Jerk Chicken Burger Recipe
This Jamaican-influenced jerk chicken burger rocks all of the classic spicing from great jerked chicken, everything from allspice berries to scotch bonnet chillies, and that mango salsa provides a perfect balance.
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 844kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Small Chicken Breasts
- 2 Burger Buns
- Iceberg Lettuce
- Spray Oil (For cooking the Chciken)
For the Marinade:
- 1 Scotch Bonnet chilli pepper
- 2 Spring Onions
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 35 g Ginger 1 Thumb Sized Piece
- 1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Grated Nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Cloves
- ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Ground Allspice
- 1 teaspoon Thyme Leaves
- 1 tablespoon Black Treacle or Molasses
- 1 tablespoon Malt Vinegar
For the Mango Salsa:
- 1 Small Mango
- 1 Red Pepper
- 1 Spring Onion
- 1 tablespoon Lime Juice
- 1 Orange (Zest only)
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Remove the stalk from the chilli, and the seeds if you want to reduce the heat and add it to a mini blender.
- Roughly chop the spring onions and add to the chilli.
- Peel the garlic and ginger and throw them into the blender.
- Add the remaining ingredients for the marinade into the blender and mix to form a paste.
- Take the chicken breasts and remove the tender (freeze this for later), then sandwich a breast between two sheets of baking parchment and bash with a rolling pin until around 1-1.5cm (around ½") thick.
- Place the chicken in a bag and add the marinade, massage well and refrigerate for at least 2 hours and for a maximum of 24 hours.
- Cut the mango and red pepper into a 5-6mm (¼") dice and place them into a bowl.
- Chop the spring onion into rounds as finely as you can and add to the pepper mango mix.
- Zest the orange and add it to the salsa mix.
- Squeeze over the lime juice and stir to coat, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat a griddle pan over a medium-high heat.
- Spray the chicken breasts with spray oil and cook for 6-7 minutes per side or until the internal temperature reaches 73°C 165°F. Then remove the chicken and cover with foil for a minute or two,
- Cut burger buns and place them cut side down in the griddle pan and sear.
- Build your burger and tuck in.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 844kcal | Carbohydrates: 96g | Protein: 64g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 152mg | Sodium: 2776mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 48g
