Jamaican Jerk Chicken burgers are tasty, lean burgers that are flavored with a homemade jerk seasoning blend.
Here is what you will need
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- Ground chicken breast
- Onion
- Tamari Sauce
- Jerk Seasoning
Estimated Time To Make This Recipe: 15 to 20 minutes
Carribean Jerk Burgers are a quick and tasty dinner idea! They are lean and packed with flavor, thanks to homemade spicy jerk seasoning blend.
Jerk chicken burgers can be grilled or cooked on top of the stove. Serve these burgers stuffed into a crusty roll with a side salad or skip the roll an serve it on top of a bed of greens.
Here is how to make them
It takes a few minutes to put these burgers together, and they can be cooked on the grill or on top of the stove.
To prepare the burgers, add the ground chicken breast to a bowl, stir in the jerk seasoning blend and form the meat into four patties. Brush the burgers with tamari sauce on the grill or in a skillet.
Recipe Tips
How to keep the burgers together
Chicken burgers are more tempramental than beef burgers, place the burgers into the refrigerator before cooking if they appear to be too mushy for the grill.
How to store leftovers
Store lefotver Carribean Jerk Chicken Burgers in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days. Reheat them in a pan on top of the stove or in the microwave.
Freeze your burgers
Form the patties and arrange them on a parchment lined baking sheet (uncooked) and place them in the freezer. Once the patties are frozen store them is a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
Variations
- Serve Jerk Burger Sliders at your next party. Shape the burgers into 8 or 9 patties and serve them in slider rolls
- Substitute Chicken with ground turkey or pork.
- Serve your burger on top of a salad
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Jamaican Jerk Chicken Burger
Jerk chicken burgers are lean, spicy and perfect for a quick and easy dinner!
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
1 pound ground chicken breast
1/8 cup minced onions
1 tablespoon tamari sauce
1 tablespoon Carribean Jerk seasoning
Instructions
PREPARE
Mix up the spice blend
Mince the onions
Add the ground chicken to a bowl
Add the onions to the chicken in the bowl
Add 1 tablespoon of the spice blend to the chicken and onions, mix well
Form the chicken into 4 patties and brush with tamari sauce
GRILL METHOD
- Place the burgers on a pre-heated grill (medium to high heat) grill for 4 minutes, brush again with tamari sauce and flip
- Cook the burgers for 4 minutes more or until internal temperature reaches 165
STOVE-TOP METHOD
- Heat a cast iron skillet with 1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium to high heat.
- Place the burgers in the heated pan and cook 5 minutes, coat with tamari sauce and flip
- Cook the burgers for 4 to 5 minutes longer until they reach an internal temperature of 165
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Nutrition information is provided by Nutrifox, an online calculator and is meant to be used for informational purposes only. Even though I try to provide accurate information, these figures should still be considered as estimates.
I love a lean, flavorful burger, and your Jamaican Jerk Chicken Burger is “right up my alley!” I love jerk seasoning, and haven’t tried it in a burger. Pinning!
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A very flavourful spice and herb combination. I never tasted jerk seasoning but it sounds like a combination of spices and herbs I own so I definitely want to try it. Must be glorious in chicken burgers!
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I just recently discovered jerk seasoning at our local grocery store and fell in love. Excited to try a new recipe with one of my newest findings.
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Jerk Chicken is one of my all time favourites, and putting in a burger is a great idea! Can’t wait to try!
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We are always looking for new recipes for the grill. My husband is going to nail this recipe! Looks so amazing!
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Love the combination of spices to making this delicious and yummy flavorful Burger. Wish I could just grab a bite right away.
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The combination of spices in this burger I bet are to die for. I usually have ground turkey in the freezer so I’ think I’ll use that instead – thanks for the substitution!
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These certainly look tasty. I love the blend that you used to flavor them – something I’ve been meaning to try for quite a long time. Time to finally do it! 🙂
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So much flavor in these burgers! I usually find chicken/turkey burgers a little too bland, but these are fantastic!
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These Jamaican Jerk Burgers are fabulous!! My family loved these , the jerk seasoning was a perfect compliment to the lean meat.. We cooked them on the stove top but next time if the weather is nice we will grill them.
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Jamaican jerk chicken is one of my favorites for chicken; you’ve managed to put all the tasty flavors into a burger. Perfect for the grill 🙂
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Every bite is full of flavor! Moist, tender and spicy! I love this burger!
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I have never tried jerk seasoning in a burger! Such a cool idea!
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Yum! Sounds like the perfect weekend meal that my entire family will love — they do buns, I do a salad!
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I love Jerk seasoning! Such a good idea to make a burger with it 🙂
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