Spicy Indian Ground Chicken Burgers

These spicy, flavour-packed ground chicken burgers are made with easy-to-make Indian chicken patties made with ground chicken, fresh spices & ginger-garlic. They’re topped with creamy, tangy sauce & crispy curry leaves. This is a great healthy recipe with ground chicken for your dinner rotation!

Why You’ll Love these Indian Chicken Burgers

• It’s healthy, but doesn’t skimp on flavor. These protein rich, spicy chicken patties are made with whole ingredients and flavoured with bold spices like cumin and garam masala to pack a punch.
• It’s SO easy to make. This best thing about this recipe is how simple it is to whip up. All you need to do is mix up some ground chicken, spices and herbs, then shape it into patties and cook! To make it even easier, you can skip the pan and bake these.
• High Protein Indian Recipe. You get the taste of a spicy chicken kebab based patty that not only tastes amazing, but also packs in the protein.

What do these spicy chicken patties taste like?

These spicy chicken patties are based off my popular baked chicken seekh kebab recipe. It’s made with a whole tray of lean ground chicken, spices, fresh ginger, garlic and cilantro. It’s hard to find Indian recipes with ground chicken, but this is one if definitely one of my favorite ways to use up that ground chicken and make ahead. You can mix up this patty at the beginning of the week & use it throughout the week to make kebabs or sliders. On key difference between this recipe and the seekh kebab recipe is that this one uses a boiled potato to bind everything together.

What You Need to Make The Patties

These Chicken Chapli patties are many things, but bland is not one of them. With just a few super common ingredients, it packs a lot of punch! Here’s what you’ll need to make it :

• Lean Ground Chicken : this chicken patty uses ground chicken instead of a chicken cut so we can get the flavor into every crevice of the chicken rather than just the outside.
• Ginger & Garlic : I highly recommend using fresh ginger and garlic, if possible
• Spices : we’re using garam masala, salt, cumin and garam masala to spice these up!
• Fresh Herbs : for the herbs in this recipe, you’re going to need either fresh mint of cilantro. I would recommend fresh mint but if you don’t have it on hand, cilantro will work too!
• Fresh Green Chilies : these patties are meant to me spicy and nothing beats the spice of some raw chilies you get when you bite into your burger. If you can’t handle spice definitely leave these out.

Do you have other Indian recipes with ground chicken?

Yes! I love using lean ground chicken in Indian recipes because it’s easy to work with, high in protein and requires no cutting of the chicken. One of my favourite ways to eat ground chicken is these
spicy chicken sliders made indian style, but I also love to use ground chicken to make these seekh kebabs. If you prefer to use whole chicken instead, try my Butter Chicken for Two recipe or Spicy Masala Chicken drumsticks. You can also turn these into ground chicken meatballs!

Tips to make Chicken Patties from Ground Chicken

1. Apply gentle pressure in the center of each patty using your thumb. This technique promotes even cooking and prevents shrinkage as the chicken cooks.
2. Do NOT overmix – longer is not better! Overmixing can result in tough and chewy burgers.
3. Mix the patties together using your hands. Although it may get a bit messy, this method makes all the ingredients of the patty marry together really well.

Can you make these Chicken Patties ahead?

I’m all about having a stash of burgers in my freezer for those nights when I’m too busy to cook. If you want to go all out, just make a double batch! You can either freezer them raw or cooked.

If you have time to thaw, freeze raw :

• Place your uncooked burgers on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and pop them in the freezer for an hour.
• Once they’re firm, toss them into a zip-loc bag and make sure to label it.
• When you want, just thaw the bag in the fridge overnight and cook ’em up as directed.

If you want a quick reheat option :

• Cook all your patties according to the instructions.
• Stack the cooked chicken patties with parchment sheets in between and place them in a container. Store them in the fridge for up to 5 days, reheat as you eat!

How long do you cook ground chicken?

The amount of time you need to cook your ground chicken really depends on what cooking method you’re using. The goal is always to get to an internal temperate for 165F on the patties, and this is how long it takes around for me :

• Stovetop (Sautéing): 5-7 minutes over medium heat, breaking it apart with a spatula, until it’s no longer pink and reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C).
• Baking: 20-25 minutes at 375°F (190°C), depending on the thickness.
• Air Fryer: 10-15 minutes at 375°F (190°C)

Looking something a bit more gravy based? Try the chicken tikka masala for two instead!

Spicy Indian Chicken Burgers (Ground Chicken Recipe)

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• Total Time: 30
• Yield: 6 Burgers 1x

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These spicy, flavour-packed slides are made with easy to make Indian chicken patties made with ground chicken, fresh spices & ginger-garlic. They’re topped with creamy, tangy sauce & crispy curry leaves.

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Ingredients

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For the Chicken Patty

• 1 pound lean ground chicken 
• 1 large potato, boiled
• 5 Garlic Cloves, grated
• 1 inch ginger, grated
• 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
• 3 Green Chilies or 1 Jalapeño, finely chopped (or more to taste)
• 1/2 cup cilantro, finely chopped
• 3/4–1 tsp salt
• 2–4 tsp red chili powder, or to taste
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 2 tsp cumin powder
• 2–3 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp ghee

Homemade Sauce (or swap for a storebought one!)

• 1 cup plain yogurt (or greek yogurt)
• Squeeze of lemon juice
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp chaat masala
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt

For the Burgers

• 6 Brioche Burger Buns
• Sliced Red Onion
• Sliced Tomatoes
• Your favorite cheese (I love pepperjack or gouda)
• Curry Leaves (as many as you want)

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Instructions

1. Make the patty mixture : To a bowl, add the ground chicken use your hands to mash it into a smooth paste. Add the minced onion, mint/cilantro, ginger, garlic, green chili, garam masala, salt, red chili powder and cumin powder. Use your hands to mash up the potato and mix well to combine.
2. Chill the mixture in the freezer or fridge for 5 minutes while you make the sauce.
3. To make the sauce, blend all the ingredients under “for the sauce”. Adjust salt and cumin to taste.
4. Shape the chicken mixture into 6 patties. Make sure your hands are wet to make it easier to shape and press down in the middle of the patty with your thumb so it cooks evenly without shrinking.
5. In the same saucepan you plan to cook your patties, add some oil and the curry leaves. Cook on medium until they get nice & crispy. Set the curry leaves aside and leave any oil in the pan.
6. Add some more oil to the pan if needed and place your chicken patties. Cook the chicken patties for 6-8 minutes on each size, or until completely cooked through. Towards the end, add the cheese and cover to let it melt.
7. Assemble your burgers by toasting the buns, layer on the sauce, patties, onions, tomato and crispy curry leaves!

• Prep Time: 15
• Cook Time: 15