Buffalo Chicken Burger
I created this chicken burger recipe about 12 years ago and it was an instant hit! I was inspired by a buffalo chicken sandwich and it’s been the most popular version of it with my family and friends.
This Buffalo Chicken Burger is anything but bland! A juicy chicken burger in bold buffalo sauce sandwiched in a Brioche bun, and served with ranch dressing, blue cheese crumbles, mozzarella cheese, and veggies.
This chicken burger encapsulates everything you love about that classic buffalo chicken flavor in every single delicious bite. And while it has all of the buffalo flavor you’re craving, it’s also all dressed up with the best accompaniments like ranch dressing and blue cheese to really send it over the top in the flavor department.
Flavor isn’t the only thing to love about this chicken burger recipe. It’s also got the most incredible juicy quality to it! Sometimes, chicken patties can be known for being a bit dry, but that’s just not the case here. The ingredients the chicken is mixed with and the fact that the patties are actually cooked in buffalo sauce ensures they don’t dry out at all.
This recipe is also so very easy and can be adjusted to your liking. When it comes to the sauce, personally, I prefer to use mild or medium because I can’t handle anything hotter. But if you like it hot and like it spicy, go for the hot stuff and make it a blazing chicken sandwich!
Lyuba’s Tips To Make Buffalo Chicken Burgers
For a more pronounced buffalo sauce flavor, add a couple of tablespoons of buffalo sauce right into the mixture. If you want that flavor less pronounced, don’t add any sauce into the meat.
Keep chicken burgers from falling apart: In order for your chicken burgers to fall apart, you need binders. Good binders for burgers and meatballs are eggs, bread crumbs, milk-soaked bread, and mayonnaise. This recipe has a good amount of binders so your burgers should be sturdy. If your chicken mixture feels too thin, you can always add a couple more tablespoons of bread crumbs.
To keep the burgers from sticking to the pan: make sure the pan does not have any scratches, it’s clean, there is enough oil, and as always, preheat it first!
Option to Grill Them
- Since chicken burgers are softer than beef ones, I recommend to use a vegetable basket or another mash grilling tray.
- Spray the patties with cooking oil on both sides. Set up the grill to have two temperature zones so you can finish cooking the burgers without burning the outside.
- Place the patties on the grill basket and put the basket on the grill. Close the lid and cook the patties for approximately 5-6 minutes on each side. (You can take the internal temperature of the burger, inserting the meat thermometer probe through the side, towards the tender. Chicken should be cooked to 165°F.)
- You can brush the patties with buffalo sauce during the last couple of minutes of cooking!
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Buffalo Chicken Burger Recipe
Ingredients
Chicken Burger:
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves pressed
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup plain bread crumbs
- Salt
- Fresh cracked pepper
- 1/2 tbsp minced fresh dill weed
- 1 tbsp minced fresh parsley
- 2 tbsp oil for cooking
- 2 tbsp buffalo sauce optional, to add to chicken mixture
- 1/4 cup buffalo sauce to coat chicken burgers
Sandwich:
- 2 Burger buns
- 1/4 cup Ranch Dressing
- 3 tbsp Blue cheese crumbles
- 4 Tomato slices
- 1/4 cup Chopped green onion
- 2 Slices of Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Chicken Burgers:
- Combine the ingredients for the chicken burgers in a mixing bowl and mix well. (You can choose to mix in some buffalo sauce into the chicken burger mixture.)
- Scoop out the meat mixture (as big as you want the burgers) and shape the patties with your hands. Try to make your chicken patties as even as possible to they cook the same.Tip: set a little oil aside in a small cup to grease your hands while shaping patties.
- Preheat a large cooking pan over medium heat and add oil. Cook chicken patties for 6-8 minutes and flip.
- Add some buffalo sauce to the pan and over the patties and cook another 6 minutes or until fully done.
To assemble the sandwiches:
- Spread some ranch dressing on the bottom bun, add some blue cheese crumbles and tomato slices. Add the buffalo chicken burger and top it off with some green onion and Mozzarella cheese slices.
Notes
- Gluten free: you can easily make these chicken burgers gluten free by using gluten free bread crumbs in the burgers and gluten free burger buns to make the sandwiches.
- Storing: Store the burger patties by themselves in an air-tight food storage container, in the refrigerator for about 2-3 days. Let the patties cool to room temperature before transferring them into the storage container.
- Reheating: I recommend reheating them on the stove over medium-low heat for a few minutes on each side until warmed through.
Nutrition
Storing and Reheating Instructions
Storing: Let the patties cool to room temperature before transferring them into the storage container. Store the leftover cooked and cooled burger patties by themselves in an air-tight food storage container, in the refrigerator for about 2-3 days.
Reheating: I recommend reheating them on the stove over medium-low heat and covered with a lid. Reheat them for a few minutes on each side until warmed through. If you want to do it fast and easy, you can use a microwave BUT be careful not to overheat them. Reheat in about 30-second increments.
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Originally published on Will Cook For Smiles in July 2013.
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30 Minute Meals, 4th Of July Recipes, Backyard BBQ Recipes, Burger Recipes, Chicken Dinner Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Lunch Recipe Ideas, Sandwich Recipes,All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe.
Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.
Awesome picture, your chicken burgers look delish! I’m always trying to think of ways to use ground chicken as my kids and hubby protest… this looks perfect. Thank you – pinning now! Julia
Haha, I love ground chicken too 🙂
Thank you, Jules!
Saw this on the linky party feature. PERFECT since I’ve been wanting to make one of these Buffalo Chicken burgers. I like this with the ranch dressing and blue cheese crumble combo. Thanks for the recipe and great photos.
Thank you so much, Lea Ann!
Hi Lyuba
What brand of buffalo sauce did you use in this recipe.
Jackie,
In this recipe, I used Crystal Wing Sauce (Original.) Hope it helps!
Now *THAT* is a sandwich, Lyuba!! I wish I had one of these babies for dinner 🙂 We don’t have Buffalo Chicken anything often enough (in my opinion) because my husband isn’t really a fan :/ I’ve pinned this to try (anyways) and I’d like to invite you to link up to my All My Bloggy Friends party – it starts on Tuesday mornings at 7 am Eastern time and goes until Saturday night! Feel free to share this post and/or any others you would like to share! 🙂 I hope to see you there!
http://www.lovebakesgoodcakes.com/2013/08/all-my-bloggy-friends-58.html
The best part about this, is that you can make one for him without sauce while making one for yourself with sauce!! Yum! Thank you, Jamie!
My mouth is seriously watering! I can’t wait to make these. Thanks for sharing on Sweet Sharing Monday!
Thank you, Jenifer!
I can’t wait to try this Burger! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you so much, Miz Helen!
Wow! This looks AMAZING. I am so making this. My hubby loves buffalo chicken. Also, I MUST comment on your food photography skills. The pictures look straight out of a magazine!
That is so sweet of you! Thank you so much, Jazmin!
My family will LOVE these!! will be making soon!
Thanks for linking up to I’m Lovin’ It! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2013/creative-projects/ have a great rest of the weekend!
Thank you again, Cheryl!! Hope you love it too!
Ooh this looks SO good! Pinned! I popped over from Your Homebased Mom–thanks for sharing!
~Abby =)
Thank you so much, Abby!
Looks soooooo good, Lyuba! YUM!
Thank you so much, Kristi!
Oh my goodness, this burger looks amazing! Lyuba, you have the most delicious recipes!!!
Thank you so much, Maria!
This looks beautiful and delicious!!!! I LOVE it and can’t wait to make it here. It would be awesome if you’d share it with us over at Fabulous Fridays on Real Housemoms.
Thank you, Aubrey! Hope you love it, like we did!