Recipe
Easy BBQ Chicken & Bean Burgers
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Serves: 7
Beans and rolled oats add both flavour and fibre to these juicy burgers. Easily doubled, this recipe is perfect to feed a crowd at a backyard barbeque.
Contributed By: Developed for CFC by Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc
Ingredients
1 lb (0.5 kg)
ground chicken
1
can BBQ style white and red kidney beans
1 cup (250 mL)
large-flake rolled oats
1
egg(s), medium
1/2 cup (125 mL)
carrot(s), grated
1/2 cup (125 mL)
parsley, fresh, minced
1 tbsp (15 mL)
Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp (10 mL)
mustard, prepared
1 tbsp (15 mL)
chili powder
1/2 tsp (2.5 mL)
black pepper
7
whole-wheat hamburger rolls
tomato(es), sliced, for garnish
onion(s), for garnish
lettuce, for garnish
Instructions
1
Place ground chicken in a large bowl and mix in entire can of beans and rest of ingredients. Mix well using clean hands.
2
Form into seven ½ cup (125 mL) patties about 1 inch thick and place on large plate. Chill for approximately 30 minutes.
3
Spray BBQ grill with vegetable oil cooking spray and preheat on medium heat. Grill burgers with the lid closed until a thermometer inserted into the centre of the burger reads 165ºF (74ºC) - about 9 minutes per side.
4
Serve on hamburger buns with sliced tomato, onion, lettuce leaves and your favourite condiments.