Ingredients
600g chicken thigh fillets
5 burger buns burger buns
or 1 loaf of Turkish bread, sliced and toasted
3 cups lettuce
shredded
2 large tomatoes
sliced
1/4 onion
finely diced, for marinade
1 clove garlic
for marinade
½ tbsp paprika
for marinade
1 tsp oregano
dried or fresh, for marinade
3 tsp cardamom pods
for marinade
¼ tsp piri piri spice mix
for marinade
1 tbsp olive oil
for marinade
1 tbsp lemon juice
for marinade
⅓ cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
Allergy Advice
Contains Dairy
Contains Eggs
Contains Gluten
Contains Soy
Equipment
- 1 mortar and pestle
- 1 meat mallet
- 1 frying pan or griddle/BBQ
- 1 small bowl
Instructions
- Mix all marinade ingredients (onion, garlic, paprika, oregano, cardamom pods, piri piri spice, olive oil, lemon juice) together with a mortar and pestle until they become a paste.
- Pound the chicken fillets as flat as you can with a mallet or similar.
- Brush the marinade onto the chicken and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Fry the chicken in a frying pan or on a griddle/BBQ until cooked through but not too brown.
- Combine the mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauce in a small bowl.
- Toast and butter the buns or Turkish bread, then assemble the burgers with the cooked chicken, mayonnaise, sliced tomato, and shredded lettuce. Serve immediately.
Notes
Tip
These burgers are not only a wonderful, easy, tasty meal but the chicken fillets would even be fantastic chopped up in a salad, or just as is on your BBQ.
Variation
These Portuguese chicken burgers might be a bit spicy for little kids but you could cut down on the spices to make them more acceptable.
Variation
You can use paprika in place of piri piri spice mix if you can’t find piri piri.
