Asian Chicken Burgers

Pets'R'us's Note:

Nice flavors. I normally do not have to use an egg and breadcrumbs for these burgers. If your ground chicken is very dry or crumbly add an egg and a 1/4 cup of breadcrumbs. Nice served on a bun with lettuce, stir-fried beansprouts, teaspoon of soy sauce and sesame seeds. As a topping we use sour cream.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 -2 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 onion , finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 1 deseeded red chili peppers (optional) or 1 green chili pepper , finely chopped (optional)
• 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms , stems removed and finely chopped
• 1 lb ground chicken or 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 -2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice wine or 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• oil (for frying)

Directions:

1. Heat the oil and fry the onion, ginger, garlic and chili for a 2-3 minutes, add the mushrooms for the last minute.
2. Set aside to cool.
3. Mix the ground chicken with all the other ingredients and the cooled onion mixture, shape into 4 or 6 burgers.
4. Fry them in some oil on a medium fire for several minutes on each side until done and browned.
5. Serve as suggested in the recipe-intro or use your own ideas.

Reviews

[Gina Farina]

I took a risk and made these for a dinner party without ever trying them first because just the recipe sounded so good. They were a huge hit! My husband loved them...he gets bored of food very easily so it was nice to be able to impress him and the others. We used ground chicken and I found I had to use a lot of bread crumbs to get the texture firm enough to make a patty that would stay firm on the grill. I don't think it affected the flavor at all. I served it with a store-bought Wasabi Sauce from Silver Springs and a Lemon sauce purchased from a local Chinese fast food place. I accompanied it with an asian peanut noodle side dish and asian broccoli salad. Next time I won't add the bread crumbs and I will pan fry them to see if there's a difference. Thanks for a unique and healthy recipe--it's a keeper!

[my3girlz]

These turned out great! I used ground chicken and the mixture was ultra moist so I didn't add any egg or bread crumbs. Ground chicken, even when fully cooked, stays so tender and moist unlike ground beef burgers and it is so much lower in fat so I am always looking for "chicken burger" recipes for this reason. That being said, I am glad I found this one, I really enjoyed it and will be making again! The only thing I did differently was I used canned button mushrooms cause that is what I had on hand.

[Ms*Bindy]

A lot of flavor for this burger!! Like Kree, I grilled mine, and they were very moist and flavorful. Mine were very moist, so rather than forming them into burgers, I just spooned dollops of mixture onto the grill and flattened/shaped them out on the grill.