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Tex-Mex chicken burger

For this Tex-Mex inspired burger the usual beef pattie has been abandoned in favour of fried chicken with chilli, put together with sliced avocado and raw baby spinach.

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Last modified on: June 23^th 2021

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 ½ avocado
2 ½ lime
3 25 g Cheddar cheese
4 4 leaves fresh spinach
5 ½ onion
6 1 tablespoon fresh coriander (cilantro)
7 1 tablespoon olive oil
8 100 g chicken breast
9 ½ tablespoon chilli spices (optional)
10 2 Hamburger buns
Total weight: 558 grams

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32 min.	15 min.	47 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare all the burger ingredients apart from the meat:

– Prepare ½ avocado, slice fairly thickly and drizzle with lime juice.
– Cut 25 g Cheddar cheese into thin shavings with a vegetable peeler.
– Prepare ½ onion and slice thinly.
– Rinse and dry 4 leaves fresh spinach.
– Pick the coriander (cilantro) leaves off the stalks.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut 100 g chicken breast into strips.

Salt and pepper then set aside.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a small frying pan on medium heat. When good and hot, add the chicken pieces.

Fry until lightly browned., then add ½ tablespoon chilli spices at the end.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Slice 2 Hamburger buns through the middle.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Toast the bottom halves, sitting the "lids" on top of the toaster to do them lightly at the same time

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Assemble the burgers: take a bottom half, add some chicken, then onion slices, then avocado.

Drizzle a little lime juice over.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Add the spinach leaves and cheese shavings.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Finish with the top half of the bun.

Stage 9

Your burger is ready to enjoy.

Remarks

If you like it, try spreading a little mustard on the bun before assembling your burger, or a few drops of Tabasco – or even both.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
936 Kcal or 3,919 Kj	168 gr	638 gr	216 gr
47 %	65 %	60 %	33 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
168 Kcal or 703 Kj	30 gr	114 gr	39 gr
8 %	12 %	11 %	6 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
468 Kcal or 1,959 Kj	84 gr	319 gr	108 gr
23 %	32 %	30 %	16 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Egg, Sesame

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 4.07 €
Per person : 2.04 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken breasts with tarragon, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Vol-au-vent, Escalope cordon bleu, Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts, ... All
	Cheddar cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicano burger, Raw green asparagus salad, Deep leek and potato quiche, Two-cheese quiche, ... All
	Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Rice and fresh spinach salad, How to prepare spinach, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Fresh spinach with cream, ... All
	Hamburger buns: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hamburgers, Pan bagnat, Comtois surprise bread, Chicano burger, ... All

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