Name: Oven Baked Crispy Chicken Burger
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: spray vegetable oil - to cook; 4 pre-sliced burger buns; 2 nice fat chicken fillets - halved lengthways to make four fillets for 4 burgers; Bowl 1; 100g plain (all-purpose) flour; Bowl 2; 2 eggs - lightly beaten; Bowl 3; 90g panko breadcrumbs; 2 teaspoons sweet paprika; a good pinch of salt and black pepper; lettuce - shredded; tomatoes - sliced; red onion - sliced; cucumber - sliced

This crispy chicken burger recipe is easy to make and a healthier option. So, forget the McDonald's McCrispy and try this instead!

Oven baked crispy chicken. Pictured in a burger bun.

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Recipe top tips!

Now, as all ovens vary it is almost impossible to give exact cooking times. For example, your chicken might be thicker than mine.

Always remove meat, fish or poultry from the fridge at least 20 minutes before cooking. All of these factors will affect the cooking time.

So, people, you should always check the internal temperature to determine if it is cooked. I highly recommend you buy an instant-read digital kitchen thermometer.

Personally, I'm a big fan of the Thermapen Professional Thermometer and can not function in the kitchen without it. The internal temperature of cooked chicken should be 74°C/165°F.

You can buy panko crumbs in any good supermarket or on Amazon. You could even use crushed cornflakes.

You don't have to make burgers, you can use the recipe to make the best crispy chicken and serve it with a simple salad and no bun - a naked burger! 😉

Serving suggestions

lettuce

tomato

red onion

cucumber

slices of cheese

crispy bacon

sliced gherkins and whatever else you fancy

Sliced tomato, lettuce, cucumber and onion.

Burger sauce ideas

BBQ sauce - you can use your favourite shop-bought brand, or you can be all chefy and make your own. Check out my homemade BBQ sauce recipe, and even if I do say so myself it really is the best!

mayo

mayo mixed with a little tomato ketchup

tomato ketchup

tomato relish

Equipment

You will need a meat mallet

How to flatten chicken fillets

Take one large chicken fillet and slice it horizontally so you now have 2 fillets - to do this. Hold your hand flat and firmly on top of the fillet and using a sharp knife slice the fillet in half.

Repeat with the other fillet.

Now, put each fillet between cling film or parchment paper and lightly bash to make them even in thickness.

Flattening chicken fillets between parchment paper

How to crumb chicken

To crumb, line up 3 bowls and add the following to each bowl.

Bowl 1

100g plain flour

Bowl 2

2 eggs - lightly beaten

Bowl 3

90g panko breadcrumbs 2 teaspoons sweet paprika a good pinch of salt and black pepper - and mix them all together.

Coat one at a time and first coat with the flour, then the egg and then the crumb mixture.

Press the chicken into the crumbs so they stick.

Cook the chicken

Drizzle a shallow non-stick baking tray with a bit of oil and, using a piece of kitchen paper wipe it over the tray. I like to use BacoFoil (non-stick) kitchen foil then you really don't need much oil, it's brilliant!

Put each piece of chicken onto the tray and now drizzle the top of each fillet with a little oil.

Then, put it into the oven to cook - see the recipe card below.

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Yield: 4

Author: Jan Bennett