Asian Zucchini-and-Chicken Burgers

Description

These tasty burgers are moist and flavorful! My family hates zucchini, but they love these burgers. Once they cook you can’t even tell the zucchini is in there! The perfect way to sneak extra veggies into my family’s diet while using up the bounty from the garden. Serve with a dill pickle spear on the side.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 2 cups shredded zucchini, squeezed dry
  • ½ cup chopped green onions
  • ½ cup bread crumbs
  • 2 teaspoons Asian chile paste (such as sambal oelek)
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • ½ teaspoon fish sauce
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon chile-garlic sauce (such as Sriracha®)
  • 2 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 4 hamburger buns – split, toasted and buttered
  • 4 lettuce leaves, or to taste
  • 4 tomato slices, or to taste
  • 4 red onion slices, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
  2. Mix ground chicken
  3. zucchini
  4. green onions
  5. bread crumbs
  6. chile paste
  7. 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  8. garlic powder
  9. red pepper flakes
  10. fish sauce
  11. ground ginger
  12. 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  13. and salt in a large bowl. Form into 4 patties and place on prepared baking sheet.
  14. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes
  15. flip
  16. and continue baking until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear
  17. about 10 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
  18. Whisk mayonnaise
  19. chile-garlic sauce
  20. mustard
  21. 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  22. lemon juice
  23. and 1 teaspoon pepper together in a bowl.
  24. Spread sauce onto cut sides of hamburger buns. Stack lettuce
  25. tomato
  26. and onion onto one side of each bun. Top vegetables with a burger and complete sandwiches with remaining bun halves.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 4

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