I’ve wanted a chicken burger of my own on this site for years. Not a ground patty pressed into a mold. A whole chicken breast, marinated hard, grilled, and stacked high. It came out of summer BBQ nights when I wanted something that actually fills you up without the heavy grease of a beef burger. What you end up with is a grilled chicken sandwich that’s juicy, loaded with protein, and doesn’t leave you flat on the couch an hour later.<\/p>\n
Three things do the work. A balsamic, honey and smoked paprika marinade that caramelizes on the grates into a sweet-savoury crust. Bacon baked in the oven at 400\u00b0F (200\u00b0C) for 15 to 25 minutes, which is cleaner than the stovetop and comes out evenly crisp instead of half burnt, half floppy. And smoked raclette laid over the breast on indirect heat so it melts slow. Raclette is a Swiss-style melting cheese we eat a lot of in Qu\u00e9bec; if your grocery store doesn’t carry it, smoked Gouda or a young smoked cheddar will stretch the same way.<\/p>\n
Same recipe, two completely different nights. Marinate an hour minimum, the night before if you can swing it, and everything else lands in about thirty minutes. Serve it with fries, potato salad, broccoli salad. Honestly it doesn’t matter which one. That’s the whole point of a chicken burger: it’s a base, and you pile on whatever you like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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