Thursday, April 30, 2009

BBQ Chicken Burgers with Slaw

Oh boy, get ready to eat one awesome burger! These are soooo yummy. The recipe is from Rachel Ray. I substituted ground turkey for ground chicken and didn't work very well. The burgers didn't hold up at all and I ended up having to turn them into a sloppy joe consistancy. But they still tasted great. If you make these make sure you use chicken or ground beef unless you want sloppy joe type burgers! :) Oh, and I only used about a tsp. of butter, omitted the hot sauce and toasted the buns.

1 Tbsp. butter, cut into pieces
1 small red onion, 1/2 finely chopped, 1/2 thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
1 tsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. hot sauce
1 1/4 lb. ground chicken
1 Tbsp. grill seasoning (recommended: McCormick brand)
3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
2 Tbsp. honey
1 lemon, juiced
3 rounded Tbsp. sweet pickle relish
2 cups shredded cabbage mix
salt and pepper
4 Keiser rolls or big hamburger buns

In a small skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add chopped onions and garlic and sweat them for 5 minutes to soften and sweeten. Sprinkle in sugar and remove from heat. Cool in a bowl, 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, Worcestershire, hot sauce to bowl and combine. Add chicken to the bowl then grill seasoning and combine the burgers well to evenly distribute the flavors and form 4 patties.

Heat 1 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook patties 6 minutes on each side.

Combine the honey, lemon juice, and remaining olive oil in a bowl. Add relish, cabbage mix and sliced onions and season with salt and pepper. Toss the slaw to coat.

Serve burgers on bun bottoms topped with slaw and bun tops.

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