Fiery Chili Chicken Burgers with Cool Lemon Mint Yogurt Sauce

These fiery chili chicken burgers are seasoned with roasted red chili paste, garlic and cilantro! Served with a cool mint lemon yogurt sauce they make a perfect fast, easy and healthy meal!

So these Fiery Chili Chicken Burgers aren’t really that hot. Certainly not hot enough to warrant a Cool Lemon Mint Yogurt Spread. But you’re gunna wanna generously dollop that on top anyways because it’s fantastic. Finger lickin’ good. Surreptitious-spoon-dipping-into-the-bowl-too-many-times-to-count-good.

The roasted red chili paste and cilantro in the burgers are addicting all on their own! But, with the yogurt spread you are going to dream about them! My husband Loved (with a capital “L”) them. They are healthy, fresh and easy enough for a weeknight meal! Each serving has over 28 grams of protein and only 172 calories!

I used a combination of mascarpone cheese and Greek yogurt in the spread because the mascarpone adds a nice smooth, creamy texture and cuts some of the tartness from the yogurt and lemon. You will want to eat this as a veggie dip, on top of falafels, and straight off the spoon. It so creamy, minty, and perfectly tart! And when you pair it with the roasted red pepper cilantro burgers and toasted ciabatta bread, you have yourself a little BIG bite of Heaven.

Since it is well known around these parts that I am terrified of a real grill and I much prefer the safety of my kitchen, I made these in my grill pan.

I use the same technique as my Foolproof Chicken, which also makes these burgers foolproof. I even cooked my first batch longer than was strictly necessary and they were still juicy, tender and perfectly delicious! Heat up your grill pan, brush it with olive oil, throw down the patties, place a foiled covered cast iron pan on top, and grill to perfection.

I actually would not recommend making these on a traditional grill because ground chicken is little looser than ground beef and may slide through the grates and that would be sad indeed. Full disclosure: these burgers really aren’t hot at all, but I just loved the name so much and I’m such a heat weenie that I wanted the flavor from the chilis and nothing more. You can feel free to bump up the chili paste or add in some dried crushed red pepper. Or Sriracha (you know who you are…)

I also threw together an easy carrot and cucumber salad that can be eaten on top of the burgers or as a nice side dish (or not at all!). I liked the bit of crunch that it added to the burgers but they were also sensational with just the sauce.

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