Weeknight Ground Chicken Burger

Make this ground chicken burger for a fabulous weeknight meal. Keep it low carb with a lettuce bun, or enjoy it on a brioche bun!

A Note From Teri on Ground Chicken Burgers

You might have already guessed, but this chicken burger starts with the best ground chicken you can find. Once you have some fabulous ground chicken, assemble the other ingredients for your ground chicken burger. For this burger, I kept it simple. We used homemade mayo, grated onion, coconut aminos, and salt and pepper. That’s all you need to create a delicious burger patty!

To build out the burger, I made a spin on my Remoulade Sauce. Additionally, I used an iceberg lettuce head to create a bun, and topped it all with pickles and my Marinated Red Onions. You can certainly eat this with a knife and fork, but there’s something so fun and satiating about eating this burger from a lettuce bun!

The best part about these burgers is that you can customize them however you would like. You can add some cheese, serve it on a bun, add extra toppings, have fun with it!

Ingredients & Variations

For the Remoulade Sauce:

• Mayonnaise
• Ketchup
• Freshly squeezed orange juice – you can also substitute with lemon juice
• Drained capers
• Hot sauce
• Parsley
• Dijon mustard
• Garlic
• Smoked paprika

For the Burgers:

• Ground chicken – you can do all light meat, or a combination of light and dark is very delicious
• Mayonnaise
• Grated onion, liquid removed
• Coconut aminos
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Olive oil
• Iceberg lettuce
• Dill sandwich pickles
• Marinated red onions

If you are doing Whole30, make sure to use compatible ingredients. Your ketchup, hot sauce, dijon mustard, and mayo need to be compatible.

You can top your burgers with your favorite slice of cheese to make a cheeseburger.

How to Make This Whole30 Chicken Burger

Make Your Sauce

In a food processor or in a jar with an immersion blender, pulse the mayonnaise, ketchup, orange (or lemon) juice, capers, hot sauce, parsley, Dijon mustard, garlic, and paprika together until well combined. Transfer sauce to a bowl or jar and store, sealed, in the refrigerator.

Make Your Burger Patties

In a mixing bowl, add the ground chicken, mayonnaise, grated onion, coconut aminos, salt, and black pepper, and mix by hand until well combined. Add a little olive oil to your hands to prevent sticking and divide the chicken mixture into six equal parts. Form them into patties and set them aside on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Reapply olive as needed, this is a sticky mixture.

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Sauté the chicken for 4 to 5 minutes per side. When the patties are done, they should feel firm to the touch in the middle. Remove from heat and set aside. Don’t be worried as the patties brown. You want to avoid burning but the meat but they will brown. If the patties overcrowd the pan or don’t fit in your pan, cook in batches. We recommend keeping the cooked patties in a covered pan near the stove so they remain warm.

Assemble the Burger

Place your knife on one side of the stem and slice down, angling the knife slightly inward. Then repeat on the other side of the stem so that you are left with two halves and smaller chunk of lettuce attached to the stem that you can discard or save for another use.

Take one of the halves of lettuce and remove the tightly scrunched leaves in the center. You will be left with a thick stack of leaves that are larger. Divide the stack into two pieces, so that you have two substantial lettuce shells, similar in appearance to a seashell. This is your complete bun, with the smaller lettuce shell being the bottom bun and the larger the top bun.

To assemble the burger, place one of your lettuce buns on a plate. Spread the remoulade onto the leaf then top with a chicken burger patty, then a sandwich pickle and some Marinated Red Onions. Close with top lettuce bun. Serve and enjoy.

Leftovers and Storage

Store any leftovers in separate airtight containers for up to four days.

I love using leftover ground chicken burgers to make a burger salad! Add all of your favorite burger toppings to a bed of lettuce, cut up the burger, toss and enjoy!

Try These Other Ground Chicken Recipes

• Smoky Chicken Patty Bowl: the Perfect Weeknight Chicken Burger
• The Best Whole30 Stuffed Baked Potato
• Pistachio Pesto Stuffed Chicken Burgers

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