Grammy's Kitchen · Burgers · Ultra Crunchy Fried Chicken Burger
One of 65 burgers recipes we measured
It ranks #65 of 65 for structural integrity among the burgers recipes we compared. 64 cooks on www.recipetineats.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 65.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 191% | 1% |
| dairy | 44% | 0% |
| salt | 3% | 0% |
| aromatics | 2% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 196% | 0% |
| egg | 12% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 250 g | 2 x 250g/8oz chicken breast ((I use this)) |
| 4 boneless thigh fillets | |
| 184 g | 3/4 cup buttermilk ((Note 1 for sub)) |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 tsp cooking / kosher salt |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 208 g | 4 soft buns (, split and lightly toasted (mine are 10cm/4")) |
| 2 - 3 cups iceberg lettuce (, finely sliced (or other leafy greens of choice)) | |
| 822 g | 2 tomatoes (, sliced (optional, sometimes I do)) |
| 2 g | 2 gherkins / dill pickles (, sliced on an angle) |
| 147 g | 2/3 cup mayonnaise (, preferably whole egg) |
| 2 g | 3/4 tsp garlic (, finely grated (1 clove)) |
| 90 g | 3/4 cup flour (, plain / all purpose) |
| 30 g | 1/4 cup corn flour / cornstarch |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp celery salt ((or heaped 1/8 tsp celery seed)) |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp sweet paprika |
| 0 g | 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper ((inc to 1/2 tsp for spicy ZINGER burger!)) |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp onion powder |
| 3 g | 1 tsp garlic powder |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp mustard powder |
| 0 g | 1/4 tsp ginger powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp dried thyme |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp dried oregano |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt |
| 4 g | 1 1/2 tsp black pepper |
| 654 g | 3 cups vegetable oil ((or canola or peanut) (2.5cm/1" depth in cooking vessel)) |
Method: 10 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Really good chicken burger recipe. Even if you are missing celery salt, which is not common spice cupboard staple here in UK, it still worth doing. It's also good as chicken Nuggets, just chop the chicken breast in smaller pieces. My only problem is that when ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Best chicken burger we've ever had! I made this a couple of times and it was a huge success!!! Buttermilk is not available in my country, so I followed yourvrecommendation to swap it for yogurt+milk and it was still perfect. Made it for some friends and my” — a cook, 5.0★