This Chicken Caprese Burger is the new favorite at our house. A grilled chicken burger topped with melty mozzarella, tomato, basil and balsamic mayo.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Chicken
Keyword: burgers, dinner
Servings: 6burgers
Author: Barbara Schieving
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Ingredients
½poundof bacon
1 ½poundsground chicken
½CupCache Valley Six Italian shredded cheese
1tablespoonlemon pepper
6slicesCache Valley Mozzarella cheese
6hamburger buns
1large tomato
Lettuce Leaves
Fresh basil leaves cut into strips
Balsamic Mayo
⅓cupolive oil mayonnaise
2tablespoonsbalsamic vinegar
⅛teaspoonsalt
⅛teaspoonpepper
Instructions
Prepare balsamic mayo: mix together all ingredients in a small mixing bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.
Fry the bacon until crisp but not crumbly. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon fat.
Preheat your grill to medium-high heat.
In a large bowl, combine the reserved bacon fat, ground chicken, bacon, Six Cheese Italian cheese, and lemon pepper. Form into 6 patties the size of your buns.
Grill the burgers, turning once, for about 10 minutes until the center of the burgers is 165 degrees. Just before the burgers are done, toast the buns on the grill or under the broiler.
Turn off the grill and top each burger with slices of Mozzarella cheese. When cheese is melted, remove from the grill.
Place a lettuce leaf on each bun bottom, top with a burger, a slice of tomato, additional salt and pepper if desired, and basil. Spread balsamic mayo on the top half of the bun and place on top of tomato.