This Asian Chicken Burger Recipe with broccoli slaw is infused with lots spice flavors. The chicken burgers are also topped with an easy apricot glaze and sriracha mayonnaise.
These are loaded up burgers are a meal in themselves!
I prefer chicken burgers, but they tend to dry out. So, I came up with this fun recipe for Asian chicken burgers that packs both flavor and moisture into the burgers. It includes inspiration from several areas in Asia.
Burma (now Myanmar) is a country that borders India, China and Thailand. It's cuisine borrows from these surrounding countries and I borrowed from all of them when creating this Asian fusion burger. As you can see, packing such a vast culinary region into one burger makes for a mighty big and deliciously messy burger.
How to Make Asian Chicken Burgers
While preparing two condiment sauces and fresh slaw for this burger may seem like a lot of work. I assure you it is really quite easy. Each part is simple to make and mostly just involves some mixing. (full recipe below)
The recipe makes 4 servings.
Prep Time: 12 mins Cooking Time: 13 mins Total Time: 25 mins
Creamy Asian Broccoli Slaw
The simple broccoli slaw recipes is quick to prepare.
Slaw Ingredients
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Ponzu sauce or ½ teaspoon of reduced sodium soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- 9 ounce bag of shredded broccoli slaw mix
Simply whisk the dressing ingredients together then toss with the shredded bagged broccoli.
If you prefer to serve this slaw as a side dish rather than on the burgers, that is fine and honestly less messy to eat.
Apricot Glaze
This glaze is applied right on the burgers while they cook.
Glaze Ingredients
- ¼ cup Apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon Ponzu sauce or ½ tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- generous pinch of salt
Whisk together the five ingredients for the apricot glaze. Set aside until you are ready to baste the burgers.
Burger Mixture
Making the seasoned ground chicken patties is also easy.
Ground Chicken Burger Patties Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds of ground chicken
- ¼ cup Panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped green onions, scallions or chives
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- sesame oil for coating burgers to grill
In a large bowl, the ground chicken meat is mixed with with seasonings, chopped scallions or chives and some Panko crumbs.
Divide the meat mixture into four and using oiled hands, form each into a flavorful burger patty.
Place on preheated grill, grill pan or skillet (medium heat). Flip after 5-6 minutes and top with the apricot glaze. Continue grilling until burger patty is fully cooked through.
Sriracha Mayo
Mixing this sriracha mayonnaise literally just takes a minute and is loaded with flavor.
Ingredients
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon chopped scallions
- 2 teaspoon sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for this easy sriracha mayonnaise, while the burgers are cooking.
If you don't like spicy mayo, try pouring a little hoisin sauce on the burger instead.
Assembling
Grab some buns, and slather a generous dollop of Sriracha Mayonnaise on the bottom slice. Once the chicken burgers are fully cooked, place chicken burger glaze side up on each bun, pile on some broccoli slaw and cover with the top of the bun.
Air Fryer Asian Chicken Burgers
If you prefer air frying, that cooking method can very easily be used for this recipe. Simply coat the burger patties lightly with cooking spray and cook at 380 degrees for 8-10 minutes (depending on thickness of your burgers). Flipping halfway though cooking is recommended, but not required. Apply glaze in final few minutes of cooking or after the flip.
Serve some delicious homemade kettle chips, dill pickle pasta salad, potato salad, air fryer sweet potato fries or Asian Cucumber Salad on the side and you have yourself an amazing meal! Some pickled daikon would be good on the burger too.
Asian Chicken Burger
Ingredients
- 4 bulky burger buns preferably ones with sesame seeds
Chicken Burger MIx
- 1 ½ pounds ground chicken *
- ¼ cup Panko bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped scallions green onions, or chives
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- sesame oil for coating burgers to grill or use nonstick cooking spray
Broccoli Slaw
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbs fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Ponzu sauce or ½ teaspoon of reduced sodium soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- 9 oz. bag of shredded broccoli slaw mix
Apricot Glaze
- ¼ cup Apricot preserves
- 1 tbs Ponzu sauce or ½ tablespoon of reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- generous pinch of salt
Sriracha Mayonnaise
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbs finely chopped green onion or scallion or chives
- 2 teaspoon sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- First, prepare the broccoli slaw. Whisk together all the ingredients except the broccoli to make the dressing, then toss with the broccoli.
- Whisk together ingredients for apricot glaze.
- Preheat the grill to med heat. Mix all ingredients for burger mix. Divide into quarters. Drizzle a little sesame oil on your hands, so you can shape the patties without sticking to your hands.
- Sear one side of burger, flip then baste top generously with glaze.
- While the chicken burgers are cooking whisk together the sriracha mayonnaise.
- Slather the bottom of each bun with sriracha mayonnaise. Once burgers are cooked through, place on top of the mayonnaise, glaze side up. Top off with broccoli slaw and bun top. Serve.
Notes
Air Fry
If you prefer to cook the chicken burgers in an air fryer, do so at 380 degrees for 10 minutes. Flip halfway through cooking and apply glaze at that time.Nutrition
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Katie says
HI,
So I made this last night and dang if it wasn't just delicious!!!! Only thing I had to do different was to get reg slaw mix, as my store doesn't carry the broccoli slaw. The flavors are spot on, wouldn't change a thing. Oh and for me this recipe made 4 generous patties so Yes! Leftovers for lunch!!! 🙂
Thanks for a wonderful new chicken recipe.