Juicy Burgers Straight From 5-Star Hotel To Your Plate
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Juicy, mouth-filling, affordable, perfectly stuffed, and above all, they can make anyone happy. Do you know what we are talking about? If you guessed burgers, then you are right! Burgers have been accepted and adapted to suit every person’s palate by a majority of people. On a day meant to celebrate the goodness of burgers, here are three recipes from The Westin Goa and Pune, which are easy to assemble, flavourful and surely drool-worthy. So, what are you waiting for? Turn on the grill, take charge, and create your very own yummylicios burger! 

Chicken Burger Recipe By Chef Ho Chi Ming, Chef De Cuisine, The Westin Pune 

Preparation Time: 40 mins 

Cooking Time: 20 mins 

Ingredients 

  • 250 gms ground chicken 
  • 1/3 cup breadcrumbs, dry 
  • 1/3 cup milk 
  • 1/4 cup onions, chopped 
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 
  • 1/4 tsp salt 
  • 1/4 tsp pepper 
  • For assembling the burger: 
  • 1 tomato, sliced 
  • 1 cucumber, sliced 
  • 1 green onion, sliced 
  • 1 lettuce 
  • 150 gms mayonnaise 
  • 4 cheese slices 
  • 4 crisp bacon slices 
  • 2 burger buns 

Method:

  1. Combine chicken, bread crumbs, milk, chopped onions, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and form it into patties. 
  2. Barbeque the patty for 10 minutes per side or until the meat thermometer registers 80°C. If griller is not available, each side of the patty can be fried or seared on a pan for 10 minutes or until the patty is cooked thoroughly. 
  3. Assemble the patty on a burger bun garnished with sliced tomato, cucumber, green onion, lettuce, bacon, cheese and mayonnaise. 
  4. Serve with Onion Rings, Potato Wedges or French Fries. 

The Frenchy burger recipe by Ravish Mishra, Executive Chef, The Westin Goa 

A delicious American style burger with French onion burger bun

INGREDIENTS (for 2 portions)

  • French onion burger bun (120 gms each) 2 nos. 
  • Buffalo chicken wings (B/L) 350 grams 
  • Gorgonzola crumble 50 gms 
  • White onion jam 100 Gms 
  • A1 sauce 50 ml 
  • Golden potato 5 Ea 
  • R. Flour 50 gms 
  • Hot sauce 50 ml 
  • Butter 50 gms 
  • Crushed Peppercorn 10 gms 
  • Mesclun 50 gms 
  • Roma tomatoes 4 Ea 
  • Salt to taste 
  • Pommery mustard 50 gms 
  • Paprika 20 gms 
  • Cayenne pepper 10 gms

Procedure:

  1. Take Buffalo chicken wings boneless to marinate with salt, crushes pepper, refined flour. Paprika, cayenne pepper and garlic powder. 
  2. Crispy fry coated wings in hot oil for 10-15 minutes, until part of the wings begin to turn brown. 
  3. Toss crispy fried wings in hot sauce and keep aside 
  4. Take French onion burger buns cut into two horizontally, apply soft butter and toast on the griddle. 
  5. Apply A1 sauce on toasted buns and place mesclun and Roma tomato slice 
  6. Place crisply fried and hot sauce tossed buffalo chicken wings and add crumble of gorgonzola cheese. 
  7. Serve this with Fries skin on.