Chicken burgers with chunky salsa

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Transform your barbecue or 'homemade takeaway' night with these quick chicken burgers, served in a wholemeal bap with a side of chunky tomato salsa.

Serves: 4

Time to make: 20 mins

Hands-on time: 10 mins

Ingredients

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500g skinless chicken breast, cut into 4cm pieces
½ onion, roughly chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
spray oil
250g bunch asparagus, trimmed
250g punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered
juice of ½ lemon
4 wholegrain baps, halved and toasted

Instructions

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1 Put the chicken, onion, garlic and parsley in a food processor. Whiz until coarsely chopped, then transfer to a bowl. Season with black pepper, then form the mixture into 4 burger patties.

2 Spray a large frying pan with a little oil and put over a medium-high heat. Cook the burger patties for 5 min on each side or until cooked through.

3 Meanwhile, steam the asparagus until just tender, then slice and toss in a mixing bowl with the tomatoes and lemon juice.

4 Serve the burger patties in the baps with the salsa, sprinkled with black pepper.

HFG tip

Throwing a barbecue? Don’t forget, we’ve got plenty of healthy burger recipes for you to try.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 287 cal

Kilojoules 1201 kJ

Protein 37.7 g

Total fat 3.9 g

Saturated fat 0.9 g

Carbohydrates 27 g

Sugar 5.5 g

Dietary fibre 5.3 g

Sodium 354 mg

Calcium 80 mg

Iron 2.7 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.