic beef burger, including onions to this hen one received’t make an enormous distinction in taste.
• Olive oil– The key ingredient to make sure these burgers end up further juicy each time. The additional oil helps preserve the insides juicy and moist, so that you’ll be craving burgers each single time. 
• Candy chili sauce- Provides a stunning, delicate, candy, and spicy taste. You can even use commonplace chili sauce or sriracha or simply skip it collectively.
• Mustard– I desire American mustard, however Dijon mustard can even work.
• Worcestershire sauce– Provides an additional layer of taste that takes these burgers to a different degree. 
• Kosher salt and black pepper– To style. 
• Oil to fry/grill– Any cooking oil with a excessive smoke level, like peanut oil or vegetable oil.
• Burger fix-ins– I prefer to preserve issues basic with hamburger buns, salad, mayo, slices of tomato, crimson onion, and cheddar cheese.

The way to make burgers with floor hen

I’ve included step-by-step photographs beneath to make this recipe straightforward to comply with at residence. For the complete printable recipe directions and ingredient portions, scroll to the recipe card on the backside of this publish.

Step 1- Make the bottom hen combination. Begin by including all of your burger patty elements in a big bowl and mixing till mixed.

Step 2- Form. Subsequent, flippantly moist your arms and form the combination into 4 thick patties. 

Step 3- Grill. Now, add oil to a grill pan or charcoal grill and cook dinner the burgers for 3-4 minutes per facet or till they attain an inside temperature of 165F.

Recipe suggestions and variations

• Use your arms to combine the patties, because it ensures every part mixes nicely and doesn’t follow the blending spoon or spatula.
• Don’t over-mix the burger combination, as overdoing it dangers the burgers turning into barely chewy and difficult (even with out overcooking them!).
• Keep away from urgent down on the burgers whereas cooking, as this can launch a few of their juices and dry them out. 
• Add another spices or herbs to them, like smoked paprika, parsley, or oregano.
• Be happy to change the bottom hen for floor turkey if that’s all you’ve gotten readily available.
• Serve these burgers with some wholesome fries, like air fryer french fries, air fryer candy potato fries, zucchini fries, jicama fries, or baked curly fries.

The way to retailer leftovers

To retailer: Leftover hen burger patties could be saved within the fridge, lined, for as much as 5 days. 

To freeze: Place the cooked and cooled burgers in a ziplock bag and retailer them within the freezer for as much as six months. 

Reheating: Microwave the burgers for 30-40 seconds or reheat on a grill or non-stick pan. 

Incessantly Requested Questions

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