Chicken Burgers with Oven Fries
Chicken burgers are a yummy alternative to red meat -- and you can often get ground chicken for about half the price of ground beef! We top chicken burgers with all the same toppings we love on hamburgers, and I like to serve them with baked oven fries. It’s a simple, quick meal that everyone around here loves!
Ingredients
Ingredients for Chicken Burgers
- 1 1/2 lbs ground chicken Publix – $2.49/lb using printables — $3.24
- 2 eggs Aldi – $1.66/dozen — $0.28
- 3 Tablespoons mayonnaise I always wait for sales + coupons and rebates on mayonnaise and get it free
- 3/4 cup oats coarsely ground (you can sub bread crumbs) (Aldi – $3.85 for 42oz) — $0.19
- 2 cloves garlic Aldi – $1.75 for 3-ct pkg — $0.12
- 3 Tablespoons chopped onion Aldi — $2.09 for 2 lbs — $0.06
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 head romaine lettuce Aldi — $2.99 for 3 — $0.50
- 1/2 package sliced cheese Publix – $1.50 — $0.75
- 1 tomato Aldi — $0.30
- 6 hamburger buns Aldi – $1.25 for 8 — $0.94
- Olive oil for frying
Ingredients for Baked Fries
- 6 large potatoes Aldi – $3.49 for 10-lbs — $1.20
- Olive oil for drizzling
- Salt and whatever spices you prefer
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken, eggs, ground oats or bread crumbs, mayonnaise, chopped onion, garlic, and spices. Mix together well. Put the bowl into the freezer while you prepare the potatoes.
- Wash the potatoes and cut into sticks/fries. Dry well with paper towels. Place the potatoes on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and any other spices you prefer.
- Bake at 450 degrees until crispy, stirring occasionally. (This takes 25-35 minutes, depending on how thick your fries are.)
- Heat a few Tablespoons of olive oil in an electric skillet. Remove the bowl from the freezer and form into patties using oiled hands (if the mixture is too wet/sticky, you can just plop it onto the skillet and spread it into a patty on the skillet using the back of a spoon). Cook on one side until browned and then flip and cook the other side until brown. Use a meat thermometer to make sure the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
- Wash and slice the lettuce and tomato and serve with cheese on top of the burgers, with the hot fries (and lots of ketchup, of course!) on the side.
Nutrition
Calories: 592kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 155mg | Sodium: 1141mg | Potassium: 1798mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 4970IU | Vitamin C: 48mg | Calcium: 133mg | Iron: 5mg
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