Bacon-Apple Chicken Burgers with Maple Cranberry Sauce

Bacon-Apple Chicken Burgers with Maple Cranberry Sauce brings fall favorite flavors to a weeknight dinner when the sauce is made in advance.

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Bacon-Apple Chicken Burgers with Maple Cranberry Sauce

Nutrivore Score: 197

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Servings 7

Calories 442kcal

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Ingredients

For the Chicken Burgers

• 10 ounces bacon
• 1 medium onion
• 1 large apple Granny smith or Fuji
• 2 teaspoons rosemary fresh and minced
• 2 1/2 pounds ground chicken
• 1/2 teaspoon salt truffle salt even better
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon bacon fat

For the Maple Cranberry Sauce

Instructions

• Place the bacon in a cold skillet, then turn on the heat to medium-high. Cook, flipping once or twice, until the bacon is crispy.
• When the bacon is crispy, remove it from the pan and add the onion to the bacon fat in the pan. Saute for 5 minutes over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is starting to soften. Add the apple and rosemary and continue sauteing until the onion is browned and both the onion and apple are soft, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and allow to cool slightly. Do not clean the pan, you will use it to cook the burgers.
• When the bacon is cool enough o handle, chop into small pieces (think bacon bit size).
• Combine the ground chicken, bacon, apple and onion mix, and salt in a bowl. Mix well with your hand and form into 6 to 8 ounce patties.
• Preheat the pan over medium heat. If their is no bacon fat left in the pan, add a tablespoon of bacon fat. Fry the patties in the pan, in batches if needed to prevent overcrowding, until full cooked, 15 to 25 minutes total flipping once. To ensure that the burgers are fully cooked, check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer: it should read 160F.
• Serve with chilled maple-cranberry sauce.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Bacon-Apple Chicken Burgers with Maple Cranberry Sauce

Amount per Serving

Calories

442

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

31

g

48

%

Saturated Fat

 

10

g

63

%

Trans Fat

 

0.2

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

5

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

14

g

Cholesterol

 

168

mg

56

%

Sodium

 

535

mg

23

%

Potassium

 

984

mg

28

%

Carbohydrates

 

7

g

2

%

Fiber

 

1

g

4

%

Sugar

 

4

g

4

%

Protein

 

34

g

68

%

Vitamin A

 

34

IU

1

%

Vitamin C

 

3

mg

4

%

Calcium

 

18

mg

2

%

Iron

 

2

mg

11

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.