Chicken burgers with chunky salsa

Author: HFG staff

Photographer: HFG staff

First published: Dec 2020

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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

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 287cal

Kilojoules 1201kJ

Protein 37.7g

Total fat 3.9g

–Saturated fat 0.9g

Carbohydrates 27g

–Sugars 5.5g

Dietary fibre 5.3g

Sodium 354mg

Calcium 80mg

Iron 2.7mg

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.

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