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Nashville Hot Chicken Burgers

Spicy ground chicken burgers with a hot sauce glaze topped with pickles on potato buns.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 Chicken Burgers
Calories: 290kcal
Author: Mason Woodruff

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Ground Chicken 97/3
  • 1 Tablespoon 16g Olive Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Cayenne Pepper*
  • 1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
  • 1 teaspoon Chili Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt

For the Sauce

  • 2 Tablespoons 30g Hot Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons 30g Water
  • 1 Tablespoon 12g Dark Brown Sugar**

Buns and Toppings

  • 4 Potato Rolls or your choice of buns
  • 12 Dill Pickle Slices

Instructions

  • Lightly toast your buns in a skillet and set aside. Mix the sauce ingredients together and set aside.
  • Mix the dry spices together in a small bowl. Season both sides of the ground chicken with the spice blend before dividing into 4 pieces, weighing about 4 oz each. Gently work the spices into the chicken while forming burger patties slightly larger than your buns.
  • Heat a large skillet over medium heat before adding the olive oil. Cast iron or stainless steel pans are ideal for searing the burgers. (Important: Turn the ventilation on high as the spices will create strong aromas and a bit of smoke as they bloom in the oil. Don't stand directly over the pan.)
  • Once the oil is hot, add the chicken burgers to the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes until nicely browned. Flip and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes until both sides are browned.
  • Pour the sauce in the skillet around the burgers. As it thickens, flip the burgers, coating them in the sauce. Continue cooking until the burgers reach an internal temperature of 165ºF.
  • Serve on the toasted buns with pickles. Optional: Top with a drizzle of your favorite chili oil or chili crisp.

Notes

*These chicken burgers are spicy, but you can increase the heat with more cayenne or hotter varieties of dried chiles.
**Using Swerve Brown saves 3g of carbs per burger patty. Nutrition facts listed are with real brown sugar.
Each burger patty has 160 calories, 26g of protein, 3g of carbs, and 7g of fat, in case you want to make a double like you see pictured in the post.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Burger | Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 9g