American · easy
Crispy chicken burger (pan-fried, no deep fry)
A chilli-yogurt marinated chicken breast, pounded to an even bun-sized fillet, pressed into crunchy crumbs and pan-fried golden in a teaspoon and a half of oil, with burger sauce and cabbage in a soft bun.
Makes 1 · Weekend 6 min · On the day 13 min · Raw pack
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Ingredients
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Method
Saturday night: beat the fillet to an even 1.5 cm between plastic (about the width of the bun); bag it flat with the yogurt, garlic, chilli, pepper, chilli garlic sauce and salt; freeze.
Tuesday night: move the bag to the fridge.
Wednesday: dry the 2/3 slice of bread on a dry tawa 2 min per side, crush it in a bag and mix with the flour on a plate.
Lift the fillet out and let the extra marinade drip off (a thin yogurt coat is the glue); press hard into the crumbs on both sides.
Heat 1 level tsp oil on medium 1 min; cook the fillet 5 min without moving until deep golden.
Brush the top crumbs with 1/4 tsp oil, flip, cook UNCOVERED 5 min on medium-low. Cut the thickest part: white with clear juices; if not, 1-2 min more.
Toast the bun 30 s; spread burger sauce, add cabbage and the crispy fillet.
Freeze & reheat
- Freeze
- RAW marinated fillet in a flat zip bag (not crumbed). Label: 'WED - DINNER - Crispy chicken fillet (RAW CHICKEN, not crumbed) - crumb + pan 10 min - made Sat __/__'
- Thaw & reheat
- Fridge Tuesday night; crumb and cook fully on the day. Never thaw raw chicken on the counter.
- Keeps
- Raw marinated: freezer 1 month; after thawing cook within 24 h
Why it tastes good: Crumb on the day (crumbs frozen on raw chicken go soggy) and cook it hot and fast on a thin, even fillet: crisp outside, juicy inside.
Nutrition, per portion
Crispy chicken burger (pan-fried, no deep fry)
Cook-up: this is prepped Saturday night 21:17
Adapted from Chicken Burger! by Nagi Maehashi (RecipeTin Eats) (4.91 stars from 53 votes, 127 comments (checked 15 Sep 2026); the pound-thin, coat and pan-fry hard-and-fast method is used, with a yogurt-chilli marinade and bread-crumb coat; avocado, Swiss cheese and garlic mayo left out).
Photo: Close-up Photo of Delicious Chicken Burger by Qamar Rehman, Pexels License (Pexels).
