Churgers

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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe. My nephew tried his first one just the other day. He’s the one that declared them “Churgers.” Really, they are ground chicken patties, but “churger” sounds so much more hip. And they taste “awesome.” Try one.

Servings: Serves 2

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz of ground chicken breast. You can get this readily at Whole Foods or you can ask your local butcher to grind chicken breast for you.
  • ½ red bell pepper, diced
  • ½ c of onion, diced
  • 2 tsp of your favorite meat rub (optional)

Instructions:

Put these ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly. I do this with my hands to make sure it gets it fully mixed. It’s a gooey process.  Then the trick is to form patties.  The best bet is to wet your hands.  Ground chicken will stick to dry hands but if you wet them it’s much easier to form the patties.  These will each by six ounce patties.

Wash hands.

Heat your grill pan or a grill. Lightly spray with olive oil spray and begin grilling the patties. Grill on one side for 3 minutes. Don’t mess with them.  Then turn them over. Turn heat to medium and let them continue to cook. The important thing is to cook them slowly and make sure the middle is no longer pink. If you cook them slowly they will be juicy and done. Sometimes I grill just the one side and then put them in the oven to finish. Baking them at 350 for 15 minutes does the trick. You can insert a knife into the meat to check for pink or no pink. Again, since it’s chicken and not ground beef, make sure it’s done all the way through.

You can serve these plain or on top of a salad.

Enjoy!

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