Quick and easy chicken burgers

One of the staples in our household is chicken burgers. They're relatively easy to make and freeze great. They're super juicy, tasty, and a hit with our kid. The recipe is very forgiving so if you're missing some things you can just make it with ingredients you have on hand.

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs ground chicken (we use organic thigh meat which has a higher fat content)
• 1 slice of whole wheat bread - ground up (or any type of bread you have)
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 onion run through a grinder (optional). Alternatively you can just add diced pan-fried onions to the meat mixture.
• 1 teaspoon garlic granules (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin (optional - I don't really like the flavor so I prefer leaving it out)

Typically we'll use about 2 pounds worth of ground chicken which makes about 8 regular or 10 small patties.

Grind up one slice of whole wheat bread (or any kind of bread you have on hand).

Here's how fine the ground up bread crumbs should look - smaller than the size of peas.

Put the bread crumbs into a large mixing bowl.

Onion is optional but it makes the burger extra juicy. I've also used chopped up mushrooms instead of onion.

Grind up onion to a very fine consistency.

Add the chicken and onion to the breadcrumbs in the bowl.

Alternatively you can add diced pan-fried onions instead of ground up onion.

Add worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt, and garlic granules. You can also salt each patty when you cook them instead of adding it to the meat mixture - you'll end up using less salt this way.

Mix everything so it's incorporated. Don't over mix otherwise the meat will be tough.

Spoon the mixture into a frying pan on medium heat and shape into patties. Salt each side if you didn't add salt to the meat mixture.

Flip over when a nice brown crust develops (takes a few minutes).

Makes about 8-10 patties - pop whatever you don't eat into the freezer.

We prepare our burgers with typical fixings - toasted buns, grilled onions, ketchup, pickles, lettuce or spinach, a slice of tomato, and avocado.

Sometimes I'll have the patty in a wrap when we don't have burger buns on hand or I'll just use regular sandwich bread.

Juicy and delicious. You might have more than one!