These crispy chicken burgers are golden, juicy, and packed with flavour everything you want in a fakeaway-style dinner. The chicken is coated in a perfectly seasoned crumb, pan-fried or oven-baked until crunchy, then stacked in a crispy burger bun with fresh lettuce and cheese. Quick, crowd-pleasing, and perfect for a Friday night at home.
Crispy Chicken Burgers
Crispy Chicken Burgers – Easy, Golden & Better Than Takeaway
Ashley’s Place
1
5 minutes
American
Dinner
These are one of my favourite burgers to make at home, the crispy chicken with fresh lettuce just goes perfectly together. I cook the chicken in a pan so it is simple and easy to make and no deep frying is needed
Ingredients
1 Chicken Thigh approx 100g
1 Egg
Approx. ¼ Cup of Bread Crumbs
¼ Tsp paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and oregano
1 Tbsp of Parmigiano or Parmesan
1 Fresh Crispy Bread Roll
1-2 Lettuce Leaves Chopped
1 Slice of Cheddar Cheese
½ Tbsp Nandos Peri Peri Sauce
1 Tbsp of Mayonnaise
Approx. 2 Tsp of Olive Oil for cooking chicken
Directions
🍔 Use a mallet, rolling pin or even a heavy pan to flatten your chicken out with cling wrap (plastic wrap) over the top so it cooks easier & sits on your burger better
🍔 Add your herbs to your bread crumbs on a plate & once added give it a good mix. You can change up the herb flavour if you like
🍔Beat your Egg for your egg wash and dunk youe chicken in the egg wash to coat chicken, let it drip for a second when you take it out & then dunk into the crumbs making sure it covers all the chicken, you can flip it around and use your hands to push the crumbs in a bit if needed. It should stick easily with the egg wash
🍔Heat your pan to a medium heat (not too hot) and add your chicken with about 1 Tsp of olive oil, cook until until crispy and the chicken is cooked through about 5 mins each side. You may need to add the other 1 tsp of oil when you flip it over to cook the other side I don’t shallow fry mine personally I just add a bit of oil to the pan but you can if you like more of a crispiness. You could also cook this in an airfryer.
🍔 Cut your lettuce into strips, cheese into slices if your not using pre-sliced cheese and cut your bun in 1/2, I keep it fresh not toasted when the bread roll is fresh. If it isn’t as fresh you can lightly the toast the buns
🍔 Add a tiny but of mayo each side of the bun or butter if you prefer. I prefer mayo personally but pick what you like.
🍔 Add your cooked chicken then Nandos Peri Peri sauce on top of the chicken, cheese, lettuce & mayo on top then your bun lid and enjoy