Greek Chicken Burgers w/ Patates Lemonates

Don’t know where this idea came from. I love me some tzatziki sauce so that may have been the catalyst. Haven’t featured a chicken burger on here yet, so let’s get all Greek style with it. Was looking up sides, and apparently patates lemonates – or lemon fries – is a thing, so let’s throw that in there too. You know how I do. If y’all want that recipe on the quick, link is right below. But i’ll always say strap in and ride the roller-coaster with me. Learn from me when you try it for yourself.

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Recipe

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The Prep Table

We’re going to whip up some homemade tzatziki sauce, do some spinach/feta chicken burgers and finish off with some lemon-flavored potato wedges. We have a lot going on in this cook – some of the procedure I may skip over because I was a frantic being during this one. I don’t think I’ve done this one – at least at this scale – so let’s get started with that sauce.

I knew I wanted this to shine. I could probably eat this sauce on most everything. It’s such a light, fresh, rewarding sauce that is so welcoming, especially on a greek style chicken burger. We’re going to grate up some fresh English style cucumber, dill, garlic, lemon, and then your greek yogurt and feta. Just typing that out, I know it’s going to shine.

It’s generally simple, but my goodness does it smell fantastic. Sure, your store-bought, restaurant style may have been blended smooth – packaged nicely – this is authentic, it’s rustic. and DAMN was it good.

Put a dice on some white onion/garlic and sliced some red onion for a topper for the burgers. You know the prep is done, so let’s get going.

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The Process

Feta, spinach, onion and garlic all mixed up with some ground chicken. Here’s what you’re going to hate me – I don’t remember how much of each leafy and cheesy I added to it. I’m going to guess as I recipe-fy it below, but I didn’t want to overpower. Whatever I did.. it worked, because it was fantastic. (I gave MrsForensicBBQ’s co-worker a leftover patty, and it was a concurring opinion)

Give yourself a little time to slice up these potatoes. Go read my Jo-Jo’s , these wedges can be delicious. These weren’t my favorite play on the potato side. Sounded good in practice, just wasn’t my favorite on my palate. Give it a try, and let me know if this was your jive or not.

Tzatziki made – in the refrigerator and ready to go. Did a super thin slice on the cucumber. Some large tomatoes also got a slice. Toppings were going to be a-plenty for this burger. Let’s really get to the process now.

I don’t know how you do a baked wedge potato, but I do it hard. We’re going to burn these up. As much as I love a burnt tater, some of these were burned a little too hard. Ate ’em anyway, but they weren’t as good as the slightly burned variety. Look at that charred guy front and center. He had a serious tan, and it still tasted pretty alright.

As you scrolled through the progression, you know we got them done fries. The chicken burgers aren’t going to look like a burger when they’re done, so I’ll throw a ThermaPen into ’em to make sure they’re done. The GrillGrates gave you some marks there that let you know some cooking happened, but when you mess around with cooking bird, gotta make sure.

We’re cooked. Buns are toasted – let’s dress ’em up.

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The Result

Chicken burgers – to me – always taste fresher than a beef burger. They’re lighter and just feel different. We infused it with that spinach and feta, so of course they look a little weird. Throw some fresh spinach on there, some thinly sliced cucumber and tomato on there, and you have yourselves a damn good Greek style burger.

Oh yeah, don’t forget that homemade tzatziki. Layer that top bun with some of that sauce, throw some fresh red onion on there and finish it off. These were so damn good I couldn’t take ’em inside to taste. I kept ’em right there on the cutting board and ate ’em outside. Hey, I didn’t eat ALL of them outside, some of them stayed for leftovers, but it was such a delicious flavor.

I bagged some of them up and donated to MrsForensicBBQ’s co-workers – they busted their ass during a work detail. Even though they were re-heated, I still received positive reviews. I didn’t supply any of the patates lemonades, because they weren’t really up to my standard at all. The taste was OKAY, plus my preferred cook of burnt, I couldn’t let that go to the public. So long as the chicken burger was well-received, it was a positive cook.

That tzatziki though.

What a fun change on the burger. Give the lemon taters a try if you’re adventurous – don’t over cook ’em, and maybe they’ll work out for ya. I personally won’t go for this recipe again, but I’ll provide it. The Greek Chicken Burger however, will definitely do again. In fact, as I type this weeks-removed, I’m looking at doing it again. Cooking is fun, my friends – have some fun!

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The Recipe