Chicken Burgers or Meatballs with the Thermomix
Easy, veg-packed chicken burgers or meatballs with the Thermomix, includes instructions to steam in the Varoma, fry or pressure cook in the Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 carrot
- 40 g milk
- 1 handful of fresh parsley to taste i.e. depending on how much you like it or not you can use more or less, or why not try coriander?
- 1 clove of garlic
- 30-35 g baguette chunk or 1 slice of bread loaf
- 350 g chicken breast or chicken thigh fillets trimmed of all fat and cubed
- 30 g grated cheddar cheese or whichever cheese you like
- Pepper optional
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- Olive oil to fry
Instructions
- Add the carrot, milk, parsley, garlic and bread and chop: 6 seconds, speed 5. Use the spatula of your choice to lower down any bits that have gone up the walls of the bowl.
- Add the chicken breast, pepper and salt: 10 seconds, speed 5. Lower any bits with the spatula. Add the grated cheese and mix: 10 seconds, speed 5.
- You are ready to turn them into meatballs, patties or burgers. Grab a bit of the mix with your hans and roll into meatballs. If you want patties or burgers, flatten them down with your hand. You can make the patties as big or as small as you want, I make mostly mini patties and some medium ones so that they would cook faster.
- Varoma: 1 litre of water in the bowl and the meatballs, patties or burgers in the Varoma. Varoma temperature, speed 2 and start with 25 minutes, check they're cooked through.Air fry: add meatballs to air fryer and air fry for 12-15 minutes at 180ºC / 355 ºF, check they are fully cooked.Fry: heat olive oil (or oil of your choice) in a large frying pan, turn over a couple of times, make sure they are cooked through.Pressure cook / Instant Pot: add 250 ml to the inner pot. Place the meatballs, patties or burgers in a steamer basket. Lock the lid in. Steam release sealed. Pressure cook, high pressure, for 5 minutes if they're not too big, increase time if quite big. Do a few minutes natural release, about 5 and check if they're done. Add a few more minutes if not. They turn out very juicy in the Instant Pot and you don't have to babysit them.
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