Shelly's Recipe

BLUE CHEESE BUFFALO CHICKEN BURGER

Category: Sandwiches

2 pounds ground chicken
1 cup dried bread crumbs
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
3/4 cup hot sauce, divided (I used Franks Red Hot)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
Salt and pepper to taste
4 hamburger buns
Lettuce leaves
Tomato slices

Combine the ground chicken, bread crumbs, blue cheese and 1/2 cup of hot sauce in a mixing bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour. This will give the bread crumbs time to absorb the moisture from the meat and hot sauce and act as a binder to hold your burgers together.

Remove the meat mixture from the refrigerator and form 4 equal-sized patties (I actually squeezed out 8 burgers). Mix the garlic powder and butter together and spread on the buns.

Grill the burgers over direct medium-high heat for approximately 7 to 8 minutes per side until the burgers are well done. During the last 2 minutes of grill time, baste the burgers with the remaining 1/4 cup hot sauce.

After turning the burgers, toast the buttered buns face down on the grill for 2 to 3 minutes. Place cooked burgers on toasted buns and top with lettuce and tomato before serving. Makes 4 to 8 burgers.