Buttermilk chicken burger with hot honey drizzle

Crispy buttermilk chicken burger, topped with black pepper caramel bacon and a hot honey drizzle – a delicious combination of sweet and savoury flavours!
05.09.2023
  • Serves 10

Ingredients

  • Barton Fine Foods brioche burger bun 4.5” (frozen) 10 buns
  • Campbells boneless chicken thighs (skin-on) 10 thighs
  • Little Town dairy buttermilk (chilled) 200g
  • Everyday Favourites plain white flour 150g
  • Panko breadcrumbs 160g
  • Hilltop Blossom honey 100g
  • Red chillies (chilled) 15g
  • Everyday Favourites salted butter (chilled) 100g
  • Everyday Favourites crushed chillies 4g
  • White cabbage (chilled) 1 cabbage
  • Large green apples (chilled) 2 apples
  • Heinz Professional mayonnaise 180ml
  • Farmstead smoked rindless streaky bacon (chilled) 120g
  • Everyday Favourites cracked black peppercorn 1g
  • Tate & Lyle dark soft brown sugar 40g
  • Vadasz red onion (chilled) 300g
  • Gourmet Selection coated julienne fries 1.2kg

Method

  1. Marinade the chicken in buttermilk for 20 minutes.
  2. Mix the flour and panko breadcrumb together and then coat the chicken thighs.
  3. Deep fry the chicken and finish in the oven until cooked through and golden. Set to one side.
  4. In a saucepan, add the honey, chilli flakes, sliced fresh chilli and butter and bring it all to a simmer. Set to one side to infuse.
  5. Finely slice the cabbage and apples and combine with the mayonnaise. Set to one side.
  6. Lay the bacon onto trays and rub with the black pepper and brown sugar. Grill until caramelised and sticky.
  7. Toast the bun and build the burger. To finish it off, drizzle with the hot honey sauce and serve alongside a handful of pickles and fries.
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