Sambal Fried Chicken Burger

The ultimate fried chicken burger for those who love a fusion of zingy Asian flavours

by Justina Sullivan

Reicpe: Sambal Fried Chicken Burger

Heavenly crispy fried chicken dipped in a zingy Asian sauce

Who doesn’t love fried chicken and especially juicy fried chicken sandwiched in between a soft sesame bun. Furthermore, a juicy fried chicken burger that has been dipped in a spicy sambal and lemongrass sauce and then smothered with a creamy sambal chilli mayonnaise. Is your mouth already watering!?

What is sambal fried chicken?

Sambal, normally purchased in a jar as Sambal Oelek, is an Indonesian chilli sauce or paste typically made from a mixture of chilli peppers, shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. The overall taste is mildly hot and spicy with a touch of sourness from lime juice.

The perfect dip=sauce

Here, Sambal Oelek is combined with Vietnamese flavours of lemongrass, lime and fish sauce to coat the crispy skin chicken with a bright addictive refreshing zing.

A close up view of a burger with sesame seed bun, crispy fried chicken, with green lettuce, and a reddish spicy mayonnaise sauce dripping down the burger

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Sambal Fried Chicken Burger

The ultimate juicy crunchy fried chicken burger patty dipped and smothered in a combination of lemon grass and sambal oelek sauces. Fresh, zingy and tongue-tinglingly delicious.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 1 sesame seed burger bun
  • 1 Tbsp butter at room temperature
  • 1 chicken thigh fillet bones removed (skin-on preferable)
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1 Tbsp cornflour
  • Sea Salt
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 egg beaten
  • Vegetable oil for frying
  • 1 egg for frying

Fried Chicken Dipping Sauce

  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp sambal oelek
  • 1/2 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp lemongrass minced very fine
  • 1 Tbsp lime juice

Salad

  • Handful lettuce
  • 1/4 small carrot grated
  • A few stems coriander leaves
  • Squeeze lime juice
  • Dash fish sauce

Sambal Mayo

  • 60 ml mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp sambal oelek
  • 1 tsp soy sauce

Instructions

  • Combine salad ingredients.
  • Combine all fried chicken dipping sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to high heat and then set aside to cool.
  • Combine flour, cornflour, salt and garlic powder in a wide bowl.
  • Beat egg in a wide bowl.
  • Sprinkle chicken thigh with salt on both sides. Dip first into the egg, then flour, making sure its coated well.
  • Heat a frying pan with 1cm sunflower oil. To test when it’s ready for frying, add a piece of grated carrot and if it immediately bubbles away, then it is time to fry the chicken.
  • Fry chicken until crispy brown on each side and cooked through to the middle. Remove from oil, drain off excess oil on some kitchen paper and immediately cover the chicken in the fried chicken dipping sauce, coating evenly.
  • Fry egg sunny side up until crispy around the edges.
  • To complete burger: Lightly grill inside burger bun on each side. Brush with butter. Smear with Sambal Mayo. Next layer coriander salad, fried lemongrass dipped chicken, fried egg and finish with sambal mayo.
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