Chicken Steak Burger
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 kg boneless chicken thighs washed and drained
  • 3 cups of fresh breadcrumbs (about two thick end slices of bread blitzed)
  • ¼ cup Dunns River Chicken Seasoning
  • milk as needed
Method
  1. Start by washing your chicken thighs if you have not already done so, then proceed to remove any excess fat.
  2. The chicken thighs I purchased were very large, I cut them into 3 pieces. When deciding on how large you want your chicken steak pieces to be bear in mind they do shrink slightly once cooked.
  3. In a large shallow dish/bowl add 3 cups of fresh breadcrumbs and ¼ cup of chicken seasoning. Mix the breadcrumbs and seasoning together.
  4. Pour some milk into a small bowl, you only need a little so pour as much as you need and try not to waste. Dip the chicken pieces into the milk and then into the breadcrumb mixture, press the breadcrumbs on using your hands to make them stick. As mentioned above, using this method (dipping in milk and then breadcrumbs) to coat the chicken is fine as we will be baking these steaks in the oven. If however you are planning on frying these steaks, you will need to dip them in flour, then (beaten) egg and lastly the breadcrumb mixture, otherwise the coating will come off in the hot oil.
  5. Remove the breaded chicken steaks using tongs and place them on a flexible chopping board or tray that fits in your freezer. Finish coating all the chicken pieces in the same manner until complete. Place the tray in your freezer to harden, once the chicken pieces are hard put them into freezer bags.
  6. When you want to cook the steaks place them on an oven tray or in the air fryer with a light drizzling of oil, I cook my steaks at a temperature of 180 degrees for approximately 20 - 25 minutes in my air fryer, this is equivalent to gas mark 4 on a standard oven. I have found the chicken steaks that are VERY large sometimes have difficulty cooking all the way through, I overcome this by zapping them in the microwave for about 1 minute on high.
  7. Once the steaks are cooked and ready to serve you want to layer your burger, there is no specific right or wrong way but here's how I layer mine. I'm using Brioche rolls and a selection of fillings; lettuce, gherkins, tomatoes, burger sauce and cheese slices.
  8. I like to place my lettuce beneath the steak to stop the bottom of my bun getting soggy from any moisture released from the steaks. Place the steak on top with a squirt of your chosen sauce
  9. add sliced gherkins, followed by sliced tomatoes and cheese slices on top. If you like your cheese to be grilled, place the cheese slices on the top half of the burger bun and grill for a couple of minutes until melted. Place the top of the burger bun back on top and voila, your Chicken Steak Burger is ready to devour!
Recipe by www.afeliaskitchen.com at https://www.afeliaskitchen.com/chicken-steak-burger/