Name: Chicken burgers
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Chicken burgers; 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs; 4 clove garlic, peeled and finely grated; 10 centimetre piece ginger (to taste), peeled and finely grated; 1/2 cup sweet chilli sauce; 3 tablespoon sweet soy sauce; Slaw; 2 cup cabbage, finely shredded; 1/4 cup coriander, finely shredded; 1/4 cup mint, finely shredded; 2 tablespoon peeled and very finely sliced red onion; juice and zest 1 lime; 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil; To assemble; 1 cup mayonnaise*; 2 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce; 6 rolls, sliced in half

Chicken burgers

Children love the finger-food nature of burgers, this chicken burger will be a hit with its homemade Japanese slaw.

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Serves 6

Prep

15M

Cook

30M

Total

45M

Skip the takeaways tonight and make these chicken burgers – the japanese slaw keeps it feeling light and fresh! Whip up some home made wedges in your air fryer and you’ve got a delicious but still much healthier dinner than if you picked it up on the way home.

Ingredients

Chicken burgers

6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs

4 clove garlic, peeled and finely grated

10 centimetre piece ginger (to taste), peeled and finely grated

1/2 cup sweet chilli sauce

3 tablespoon sweet soy sauce

Slaw

2 cup cabbage, finely shredded

1/4 cup coriander, finely shredded

1/4 cup mint, finely shredded

2 tablespoon peeled and very finely sliced red onion

juice and zest 1 lime

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

To assemble

1 cup mayonnaise*

2 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce

6 rolls, sliced in half

Method

Chicken burgers

Put chicken in a baking dish with the garlic, ginger, sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce and mix together well. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge to marinate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.

Preheat oven to 220°C. Bake the chicken for 10 minutes, then reduce oven heat to 180°C, turn chicken over and cook for a further 20 minutes or until cooked through.

Toss together the slaw ingredients, adding salt and pepper to taste.

Stir together the mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauce.

To assemble, spread sweet chilli mayonnaise onto both sides of each roll, then fill with hot ginger chicken and a portion of slaw.

Tip:

We’ve used kewpie mayo in this recipe for an extra zing in the dressing

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