FAST BUT NOT FURIOUS…MIDDLE EASTERN CHICKEN BURGER PATTIES
Ingredients for patties:
Extra-virgin olive oil – 2 tsps
Onion – 1 large / finely chopped
Ground cinnamon – 1tsp
Ground coriander – 2 tsp
Red pepper flakes – 1/4 tsp
Sumac Powder – 2 tsps (the original recipe doesn’t have this. I had sumac, so I added it)
Sea salt – 1 1/2 tsps
Freshly ground black pepper
Garlic – 5 cloves / minced (original had 2 cloves;I like loads of garlic, but this wasn’t overpowering)
Fresh coriander leaves – 1/4 cup / chopped
Minced lean chicken – 500gms
Plain yogurt – 1/4 cup (I hung it to get rid of excess whey; was scared the patties would be mushy; surprisingly they weren’t)
Pomegranate molasses – 3 tbsps for brushing (didn’t have any unfortunately!)
Method:
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Heat the olive oil in a skillet, add the onion, cinnamon, coriander, pepper flakes, and season with salt and pepper. Cook until onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, coriander & sumac (if using) and cook until garlic is fragrant, about 1 more minute.
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Transfer to a large bowl and let cool slightly. Stir in the chicken and yogurt until the onion are evenly mixed. Season with salt and pepper. (I refrigerated the mince overnight at this stage. They were perfect & easy to handle the next morning. I personally feel that the mixture should be chilled for at least an hour for mingling of flavours & easy handling.)
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Shape into 4 1/2-inch thick patties.
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Cook in a nonstick skillet over medium heat until browned and cooked through, about 5 minutes on each side, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the sides of the burgers registers between 165 and 170 degrees F.
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Brush burgers with the pomegranate molasses and set aside to rest for 5 minutes. Serve on toasted buns with fixings.
Enthusiastic enough to go a step further & make your own hamburger buns too? Check out my post for home-made burger buns here. The recipe for my mint-coriander-lime chutney can be found here.
And of course, this too is on it’s way to Ruth @ Ruth’s Kitchen Experiments for her Bookmarked event.
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Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
19 Comments
Ivy
Lovely Deeba, another recipe to make with sumac. Thanks.
Alexa
I love sumac, I have been using it mainly in salads. These patties do sound so yummy and kid friendly. Thanks Deeba!
OhioMom
These look tasty, I have never added or had some of these flavors together, in fact I have never had sumac powder at all.
“take it or leave it” .. lol, Buddy and I grew up in a like environment 🙂
Gloria (Canela)
This is absolutely tasty and yummy dear Deeba, really, xxxGloria
Dragon
I’m always looking for something quick and easy. I love the spices in this chicken so you know I’m going to be trying it!
Judy@nofearentertaining
I love that you said how easy and quick this is! I have a horrendous week coming up and am going to throw these on one night!
Manggy
Looks delicious, Deeba 🙂 It certainly helps in a pinch if you have a well-stocked pantry. In this household, yogurt is a special shopping item, we don’t usually buy it 🙂
noble pig
Wow, that’s a nice patty! I love the grill marks on these. It makes them look so appetizing.
Amu...
How do u find time to cook so many varieties…being a full time mom…
Job well done Deeba…:-)
Emiline
Looks delicious! I love chicken…and burgers.
Tom Aarons
This looks so delicious, particularly with those grill marks to tell us how perfectly browned they were! Yum!
Salt N Turmeric
That looks delicious. im bookmarking this. 😉
Farina
meeso
This sounds delicious!!! And a nice change from an ordinary burger 🙂
Kevin
Those look really good. I like the sound of using yogurt in them.
diva
i have no idea what sumac powder is. reckon i should do a little research! looks great…and ooh. coriander makes it sound so fab.
Meeta
I love the flavor of sumac – sounds simply delicious. Certainly a hit with kids. I will try these with quark!
Rosie
This is absolutely gorgeous Deeba!!
Rosie x
Jeanne
Fabulous – can I come over for lunch?!
Ruth E
Deeba, these look and sound delicious. I love chicken burgers!
Thanks for another great entry for bookmarked recipes