Chicken Cordon Bleu Burgers - Rachael Ray

DJ Dembi's Note:

This recipe makes HUGE burgers. Next time I will make them thinner/smaller. I did the patties on the Foreman grill. We enjoyed the flavors so much I'm making the burgers again this week, only I'm trying turkey, and bacos!

• Total Time: 27 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil or 2 teaspoons olive oil , plus more for drizzling
• 4 slices Canadian bacon
• 2 lbs ground chicken
• 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
• 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
• 2 teaspoons garlic steak seasoning (Montreal Steak Seasoning) or 2 teaspoons salt and pepper
• 1 shallot , finely chopped
• 4 slices swiss cheese
• 2⁄3; cup mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon , 4 sprigs chopped
• 4 kaiser rolls or 4 English muffins , sour dough, split and toasted
• 8 leaves leaves lettuce
• 1 tomato , vine ripe, thinly sliced

Directions:

1. Preheat grill pan, nonstick griddle, large nonstick skillet or table top electric grill to medium high heat.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and Canadian bacon. Warm bacon and caramelize it at edges, 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Remove to a piece of foil. Fold foil over loosely to keep warm.
3. Pour olive oil on plate. Finely chop shallot (not too much shallot or too big, or the burgers will fall apart).
4. Combine chicken, paprika, poultry seasoning, grill seasoning, shallot.
5. Score meat with the side of your hand to separate into 4 equal amounts. Make 4 large patties, 3/4 to 1 inch thick. Drop each patty onto the plate you poured olive oil on and coat with oil and place on hot grill pan, griddle or in skillet. Cook 5 minutes on each side, until chicken is cooked through.
6. Top patties with reserved cooked Canadian bacon and Swiss cheese. Fold each slice of cheese in half to fit the burger. Cover loosely with tin foil. Turn off pan and let cheese melt, 2 minutes.
7. Combine mayonnaise (or reduced fat mayonnaise, eyeball it), mustard, tarragon. Slather bun tops or English tops with sauce. Place Cordon Bleu burgers on bun bottoms and top with lettuce and tomato. Put bun or muffin tops in place. Serve with fries.

Reviews

[LA 81]

Delicious!! This was my first time cooking with ground chicken. Turned out great. I used ham instead of the canadian bacon and onion instead of the shallot. I also did not use any tarragon in the mayo and mustard combonation. I used hawaiin sandwich buns. Very tasty!! Will definitely make again. Even my picky daughter liked it.

[Tracy3906]

I've used this recipe many times. The only change I make is to used ground turkey instead of ground chicken. These are so good, I even serve these to company! Very kid friendly too! For kids, just make the patties w/ a biscuit cutter to keep them small enough.

[Chesapeake]

Great recipe!!! Burgers were huge and very tasty flavor, but next time I will halve recipe and it should be just right.