15-minute chicken & halloumi burgers Recipe

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By 2021-06-25

15-minute chicken & halloumi burgers is a Family barbecue recipe for 4 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has chicken, oil and piri-piri sauce.

Red Pepper - 2 large roasted red peppers from a jar, drained and sliced
Rocket - handful of rocket or 4-8 soft lettuce leaves
Lemon - 1/2 lemon, juiced
Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp mayonnaise
Chicken - 2 skinless chicken breasts
Oil - 1 tbsp oil, plus extra for frying the halloumi, if needed
Hummus - 4 tbsp hummus, tzatziki or soured cream & chive dip
Halloumi - 250g block lighter halloumi, sliced into 8 pieces
Cabbage - 1/4 small white cabbage, finely sliced
Burger Buns - burger buns, split in half
Piri Piri Sauce - 4 tbsp piri-piri sauce or other mild chilli sauce, plus extra for drizzling

Put the chicken breasts between two pieces of baking parchment and bash with a rolling pin until 1cm thick. Cut each into two even pieces.
Heat two frying pans over a medium-high heat, heating the oil in one. Fry the chicken in the oiled pan for 3-4 mins on each side until cooked through. Season. Reduce the heat, drizzle in the chilli sauce and half the lemon juice and cook for 1-2 mins more until the sauce is reduced. Remove from the heat.
While the chicken cooks, toast the buns in the dry frying pan for 30 secs. Transfer to a plate, then fry the halloumi in the pan (add a bit of oil if the pan is not non-stick) for 30 secs on each side until golden. Toss the cabbage with the mayo and remaining lemon juice.
Spoon the hummus (or dip of your choice) into the toasted buns, then top with the rocket, chilli chicken, halloumi and peppers. Drizzle with a little more chilli sauce, spoon over the cabbage, season with black pepper, and top with the bun lids. Serve with any extra cabbage on the side, or a green salad.