Name: Chicken burgers
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 250 ml (1 cup) buttermilk; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 6 boneless chicken thigh fillets, skin removed; 150 gm (1 cup) cornflour; 200 gm (1 cup) rice flour; For deep-frying: vegetable oil; 6 burger buns, halved, toasted; To serve: mayonnaise; 3 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced; 3 large pickled gherkins, thinly sliced; 6 cheese slices, such as cheddar; 1 small green oak lettuce, leaves separated; To serve: barbecue or hot sauce; To serve: crisps or French fries (optional)

Chicken burgers

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chicken burgers by Mike Eggert and Jemma Whiteman from Pinbone in Sydney.

Serves 6

Prep

30M

Cook

10M

Total

40M

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“We have great fun with staff meals at Pinbone. We like to experiment and make different things all the time,” says Mike Eggert. “Our chicken burger is a staff favourite though, and gets requested often. We love it so much we thought we should put it on as a special one Sunday, and we haven’t been able to take it off since.” Start this recipe a day ahead to marinate the chicken.

Ingredients

250 ml (1 cup) buttermilk

1 tbsp caster sugar

6 boneless chicken thigh fillets, skin removed

150 gm (1 cup) cornflour

200 gm (1 cup) rice flour

For deep-frying: vegetable oil

6 burger buns, halved, toasted

To serve: mayonnaise

3 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced

3 large pickled gherkins, thinly sliced

6 cheese slices, such as cheddar

1 small green oak lettuce, leaves separated

To serve: barbecue or hot sauce

To serve: crisps or French fries (optional)

Method

Main

1.Combine buttermilk, sugar and 1 tbsp salt in a large bowl, and stir well. Add chicken thighs, making sure they’re covered and refrigerate to marinate (at least 4 hours or overnight).

2.Combine flours in a large bowl and season to taste. Drain chicken from buttermilk and toss in flour mixture to coat well.

3.Heat oil in a deep-fryer or deep saucepan to 160C. Shake off excess flour from chicken and deep-fry, turning occasionally, until golden and cooked through (5-7 minutes; be careful as hot oil will spit). Drain chicken on paper towels.

4.Spread a generous amount of mayonnaise on the bottom half of each burger bun, then top with tomato slices, lettuce, pickles, chicken, then a slice of cheese. To finish, spread your sauce of choice on the top half of each bun and place on top. Serve with crisps or hot chips.