Sage and blue cheese chicken burgers
5
Points®
Total time: 25 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
What makes these lean chicken burgers so moist and rich-tasting? The combo of shredded apple, onion, and sage. A creamy drizzle of blue cheese dressing puts them over the top. If you’d like, double up when you make the burger patties and freeze extras for later. Baked sweet potato fries are a quick and easy side for these burgers. Put 1 1/2 oz of fries in the oven for each serving you want. Start baking them just before you begin prepping the burgers and both will be done at about the same time.
Ingredients
Uncooked ground chicken breast
1 pound(s)
Apple
⅓ cup(s), sweet variety such as Gala or Fuji, shredded
Red onion
3 Tbsp, chopped, finely chopped
Whole wheat panko breadcrumbs
3 Tbsp
Fresh sage
1 Tbsp, finely chopped
Hot pepper sauce
1 Tbsp
Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp
Table salt
¼ tsp
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Gorgonzola cheese
¼ cup(s), crumbled, not packed, or other blue cheese, crumbled
1% low fat buttermilk
2 Tbsp
Mayonnaise
2 tsp
Black pepper
⅛ tsp
Table salt
1 pinch(es)
Whole wheat sandwich thins
4 item(s), split and toasted
Tomato
1 small, sliced
Boston lettuce
4 leaf/leaves, small size, or Bibb lettuce leaves
Instructions
1
Combine chicken, apple, onion, panko, sage, pepper sauce, Worcestershire, and 1/4 tsp salt in large bowl. With damp hands, form mixture into 4 (1/2-inch-thick) patties. Lightly spray patties on both sides with nonstick spray.
2
Set nonstick ridged grill pan over medium heat. Place patties on pan and cook until browned and instant-read thermometer inserted into side of burger registers 165°F, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
3
Meanwhile, to make dressing, stir together Gorgonzola, buttermilk, mayonnaise, pepper, and remaining pinch salt in small bowl. Serve burgers in sandwich thins topped with dressing, tomato, and lettuce.
4
Serving size: 1 burger and 1 tbsp dressing
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