Chicken Burgers

I needed a quick meat dish to make for dinner.  I was at Target and found a package of ground chicken.  This package said all dark meat, and the recipe I found called for ground white meat of chicken.  But I tried it anyway and it worked fine.  This could be used in a bun as a sandwich or eaten as is.  Sweet chili sauce is good to eat with it.

Chicken Burgers

Ingredients:

1 pound ground white meat chicken
2 cups coarse to fine fresh bread crumbs divided, not canned
1/2 cup low-fat milk
3 T grated sweet onion (or finely, finely minced)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
3/4 tsp coarse grained salt
1 T olive oil

Directions:

Use fresh bread crumbs.  It only takes a few extra minutes.  Remove crusts from good bread or don't remove the crusts, tear into chunks and pulse in a mini chopper or food processor.  Make a giant batch and freeze them so next time you can skip this step.

Place chicken in a mixing bowl.  Using a rubber spatula, fold in milk, 1/2 cup bread crumbs, onion, cayenne, salt and pepper.  The mixture will be very wet which means it will be a bit icky forming it into patties but forge ahead.

Place remaining 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs on a dinner plate, or cookie sheet.  Divide chicken meat into 4 or 5 piles (you decide which size is best for you) and using your hands, shape into patties.  coat each patty with bread crumbs.

Heat olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat and fry patties until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.  Serve immediately.