CHICKEN AND CHORIZO BURGERS WITH QUICK ONION PICKLE AND SLAW
Ingredients
- 1 red onion
- very thinly sliced
- 2 lemons
- juice only
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- ½ head red cabbage
- sliced on a mandolin
- 1 large carrot
- roughly grated
- 3 spring onions
- finely sliced
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1–2 tbsp lemon juice
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 250g/9oz chorizo
- roughly chopped
- 500g/1lb2oz chicken mince
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- toasted
- 1–2 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 250g/9oz halloumi
- thickly sliced
- 1 avocado
- peeled
- destoned and cut into 8 slices
- 4 Baby Gem lettuce leaves
- 4 wholemeal buns or pitta bread
- split and toasted
Directions
- For the onion pickle
- put the onion
- lemon juice and salt in a bowl and combine gently with your hands. Set aside.
- For the slaw
- combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- For the burgers
- blitz the chorizo in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a mixing bowl and combine with the chicken mince and fennel seeds. Form into four patties that have a diameter of roughly 8cm/3¼in.
- Heat the oil in large frying pan and fry the burgers for 3–4 minutes on each side
- or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper and keep warm. Use the oil in the pan to fry the halloumi slices for 2–3 minutes on each side
- or until golden.
- Place the burgers in the buns with the halloumi
- onions
- avocado slices and lettuce leaves. Serve with the slaw on the side or stuff inside if you wish.

