Kid-Friendly Crispy Chicken Burgers For Picky Eaters

Ayub’s speech therapy homework this week was to grow his vocabulary by cooking a new recipe! After some brainstorming, he decided he wanted to make crispy chicken burgers. I asked him what ingredients he wanted to put inside his burger. He replied, crispy chicken and burger buns.

Lettuce? No.

Tomatoes? No.

Pickles? No vegetables Mama I don’t like it.

Onions? …



Ayub’s Crispy Chicken Burger recipe for picky eaters

It’s so simple because there are hardly any ingredients in it!

Ingredients:

  • Boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • Burger buns
  • Chicken/turkey ham
  • Cheese
  • Mayonaise
  • 1 egg
  • Seasoned flour

Method:

New vocab for Ayub bolded 🙂

  • Crack one egg into a bowl and whisk it
  • Dunk the chicken into the egg and make sure every part gets covered
  • Transfer the chicken onto a plate of the seasoned flour, coat the chicken well
  • Fry the chicken in hot oil
  • Flip the chicken when it gets golden, remove when it’s completely cooked through
  • Slice the burger bun in half
  • Build your burger!



Here it is with pictures!

1.The ingredients

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

2. Crack an egg into a bowl and whisk!

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

3. Getting ready to coat the chicken in the seasoned flour for max crispiness

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

4. Dunk the chicken in the egg then coat it in the seasoned flour while the oil heats up in the pan

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

5. Fry the chicken in hot oil

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

6. Sous-chef Sulaiman prepares the ingredients for the burger

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

7. Head-chef Ayub slices the burger buns in half

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

8. Flip the chicken when golden and continue frying until cooked all the way through

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

9. Build your burger any way you like! The boys did bun-mayo-chicken-cheese-ham-bun.

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

10. Eat.

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

It was honestly super delicious. Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside. Melty cheese and random ham. All good. Well done Ayub and Sulaiman. So much fun having the boys in the kitchen. They devoured their burgers. We made 6. There is 1 left.

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

kid friendly crispy chicken burger recipe picky eaters

 



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Laila Zain

Laila is a working mama who married young, had two beautiful boys, went through a shitty divorce, met an amazing man, remarried, and had a beautiful girl. Her eldest boy is a rainbow baby and special needs child. Her second is ridiculously smart. Her baby is a baby.

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