An easy recipe for ground chicken patties! This healthy chicken burger recipe has so much flavor, is high in protein, and uses simple ingredients you likely have around your kitchen. The burger mixture mixes quickly in a bowl, or in a food processor, and leaves you with juicy burgers the whole family will love!
Healthy chicken burger recipe
Get ready for the best chicken burgers!
If you’re a fan of regular burgers using ground beef and are hesitant to try cooking with lean meat, have no fear. While these patties use lean ground chicken, you are not left with a dry burger.
With the ground chicken, we are adding red onion, egg, garlic powder, onion powder, oat flour for bread crumbs, dijon mustard, sea salt, and pepper for flavor and to keep the chicken patty moist.
The patties bake in the oven, or can be cooked on a grill pan, and are perfect when paired with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and your favorite burger sauces!
How to meal prep chicken burger patties
These easy ground chicken burgers are perfect for meal prep! I highly suggest making extra patties for a quick and healthy protein option to enjoy all week long.
Once cooled, store in an airtight container for up to 5 days in the fridge.
What you need for healthy chicken burgers
- ground chicken breast
- egg
- oat flour
- red onion
- dijon mustard
- garlic powder
- sea salt
- pepper
- avocado oil
- hamburger buns
- tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, and favorite burger toppings
How to make this healthy ground chicken burger recipe
For the full ingredients list, nutritional information, and step-by-step instructions, scroll down to view the recipe card below.
- Prepare the chicken burgers by adding the ground chicken, egg, oat four, chopped onion, dijon, garlic powder, sea salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix fully, then shape into 4 equal burgers.
- Heat a large frying pan, or cast iron pan over medium heat and add the avocado oil. When hot, add the burgers into the pan and cook for 5-6 minutes, flip, and cook another 5-6 minutes to cook through. You can use a meat thermometer to check for the internal temperature to be at 165 degrees F.
- Build your healthy chicken burgers by adding your favorite burger toppings between hamburgers buns!
Here’s the full how-to make this healthy chicken burger recipe video
Watch the video below, or over on YouTube.
Alternative methods to cook the chicken patties
Here are 2 different methods for cooking the chicken burgers.
You can bake these patties. Shape as the instruction list above, but place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet in a single layer.
Bake at 400 degrees until your burger patty is fully cooked through and reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees, which will take 15-20 minutes.
Another great way to cook these is on the barbeque over medium-high heat.
I suggest placing the formed chicken burgers on a cookie sheet in the fridge for the freezer for 20 minutes prior to cooking to help them stay together on the bbq. They will take about 5-6 minutes per side.
How to make this healthy chicken burger recipe low carb
You can definitely make these healthy burgers work well for many special diets, including low carb.
Instead of using hamburger buns, try a lettuce bun instead!
When mixing up the burger mixture, substitute almond flour for the oat flour to keep the recipe lower in carbohydrates.
What to serve with healthy chicken burgers
Below are some of my favorite sides that pair perfectly with this great recipe. You can also check out 50+ healthy side dishes for sandwiches for even more side dish inspiration!
- Crispy sweet potato fries with chipotle mayo
- Crispy potato bites
- Baked kale chips
- Mexican street corn salad
- Tomato and avocado salad with grilled corn
Substitutions
Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this healthy chicken burger recipe.
If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!
Ground chicken – Any other ground meat like ground turkey, ground beef, or ground lamb works well as a substitute for ground chicken breasts
Red onion – green onion is a more mild alternative to use
Dijon mustard – Try yellow mustard for a different flavor profile
Garlic powder – Use garlic granules or onion powder as a substitute
Avocado oil – Use olive oil instead of avocado oil for cooking the burgers
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Heathy Chicken Burger Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken breast
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup oat flour
- ¼ cup red onion chopped
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp avocado oil for cooking
- 4 hamburger buns
- tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, and favorite burger toppings
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken burgers by adding the ground chicken, egg, oat four, chopped onion, dijon, garlic powder, sea salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix fully, then shape into 4 equal burgers.
- Heat a large frying pan, or cast iron pan over medium heat and add the avocado oil. When hot, add the burgers into the pan and cook for 5-6 minutes, flip, and cook another 5-6 minutes to cook through. You can use a meat thermometer to check for the internal temperature to be at 165 degrees F.
- Build your healthy chicken burgers by adding your favorite burger toppings between hamburgers buns!
Nutrition
If you try this healthy chicken burger recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!
XO
Heather
