Spring is on the way and you might already be thinking all things grilling! I use to buy the Trader Joe's chile & lime frozen chicken burgers and enjoyed them however there's nothing better than a homemade version..These chipotle & lime burgers are so tasty, they have just the right amount of spice to them but you can easily swap a few things out if you want to tone them down, change the jalapeno pepper to a sweet pepper and use a cajun seasoning instead of the chipotle .. I love spice so I wouldn't change a thing and they are not too spicy I promise! Makes 4 burgers that can easily be frozen, 0SP each on both blue and purple programs and 2SP each on the green program.
Chipotle and lime chicken burgers
0-3PP, 0SP blue & purple, 2SP green
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken *weighed raw
- 1 tablespoon diced jalapeno pepper *If you can find chipotle pepper canned you can use that
- 1 small stock green onion diced
- 1 garlic clove diced
- Juice of 1 lime *about 2 Tbsp
- 2 teaspoon lime zest
- 1 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper seasoning *see picture anything similar is fine
- Dash of salt & pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl mix all of the ingredients together, there is no breading in this recipe but they still hold well together, you can add in a little bread crumbs if you wish however it might alter the points.
- Form into 4- 4.5-5oz patties
- I cooked mine on the barbecue, you can also cook in a frying pan if you wish..if using a barbecue mine took approx 20 minutes, turning a few times.
- Store burgers in the fridge, they will freeze well.
Notes
Personal Points- 0-3 depending on your 0PP foods
Smart Points- blue & purple- 0 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- green- 2 using WW recipe builder
Points Plus- 3 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per burger... Calories 125...Fat 2.4g...Sat fat 0g...Carbs 0.8g...Fiber 0g...Sugar 0g...Protein 24.3g using My Fitness Pal
Smart Points- green- 2 using WW recipe builder
Points Plus- 3 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per burger... Calories 125...Fat 2.4g...Sat fat 0g...Carbs 0.8g...Fiber 0g...Sugar 0g...Protein 24.3g using My Fitness Pal
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Debbie
You could cook them in the air fryer too I bet.
Drizzle
Yes, I think they will cook well in the air fryer 🙂
Melana
WOW, were these ever a hit here at home! My DH is a real fussy eater....he downed 2 of these tonight. They had great flavor, were moist, held together well and for zero points on blue...well, what's not to love about THAT! Thank you, we loved them! I was told to "bookmark that skinny ladies page, she knows how to cook"! That would be YOU and I've bookmarked you! 😉
Drizzle
Hi Melana, awww that is such a great compliment, thank you 🙂 I am so glad you both enjoyed the burgers, they are perfect for blue & purple programs, you can even splurge and have the good bun haha