These juicy BBQ Chicken Burgers are easy to make and perfect for summer parties. Everyone will love how flavorful these ground chicken burgers are!
Looking for more homemade burger recipes? Try this The Ultimate Classic Turkey Burger Recipe or these Grilled Lamb Burgers with Feta & Cucumbers.
BBQ Chicken Burgers with Caramelized Onions
Well, it’s finally here and I seriously couldn’t wait!
It’s BURGER WEEK here at Joyful Healthy Eats and do I have an awesome lineup for you!
As you know I’m kinda obsessed with all things grilling. If I could I would totally grill every day of the week. In fact one year on Christmas Eve, it was hardcore raining outside so I made my husband, brother, and dad pull the grill from the backyard to the front porch so we could grill some of my famous juicy Baby Back Ribs for dinner! Yeah, I’m a little crazy. But it was so worth it!
These BBQ Chicken Burgers Are Perfect For Summer Parties
Memorial Day is at the end of this month, then the fun summer pool parties or backyard BBQ’s begin, before you know it 4th of July will be here and the list goes on. So, as a way to help you out and my willingness to eat burgers all week 🙂 I’m gonna give you a head start on planning so that when those parties come around you have a recipe that will knock your friends socks off!
Gone are the days of plain lettuce, tomato, and pickle burgers!
These Chicken Burgers Have All My Favorite Flavors
I polled ya’ll on Facebook a couple weeks ago about the kind of burger you were looking for and a majority of you said chicken burgers. To be honest, I had never made Chicken Burgers before and never actually worked with ground chicken before. I’ve used ground lamb, ground turkey, ground beef, and even ground buffalo but chicken .. nope. I was racking my brain trying to think of another burger recipe that would wow you but also be simple to make.
So hello to my little friend.
The BBQ Chicken Burger with Caramelized Onions!!! This recipe was inspired by a family favorite around our house, BBQ Chicken Pizza!
What Does Ground Chicken Feel Like?
Since it was my first time cooking with ground chicken I was a little surprised by the texture of it. I thought it would be similar to ground turkey but as soon as I put my hands in the bowl to form the patties I noticed it almost felt like shaved chicken pieces. So just an FYI for those of you are new to the ground chicken world.:)
What Type Of Toppings Do You Put On BBQ Chicken Burgers?
These burgers are topped with sweet caramelized onions, butter lettuce, juicy roma tomatoes, creamy avocado, and a sweet BBQ Sauce. They are a great change up if you looking to make a burger that is a little different, but still full of flavor.
You could even serve these Chicken Burgers minus the bun if you’re going gluten free and it would still be absolutely delicious!
Happy Grilling!
BBQ Chicken Burgers
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6 burgers 1x
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Description
These juicy BBQ Chicken Burgers are easy to make and perfect for summer parties. Everyone will love how flavorful these ground chicken burgers are!
Ingredients
Chicken Burger Patty:
- 2 lbs. of ground chicken
- 2 tablespoons mayonaisse
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1/4 gluten free panko
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1–2 tablespoons olive oil
Burgers:
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 6 brioche buns (whole wheat buns)
- 2 avocado, mashed
- 4 leafs of butter lettuce
- 1–2 beef steak tomatoes, sliced
- BBQ Sauce (I used Sweet Baby Rays Honey BBQ)
Instructions
Make Chicken Patty:
- To a large bowl add ground chicken, mayonaisse, dijon mustard, onion, gf panko, garlic, salt, smoked paprika, cumin and black pepper. Using your hands, mix everything together until everything is well incorporated.
- Form into 6 equal patties.
Chicken Burgers:
- Heat a large skillet to medium high heat, add olive oil and the patties. Cook for 4-5 minutes per side until the patties are completely cooked through, or internal temperature is 165°F. Remove from the pan, repeat until all the patties are cooked.
- Heat another large skillet to medium heat. Lightly spread butter on the inside of the brioche buns. Place cut side down on the skillet and sear until they are slight browned, 2-3 minutes.
- Assemble burger: bottom bun, mashed avocado, chicken burger, 2 slices of tomato, lettuce, 1-2 tablespoons of bbq sauce, top bun.
- Devour!
32 comments on “BBQ Chicken Burgers”
Wow, it’s very interesting how you used caramelized onions in this burger. I’ve been craving for bar burgers for quite a while now and having one with lots of onions wouldn’t be so bad. Perhaps I should get one for my next cheat day.
The caramelized onions are a game changer!
Aw who wouldn’t go crazy for anything topped with sweet, caramelized onions and drizzled with savory BBQ Sauce? This chicken burger is definitely a must try this summer! Thanks for the share!
Right!! Caramelized Onions are the way to my heart.
Seeing as Dustin’s FAVORITE pizza is BBQ chicken I have already told him about these burgers and how they are necessary this summer! Loving the caramelized onions and sweet BBQ sauce. Everyone would be happy in house with these burgers! Pinned!
haha.. love it! Pretty sure Dustin and I would be good friends. Hope you, the hubs, and that baby enjoy these burgers sweet friend! 🙂
Those are some darn good looking chicken burgers, Krista! We love to grill, too, and do it almost every weekend (sometimes more than once). I can’t say we’ve ever grilled chicken burgers but we will definitely have to give them a try now.
I hadn’t either, which was why the texture of the raw meat weirded me out but they are so good! Hope you and Ken give them a try girl! Happy grilling!
Yay for burger week! You hit a homerun with these bbq chicken burgers. Caramelized onions are one of my husband’s favorites!
Pinned!
Awww.. thanks so much Mariah. You are so sweet! Your husband has good taste, they are one of my favorites too. I could eat a big bowl of them. 🙂 Thanks for the pin chica!
Girllll, you make chicken burgers look gooood! And that’s saying a lot b/c I will take beef over chicken 99.9% of the time 🙂
haha.. well you make me blush! 🙂 Thanks Gina and I’m so with you .. bring on the beef but this chicken burger totally can stand up next to any beef burger and shine. 🙂
Yay to grilling season!!! And I love the fresher healthy chicken burger. I’ve never used ground chicken so thanks for the heads up on texture. Pinned
absolutely, i figured if it weirded me out it might do the same for someone else. 🙂 Hope you like them girl!
I am all about grilling too, and chicken burgers that are topped with avocado and caramelized onions. I just bought some chicken breasts, and this is dinner tomorrow night! Awesome!
Woot Woot! Hope you love it Amy! 🙂
My sister is going to thank me so much for finding this recipe! She loves BBQ chicken, and with her looking to be healthy, this should work for her!
Hurray!!! Yes, she will totally love this and if she wanted to leave the bun out this still totally works! Thanks Kacey!
So amazing to think that you could have such a delicious and full meal in only 17 minutes! Love this recipe, Krista!
Dreams do come true. 🙂 Thanks Cyrus!
I cannot wait to see what else is in store for burger week! This looks amazing, and you totally had me at caramelized onions girl!
I can’t wait to share, they are all seriously so good.
Caramelized onions get me every time too, I could eat them by the bowl!
I love that you used ground chicken to make this burger healthier. It looks delicious.
Thanks so much Christine! 🙂
Oh my word, these look divine! I love caramelized onions yet I never tried putting them on a burger. Such a great idea!
Thanks Nora, you definitely need to try caramelized onions on burgers.. de-lish!
This burger looks amazing! That drippy BBQ sauce is totally calling my name…yum!
haha… right! Dripping anything is always a winner in my book. 🙂
I was surprised by the texture of uncooked ground chicken too when I first used it! Glad I’m not the only one. I love the flavor combinations here. This burger sounds delicious!
Whew… glad you thought the same thing. Its definitely different but soooo soo good! 🙂
Love the oregano in these burgers – my husbands favorite! These look amazing!
Thanks so much Liz! 🙂