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Come lockdown, cooking will be your best friend and a skill you will never regret picking up.

I have started polishing my culinary talent and diversifying into different cuisines.
But when you crave junk food, there is literally very little you can do except succumb to it.

Keeping that in mind, I decided it was time I tried my hands on making something as close to the absurdly tempting junk food in the restaurants. The chunky patty with a lightly toasted bun. The overflowing juices and the extremely separate flavor they concoct. 

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<center> <h2> INGREDIENTS </h2></center>
These are simple, everyday use, household name items that wouldn't give you much trouble. I attempted to make the best tasting patties without having to hunt for restaurant-grade ingredients.

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For this recipe you will need:

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* Minced Chicken (800 grams)
* Egg (1)
* Sliced Cheese (2-4 slices)
* Paprika (1 tablespoon)
* Ginger and Garlic (Equal portions)
* Baking powder (1 tablespoon)
* Lemon
* Dried Green leaves mix (1 teaspoon)
* Olive oil (for frying)


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<h2><center>STEP 1</center></h2>
Start with defrosting the minced chicken, if required. A good burger patty needs to be firm to cook evenly and retain its structure. So we will need to work on that since minced meat is very playful.


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Add the tablespoon of baking powder to the chicken. Crack an egg into it.

These work as strong binding agents and helps hold the other flavors as well as cook easily.

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Beat them well into the chicken. We want the chicken to be evenly "coated" with the binding agent.

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<center><h2>STEP 2</h2></center>

Now it is time to add all the other flavors into the chicken. You will notice your chicken starts to adhere more to itself as time passes.

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* Add in the lemon juice. 

You could simple squeeze out some fresh lemon instead of using a processed lemon juice like I did, here.
Do not add too much. You never want something as strong as lemon to overpower the taste. 
I added just around 15 drops.


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* Add salt to the chicken. 

Depends on your taste how much your prefer. Albeit I wouldn't recommend too much. High salt amounts can lead to hypertension and make the overall taste too much to handle.

* Sprinkle some black pepper into the chicken. Do not feel shy to add extra. In a patty, the pepper usually is a good thing. 

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* The key ingredient: Paprika. 

This brings out the most flavor in a burger. May it be chicken or beef, paprika does extremely well in a patty. It also adds color. You could replace the paprika with red chilli if that is what you prefer.

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* Time to put in the ginger and garlic. 

These add the miracle flavor that you find in any restaurant grade burger.
Be careful, garlic is a strong ingredient and can easily take over all the flavors.
So add not more than half a teaspoon of garlic and ginger powder.
You could also use freshly grated garlic and ginger. Use a teaspoon of them. Make sure they are in equal proportions.

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* Mix them all up and put it in the fridge.

Let is sit for a minimum of half an hour.

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<h2><center>STEP 3</center></h2>

Now that you have left the chicken to settle in the fridge, it is time to pull it out and shape up the patties. 

This is where we will prepare the cheese filled centers.


You will have to begin by making to flat patties with only half of the entire mix. 
So, we will be making 4 patties in total for 2 hamburgers.

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* Start off making a ball and then flatten it on the counter by slowly pressing on top of the ball with your palm. Gently with the back of a spoon you can roll it out.

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* Once you have the 2 patties flattened it is time to make the cheese fillings.

For this we will take one slice of cheese per patty, tear it into half and place it in a crisscross pattern as shown in the image.

This helps cover more area and leave most of the cheese in the middle. It also allows you to close the patty without having any cheese hanging out.

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Now close the patties with the remaining chicken that wasn't used. Press down softly on the edges to shut the patties together and make a whole patty.

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<br><center><h2>STEP 4</h2></center>

We now have our patties ready to be cooked. 
I used an cast iron skillet and olive oil. You could use just any pan and normal cooking oil would work too.

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The cast iron works very well for grills and so on. You need to cover the patties to let it cook from the inside, so it is important to have a lid that fits your cast iron.

Olive oil works best for steaks, burgers etc. Cooking oil can also do the trick. 

First, let the patties cook on low flame with lid on, this lets the chicken cook without charring any of the patty. Sprinkle some dried green mix when it starts to cook. 

Once the chicken is cooked, turn up the flame and let the patties sear and get a nice char on the outside. 

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<br><h2><center>FINAL STEP: DRESSING</center></h2>

How you dress the burger is up to you. I made one spicy and one normal burger. For that I used a mix of ketchup and mayo, for the spicy one I used Chilli Ketchup and Mayo.

You could also alternatively use Burger Sauce which are readily available in stores.

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There is no need to add extra cheese as every bite will ooze with cheese. The burger cooked in this way is extremely juicy and delicious.
You can also add lettuce, onion slices and tomato if you like.

I personally prefer to toast my buns just a little to get an extra crunch.

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<center><h1>VOILA!</h1></center>
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<center>**There you have it. Juicy, cheesy and delicious homemade chicken burger!**</center>
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