Home-grilled cheeseburgers are a classic summertime staple for casual family dinners. But what if you don’t own an outdoor grill, and you don’t eat beef?
Well, I’m here to tell you that these homemade chicken burgers are so flavorful and smoky that you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re fresh off the grill!
The secret ingredients are Weber’s Gourmet Burger seasoning and Colgin’s hickory liquid smoke. These are my go-to seasonings for making anything taste like it came off a grill.
(As a side note: Here at Mosaicca I do not use affiliate links or sponsored products, so my plug for those two brands is a non-bribed opinion. I pay for everything that I ever talk about on my blog. You can trust that I do not have a monetary conflict of interest in what I write about.)
Besides the right seasonings, the other secret to getting that nice smoky flavor in these chicken burgers is to sear them over high heat on a cast iron skillet for a few minutes before cooking them in the oven.
I’ve been a huge advocate of cast iron skillets ever since getting my first one years ago. They truly do enhance the flavor of what’s cooked in them by allowing flavors to be retained in the searing process.
Finally, it wouldn’t be a burger without a fluffy toasted bun, slices of thick cut beefsteak tomatoes, leafy green lettuce, and dill pickle chips.
Oh, and CHEESE.
How could I forget the cheese?!
Messy though it may be, my favorite way to add cheese to a burger is to sprinkle on shredded cheese while the patty is still piping hot, causing it to melt in a gooey pile of yumminess.
Tell me, what is your favorite way to do a burger when you don’t have access to an outdoor grill (or the weather doesn’t permit)? Do you enjoy chicken burgers?
Until next time,
xoxo Charlotte
Smoky Chicken Burgers
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 package lean ground chicken (ideally, 93% – 97% lean)
- 2 tbsp Weber’s Gourmet Burger seasoning
- 3 tbsp Colgin’s hickory liquid smoke
Other items:
- 1-2 tbsp coconut oil, as needed for greasing
- Well seasoned cast iron skillet
Method:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat the coconut oil in the cast iron skillet on the stove, over medium-high heat. Skillet is ready when oil starts to smoke, or when a light spritz of water sizzles.
In a large bowl, use hands to knead together chicken, seasoning, and liquid smoke. Make sure that the seasoning is thoroughly mixed.
Form patties by shaping meat into balls, then flatten them onto the skillet. Use thumb to make a small indentation in the middle of each patty.
Sear on each side for 1-2 minutes, depending on patty thickness.
Transfer skillet to oven, and cook for 15 minutes, or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
This sounds really good. DO these hold together like a burger or are they crumbly?
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I was surprised that they were not crumbly at all. That is generally my biggest complaint with homemade turkey burgers, so maybe the switch to ground chicken helped?
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Mmm that looks so good. The pictures are making my mouth water. I haven’t really cooked much with ground chicken, though we do use ground turkey for nearly everything you’d use ground beef for. I’ve used liquid smoke once, and I can corroborate your claim about how it makes things taste.
We usually just do turkey burgers, the store bought patties, not the ground meat, though we will use the latter for meatloaf or hamburger soup. I’ve never used liquid smoke with burgers though hm. I’ll have to give that a try!
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Thank you! They were so delicious, and deceptively easy to make. I think this might have been our first time trying out ground chicken. It tends to be harder to come by, I find. I just don’t really care for turkey, and my husband is indifferent between the two meats.
Liquid smoke does wonders, especially since we do not have an outdoor grill yet.
What is hamburger soup?? It sounds good!!
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Hamburger soup is a soup you make using ground meat! Let me see if I can find the recipe. It’s so easy. You can either chop up your own vegetables or use them from a can. If you do the can thing, I just include the liquid from the veggies so I put less water it. It’s a recipe that’s perfectly okay to play around with. It’s difficult to mess up 🙂
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/15522/hamburger-rice-soup/
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Thank you so much for sharing the recipe! I think my husband will love this! 🙂
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Let me know what you think!
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Oh man. These look so darn good. I really need to make these!!! YUM! I love your recipe and food posts!!!
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Thank you, friend!! They were soooo good. I am really glad that people like my food posts! I certainly love photographing it.
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