Homemade Ground Chicken-Chickpea Burgers
Description
This recipe for homemade ground chicken-chickpea burgers is bursting with quinoa, oat bran, chopped prunes, and a surprise ingredient: beets.
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups water
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1/2 cup dry quinoa
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1 (15 1/2 ounce) can chickpeas
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8 ounces ground chicken
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1/2 cup egg whites
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1/2 cup minced beets
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1/2 cup oat bran
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1/4 cup minced onion
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3 prunes, minced
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1 tablespoon minced poblano pepper
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon ground chile pepper
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1 teaspoon ground cumin
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1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
1
Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3
Mash chickpeas roughly in a bowl. Add cooked quinoa, chicken, egg whites, beets, oat bran, onion, prunes, poblano pepper, salt, chile powder, cumin, and black pepper. Mix well. Form into 6 equal-size patties. Wrap in aluminum foil.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and any juices run clear, about 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).