Name: Chicken tikka burgers
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 6 small chicken breasts; 6 burger buns (we used ciabatta); 2 tbsp tomato purée; 200g pot Greek yogurt; thumb-sized piece ginger very finely grated; 4 garlic cloves very finely grated or crushed; 2 tbsp garam masala; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground cayenne pepper; juice 1 lemon plus wedges to serve; 2 tomatoes chopped; 1 small red onion chopped; 1 green chilli chopped; 1 tsp tamarind pulp; 2 tbsp tomato ketchup; ½ cucumber sliced; 1 Little Gem lettuce shredded; small bunch mint leaves picked; 1 small red onion halved and finely sliced

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Chicken tikka burgers

Chicken tikka burgers

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 15 mins

plus 2-3 hours marinating

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This Indian dish is traditionally cooked in a clay oven, but works on the barbecue too- try with homemade tamarind chutney and herb salad

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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6 small chicken breasts
6 burger buns

(we used ciabatta)

For the marinade

2 tbsp tomato purée
200g pot Greek yogurt
thumb-sized piece ginger

very finely grated
4 garlic cloves

very finely grated or crushed
2 tbsp garam masala
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cayenne pepper
juice 1 lemon

plus wedges to serve

For the chutney

2 tomatoes

chopped
1 small red onion

chopped
1 green chilli

chopped
1 tsp tamarind

pulp
2 tbsp tomato ketchup

For the salad

½ cucumber

sliced
1 Little Gem lettuce

shredded
small bunch mint

leaves picked
1 small red onion

halved and finely sliced

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal438

low
fat8.7g

low
saturates3.1g
carbs52.3g
sugars9.6g
fibre4.8g
protein37.1g
salt1.7g

Method

step 1

Mix the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Open out each chicken breast and flatten slightly. Place the chicken in the marinade for at least 2-3 hrs. Meanwhile, mix the chutney ingredients together and set aside. (It will keep in the fridge overnight.)
step 2

Heat the BBQ until the coals are ashen, then griddle the chicken for 4-5 mins on each side until cooked through. Toss the salad ingredients and place the chicken in the buns with the salad and spoonfuls of chutney. Serve with lemon wedges.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2013

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