Listen, stop what you’re doing and make these paleo ground chicken burgers.

Did that sound abrupt? I prefer you not to answer that.

I mean we are talking about moist ground chicken burgers.

You know what I am talking about. Ground chicken burgers or turkey burgers tend to by synonymous with dry. That’s not cool. In fact, that is uncool.

Last week I posted about paleo sweet potato fries. But how can we be eating just fries for dinner? Don’t answer that.

Let’s move on.

It is a good idea to have something else to eat with these fries. Say a burger? Say a JUICY chicken burger? Yes.

I have made my share of chicken and turkey burgers. And every recipe I have tried has been on the dry side. That’s a problem. When you are eating paleo and you cannot have a bun or gooey cheese or even super syrupy BBQ sauce (or really most store bought sauces), a dry chicken burger cannot be masked.

It’s enough to make you mad. Like. Real. Mad.

So for me, I knew I needed to inject flavor into the chicken burger.

And that’s what I did. I did a lot of research on the web and found bits and pieces of ideas for several recipes. And I combined everything I liked, along with some of my own ideas, into ONE recipe. Yes I did. It should have been a train wreck.

But it wasn’t. It was magical.

Flavorful Paleo Ground Chicken Burgers

Take 1 pound of ground chicken or turkey and put it in a medium sized bowl. Add 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh dill, 3 chives or scallions chopped, 1 teaspoon dried Italian herbs, 1 teaspoon garlic powder (or 2 cloves of fresh minced garlic), juice of one lemon, 1/2 tsp paprika (or chili powder, if you’re looking for some spice), and 1 teaspoon salt.

It will look like a party in that bowl:

Mix it all together with your hands.

You are going to find that it is very juicy. It will be a little sticky and wet. Stick with it.

Mold your patties. You should get four patties. Go ahead and set them on wax paper as you mold them to let some of the juices stay contained. If you set them on a paper towel the paper towel will STEAL all the juices from your burger.

We cannot let this happen. Protect your patties. I repeat, protect. your. patties.

Heat a fry pan on medium heat and add some coconut oil (or other oil of choice) to your pan. Once your pan is well heated, add as many patties as you can without crowding your pan. Fry them for 6 minutes and then flip them. Fry them on the other side for 4-5 minutes.

And you’re done.

Add some deliciousness. I am talking about tomatoes, avocado, red onion, homemade salsa, homemade paleo mayonnaise. If you are not doing paleo add to your hearts delight. If you are paleo, you know exactly what you can and cannot add.

Serve with your paleo sweet potato fries. And smile. ‘Cause we are all about smiling over here at Our Savory Life.

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