Indian Spiced Chicken Burgers With Spicy Peanut Sauce Food

CHEF JOHN'S CHICKEN SATAY BURGER

Steps:

• Combine peanut butter, lime juice, and 1 teaspoon Asian chile pepper sauce in a small bowl; stir until thoroughly combined.
• Mix carrot, cucumber, and jalapeno pepper in a bowl; stir in fish sauce and rice vinegar. Set aside.
• Mix garlic, coconut milk, cumin, turmeric, and 1 teaspoon Asian chile pepper sauce in a bowl. Add bread crumbs and soy sauce to the mixture. Stir in ground chicken and basil until thoroughly combined. Mixture will be soft.
• Break off a small piece of chicken mixture and fry in a nonstick skillet over medium heat until chicken is browned and no longer pink. Taste the little cooked piece and season the raw chicken mixture to taste with salt and cayenne pepper. Do not eat raw chicken mix.
• Spoon 1/4 the chicken mixture into skillet, forming it into a patty shape, and cook until bottom of patty is browned, about 5 minutes. Flip patty and cook until other side is browned and chicken mixture is no longer pink inside, about 5 more minutes. Repeat with remaining chicken to make 3 more patties.
• Spread about 1 teaspoon of peanut spread onto each bun half; top bun bottoms with a chicken patty, about 1/4 cup of the carrot slaw, and 1 tablespoon of cilantro leaves. Place tops of buns on burgers to serve.

MASALA CHICKEN BURGERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven or grill to 375 degrees. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper and spray olive over it. Keep aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl add all the ingredients for burger patties and mix well.
• Flatten the mix in the bowl and then make 2 cross slits in the middle to divide the mix into 4 quarters.
• Use a spoon or spatula shape each quarter into a round ball and drop it on the lined tray, 3 to 4 inches apart from each other Shape into a round circle with a spoon and then gently press the meat into a flat 3 to 4-inch patty. Press the middle of the patty with your thumb or back of a spoon, this will allow the patty surface to cook flat and not puff up.
• Lightly spray over the burgers and cook in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. No need to turn halfway over.

INDIAN SPICED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In small bowl, stir together oil and garlic. Stir in water, paprika, ginger, coriander, cumin, nutmeg, turmeric and cayenne pepper.
• Spoon 1 tbsp (15 mL) into another small bowl; stir in lemon juice and set aside. Arrange chicken in single layer in shallow glass dish; brush with remaining spice mixture. Cover and refrigerate chicken for 1 hour.
• (Chicken can be prepared to this point and refrigerated for up to 24 hours; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.) Place chicken, flesh side down, on greased grill over medium-high heat; close lid and cook for 5 minutes.
• Turn and brush flesh with reserved lemon mixture. Close lid and cook, turning often, for about 12 minutes longer or until chicken is no longer pink inside and juices run clear when chicken is pierced.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a blender puree the vinegar, soy, water, ginger, garlic, and sugar.
• Add peanut butter and oils blend.
• You can add hot pepper sauce to blender or just top the dish with pepper flakes.
• Depends on how much heat you like!
• Or both!

SATAY KUAH SAUCE (SPICY PEANUT SAUCE)

Steps:

• Peel coarse outer layer from lemon grass, and remove tough tops. (Save these for a soup stock if desired).
• Chop tender stalks into 1 inch lengths.
• Place in workbowl of food processor with shallots, garlic, coriander, hot chilli sauce, cumin seeds and turmeric.
• Whirl to a fine paste, adding water if needed.
• In a large frying pan over medium setting , heat oil, add lemon grass paste and dried shrimp paste, stirring and frying for about 4 minutes or until mixture emits a wonderously aromatic perfume.
• Stir in about half the coconut milk and continue cooking, stirring almost constantly, for 8 minutes.
• Stir in remaining coconut milk, sweeten with sugar and season with salt.
• Blend in peanuts.
• Taste at this point to adjust sweetening, salt, and chilli.
• Thin with more coconut milk or water if desire.

KATJANG SAUCE (SPICY PEANUT SAUCE)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet and cook the shallots and garlic 3 to 4 minutes, until they are soft and transparent but not brown.
• Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Add the ground peanuts, soy sauce, molasses, lime juice, ginger, and chilies or cayenne.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Allow to cool slightly before serving with chicken satay or satay ayam (see my recipe posted on this site).