RECIPES

Red Hot Chicken Burger

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SERVINGS

4 People

TIME

AUTHOR

Ben Lippett

🔥 Nutrition per serving

1202

Calories

Protein
38g
Fat
75g
Carbs
93g
Sat. Fat
28g
Fibre
6g
Sugars
10g
Sodium
1816mg

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Red Hot Chicken Burger

Ingredients

Skinless Chicken Thigh4
Pickle30 g
Plain Flour200 g
Cornflour100 g
Garlic Powder4 tbsp
Smoked Paprika6 tbsp
Cayenne Pepper6 tbsp
Ground White Pepper1 tbsp
Butter200 g
Buttermilk200 ml
Hot Sauce100 ml
Vegetable Oil1 L
Red Hot Cheetos30 g
Mayonnaise2 tbsp
Iceberg Lettuce0.5
Brioche Bun248 g

Method

1

Chuck your chicken thighs into a bowl and cover with the liquid from the pickle jar. Add a big pinch of salt and set aside for 1 hour.

2

Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, cornflour, 3 tbsp garlic powder, half of the paprika and cayenne and all of the white pepper. Season generously with salt and pepper and set aside.

3

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook until it just starts to brown. Add the remaining garlic powder, paprika and cayenne. Add a big pinch of salt and 50ml of Frank’s hot sauce. Give it a taste, it should be very spicy. Whisk to combine and keep warm on the stove.

4

Whisk together the buttermilk and remaining hot sauce.

5

Heat the vegetable oil to 170c and drain the chicken from the brine.

6

Pass the chicken through the buttermilk mixture and into the seasoned flour making sure it is well coated all over. Pass through both again to give the chicken a craggly, ruffled texture.

7

Fry the chicken for 10-12 mins until crispy and cooked all the way through. While the chicken is frying smash up the Cheetos in a pestle and mortar.

8

Dice the pickles and fold through the mayo. Finely shred the iceberg lettuce.

9

As soon as the chicken comes out, dunk it into the red hot butter and pop onto a plate.

10

Toast your buns and you’re ready to build. Bottom bun, pickle mayo, shredded lettuce, hot chicken, handful of Cheetos and topped off with more pickle mayo and the top bun.

11

Give it a squish, and get stuck in.