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Make healthy burgers with an Asian twist! Thai inspired chicken burgers with sriracha mayo
Recipe from Make It Easy Cookbook by Stacie Billis
Store-bought shortcuts makes this recipe simple for any night
Home-cooked meals don’t always have to be 100% scratch. Take advantage of store-bought shortcuts, like Asian sauces or pre-cut vegetables. For this recipe, Thai Chicken Burgers with Quick Pickled Carrots, Asian sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, pre-shredded carrots make this a 30 minute meal.
By combining rock-solid recipes with a mix-and-match approach, you can customize a meal to feed even the pickiest eater at the table. We’re loving the recipes from the book, from Asian Steak Salad to Mango Slaw.
Customize Thai Chicken Burger Recipe for your family
Mix ground chicken (though you could use beef, turkey, or pork) with Asian flavors of your choosing:
green onions/scallions
fresh cilantro (optional)
garlic
Thai sweet chili sauce – you can find this in most large supermarkets, I like Mae Ploy brand. This isn’t a spicy sauce – it’s actually pretty mild and adds a wonderful, fruity, sweet flavor.
Asian fish sauce – my favorite brands are Three Crabs (easy to find at Asian markets) and Red Boat (smaller batch, #1 best selling fish sauce on Amazon)
We served the sriracha mayo (mix mayo + squirt of sriracha sauce) and the quick carrot pickle at at the table, so the kids could choose what they wanted on their burger.
2tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lime juice (from about 1 juicy lime)
2tablespoonsgranulated sugar
2tablespoonschopped fresh cilantro
1tablespoonchopped fresh mint
Heavy sprinkle of salt
1 1/2cupsshredded carrots
FOR THE BURGERS:
1poundground chicken, dark meat preferable
1/4cupchopped scallions
1/4cupchopped fresh cilantro
2tablespoonsThai sweet chili sauce
2teaspoonsAsian fish sauce
1teaspoonchopped garlic (from about 1 clove)
Burger buns, potato rolls preferable
Mayonnaise, for topping (optional)
Sriracha or other similar hot sauce, for topping (optional)
Instructions
To prepare the carrots: In a medium-size bowl, whisk together all the ingredients, except the carrots, until the sugar and salt dissolve. Add the carrots, mixing to coat well, and allow to sit for at least 20 minutes or as long as overnight. Drain the liquid before serving.
To make the burgers: preheat a grill, grill pan, or broiler. Place all the ingredients in a medium- size bowl and, using your hands, a silicone spatula, or a wooden spoon, mix to combine well.
Portion the burgers—you can divide the meat into four quarter-pound burgers or make the grown-up burgers slightly larger and the kid burgers slightly smaller—and cook over medium-high heat until cooked all the way through, 5 to 7 minutes per side, though the exact cooking time will vary depending on thickness. Serve on a roll with the quick-pickled carrots on top and mayonnaise mixed with sriracha to taste.
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This recipe features:
Make healthy burgers with an Asian twist! Thai inspired chicken burgers with sriracha mayo
Recipe from Make It Easy Cookbook by Stacie Billis
Store-bought shortcuts makes this recipe simple for any night
Home-cooked meals don’t always have to be 100% scratch. Take advantage of store-bought shortcuts, like Asian sauces or pre-cut vegetables. For this recipe, Thai Chicken Burgers with Quick Pickled Carrots, Asian sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, pre-shredded carrots make this a 30 minute meal.
By combining rock-solid recipes with a mix-and-match approach, you can customize a meal to feed even the pickiest eater at the table. We’re loving the recipes from the book, from Asian Steak Salad to Mango Slaw.
Customize Thai Chicken Burger Recipe for your family
Mix ground chicken (though you could use beef, turkey, or pork) with Asian flavors of your choosing:
green onions/scallions
fresh cilantro (optional)
garlic
Thai sweet chili sauce – you can find this in most large supermarkets, I like Mae Ploy brand. This isn’t a spicy sauce – it’s actually pretty mild and adds a wonderful, fruity, sweet flavor.
Asian fish sauce – my favorite brands are Three Crabs (easy to find at Asian markets) and Red Boat (smaller batch, #1 best selling fish sauce on Amazon)
We served the sriracha mayo (mix mayo + squirt of sriracha sauce) and the quick carrot pickle at at the table, so the kids could choose what they wanted on their burger.
2tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lime juice (from about 1 juicy lime)
2tablespoonsgranulated sugar
2tablespoonschopped fresh cilantro
1tablespoonchopped fresh mint
Heavy sprinkle of salt
1 1/2cupsshredded carrots
FOR THE BURGERS:
1poundground chicken, dark meat preferable
1/4cupchopped scallions
1/4cupchopped fresh cilantro
2tablespoonsThai sweet chili sauce
2teaspoonsAsian fish sauce
1teaspoonchopped garlic (from about 1 clove)
Burger buns, potato rolls preferable
Mayonnaise, for topping (optional)
Sriracha or other similar hot sauce, for topping (optional)
Instructions
To prepare the carrots: In a medium-size bowl, whisk together all the ingredients, except the carrots, until the sugar and salt dissolve. Add the carrots, mixing to coat well, and allow to sit for at least 20 minutes or as long as overnight. Drain the liquid before serving.
To make the burgers: preheat a grill, grill pan, or broiler. Place all the ingredients in a medium- size bowl and, using your hands, a silicone spatula, or a wooden spoon, mix to combine well.
Portion the burgers—you can divide the meat into four quarter-pound burgers or make the grown-up burgers slightly larger and the kid burgers slightly smaller—and cook over medium-high heat until cooked all the way through, 5 to 7 minutes per side, though the exact cooking time will vary depending on thickness. Serve on a roll with the quick-pickled carrots on top and mayonnaise mixed with sriracha to taste.
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10 Comments
Shannon
on 5/14/25 at 11:07 pm
Even though I’m not a mayo fan or big on carrots, we gave this a try. The flavors all melded well. Simple to put together, we both really enjoyed it and will definitely be making it again. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
These Thai Chicken Burgers seem so easy to make and I have all the ingredients right now. I think I’ll try this one with ground beef, too. Thanks for sharing, Jaden.
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This recipe is from Make It Easy: 120 Mix-and-Match Recipes to Cook from Scratch–with Smart Store-Bought Shortcuts When You Need Them by my friend, Stacie Billis. Stacie is the managing editor of Cool Mom Eats and publisher of One Hungry Mama. Her specialty is helping families with easy, healthy recipes that can flex with schedules and budgets.
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Even though I’m not a mayo fan or big on carrots, we gave this a try. The flavors all melded well. Simple to put together, we both really enjoyed it and will definitely be making it again. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Wow ! My friend makes Thai sausages and the ingredients are pretty the same. This is a great idea to make a week supper, easier way ! Thank you !
I would have never thought of putting pickled carrots on a burger! I’ll definitely have to try it. I bet the texture is awesome!
I really like the idea of the pickled carrots on the burgers.
Delicious. It is the perfect burger for a cozy summer evening.
Thanks for sharing:-)
I’m going to try this with ground turkey because it is easy to get in just about any market these days.
These Thai Chicken Burgers seem so easy to make and I have all the ingredients right now. I think I’ll try this one with ground beef, too. Thanks for sharing, Jaden.
Hi Jaden,
I love Thai flavors & pickled veggies, so this is my kind of burger!
Thanks for sharing this recipe by Stacie.
Saving it for later. 🙂
Amy
This is a good variation of the classic burger. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks like the perfect summertime food! Interesting combo of ingredients!