Do chicken burgers taste good?

incisron
incisron Posts: 550 Member
edited November 28 in Health and Weight Loss
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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    tastes like...chicken :P
  • BekahC1980
    BekahC1980 Posts: 474 Member
    I like grilling them on the George Forman with some red and yellow peppers and white or red onion
  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
    I think they're delicious but the ones we had weren't any lower calorie than regular burgers.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,647 Member
    If you're talking about the ones from Burger King, I don't know but I intend to find out.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Home made, fast food, ma & pa, gourmet?

    Cheers, h.
  • incisron
    incisron Posts: 550 Member
    victoria_1024 wrote: »
    I think they're delicious but the ones we had weren't any lower calorie than regular burgers.

    Feeling scared now. Sis took it upon herself to buy chicken burgers and they say 170 cals. Could that be false?
  • incisron
    incisron Posts: 550 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Home made, fast food, ma & pa, gourmet?

    Cheers, h.

    Store bought.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Sure. I also really like tuna steak burgers and burgers without buns. That said, all burgers have their place, including the traditional kind. I normally make them at home, since the calories are lower.
  • MissyN452
    MissyN452 Posts: 10 Member
    They are delicious if you make them yourself. :) I use 500g chicken mince (ground chicken...if you're American or elsewhere in the world), 2 eggs, 1 carrot, 1 onion (sautee with garlic prior to adding to pattie mix), 1tbs Worcestershire sauce, and a good large pinch of hot paprika. you can totally use chilli instead, but I am allergic to hot chillies.

    Roll and then flatten into your patties, cook, and have with turkish bread or whatever you want, a ton of salad, and I use a dollop of greek yoghurt as a sour-cream substitute sauce. When I'm naughty I also use BBQ sauce. They're a little spicy, but totally delicious.

    Yum yum yum!
  • wearmi1
    wearmi1 Posts: 291 Member
    Yes! I make buffalo chicken burgers. Ground chicken, green onion, wheat bread crumbs, skim milk, blue cheese, salt, pepper, garlic. Mix it all up and grill it up!
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    I've never had store bought chicken burgers, but I like homemade ones.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    170 cal may be good depending on the weight. If you already have them, eat them. If the cals are too high with a bun, put some cottage cheese on top and eat it with a salad.
    Check the nutrition and ingredient labels. Not all burgers are created equal, and most have a high salt content.

    Cheers, h.
  • tasaiar1
    tasaiar1 Posts: 79 Member
    If the chicken is fillet then yes. If it's the mashed up processed chicken then no they are horrible
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2016
    All fillets are processed. Any boneless chicken is. Are you confused about the meaning of "processed." All the meat (most bone-in) I get from a local farm is processed, because they go to a processor and are chopped up, as required by state law. I don't get a whole chicken and if I demanded it, it would still be broken into parts and without its feathers because state law.

    Do you really kill your own chickens? And think people who do not are nutritionally-deprived? If not, yeah, you eat processed food, like the vast majority of us.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,647 Member
    edited January 2016
    tasaiar1 wrote: »
    If the chicken is fillet then yes. If it's the mashed up processed chicken then no they are horrible

    By "mashed up processed chicken" you're thinking of chicken patties or cutlets, which yeah, are mostly not great. Burgers would mean that the chicken is ground up in the same fashion as hamburger.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    All fillets are processed. Any boneless chicken is. Are you confused about the meaning of "processed." All the meat (most bone-in) I get from a local farm is processed, because they go to a processor and are chopped up, as required by state law. I don't get a whole chicken and if I demanded it, it would still be broken into parts and without its feathers because state law.

    Do you really kill your own chickens? And think people who do not are nutritionally-deprived? If not, yeah, you eat processed food, like the vast majority of us.

    She's simply stating she prefers the meat whole and not ground to paste. Why go on a rant over it? I also prefer the taste and texture of a chicken burger/sandwich made with a larger piece of chicken rather than a ground patty.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    The deli at the grocery store at the bottom of the road has THE BEST Thai Chicken Curry burgers I've ever tasted. :)
  • Heidisjourney
    Heidisjourney Posts: 41 Member
    tasaiar1 wrote: »
    If the chicken is fillet then yes. If it's the mashed up processed chicken then no they are horrible

    This. The mashed up processed kind also have lotsa nasties added
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    incisron wrote: »
    victoria_1024 wrote: »
    I think they're delicious but the ones we had weren't any lower calorie than regular burgers.

    Feeling scared now. Sis took it upon herself to buy chicken burgers and they say 170 cals. Could that be false?

    food labels can't be deliberately false without significant ramifications...there is some lattitude for estimation error, but they can't be blatantly false.

    the calorie content is going to depend on the weight as well as the % of fat in the chicken...fillers (which you should probably take a look at...a lot of those pre-packaged patties and whatnot are mostly fillers, not actual meat), etc.

    my local grocery store sells ground chicken in bulk...it's 93% which when compared to ground beef @ 93% is not much different in RE to calories or other nutrients.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I don't like the texture of ground chicken but the taste is just chicken and whatever you add to it. Just try it and then you'll know if you like it.
    Is this just raw ground chicken or a breaded frozen chicken patty? I think 170 calories sounds reasonable for plain ground chicken. If you cook it in oil or add things to it then the calories will go up.
  • llbennett74
    llbennett74 Posts: 132 Member
    Yes. I prefer them over turkey burgers.
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    Funny that this thread was bumped today, as it turns out that I'm actually having a homemade one for dinner today.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    All fillets are processed. Any boneless chicken is. Are you confused about the meaning of "processed." All the meat (most bone-in) I get from a local farm is processed, because they go to a processor and are chopped up, as required by state law. I don't get a whole chicken and if I demanded it, it would still be broken into parts and without its feathers because state law.

    Do you really kill your own chickens? And think people who do not are nutritionally-deprived? If not, yeah, you eat processed food, like the vast majority of us.

    C'mon, I know that you know that tasaiar1 meant Ultra Processed like Chicken McNuggets and not Minimally Processed like de-feathered etc.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I think they are tasty, but I don't use them as a substitution for the real deal. They are what they are...
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Yes.
  • ARGriffy
    ARGriffy Posts: 1,002 Member
    I make turkey burgers, I put olives and dried tomatoes with garlic and coriander in a processor, make a paste then mix with turkey mince, super low cal and sooo tasty!
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