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Chicken and Cheddar Guacamole Burgers

January 5, 2017 by Dave Martin 50 Comments

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These Chicken and Cheddar Guacamole burgers are a much leaner option than most burgers and they are packed full of healthy fats too. Ditch the drive-thru and try making these instead.

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We are all about helping you to reach your goals this year. Yesterday we gave you a soup that would help to increase your vegetable intake and today we are helping you to ditch the takeaways and save yourself some money by making burgers at home.

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Chicken and Cheddar Guacamole Burgers

We must admit, we got in to a bit of an unhealthy habit with ordering food last year. What with Dannii’s pregnancy cravings, her food aversions, us both being tired from the new work change and then baby coming along and us really not knowing what day it was for the first 4 weeks, let alone what we were going to have for dinner, we turned to convenience food.

But, it never tastes as good as it does when you make it yourself, so we were always disappointed, and we ended up spending a fortune. Money wasted on food that doesn’t really taste that good. Sound familiar? If you find yourself in that situation and you want to change it, then you have come to the right place, as we are all about proving healthier alternatives to your favourite food and one of our favourite foods is burgers!

Dannii discovered this burger combination in a restaurant in Nashville and she has been meaning to try them at home ever since. We have been missing out!

Chicken and Cheddar Guacamole Burgers

I know you might associate burgers with summer and putting them on the barbecue, but we eat burgers all year round and Saturday night is usually burger night in our house. We try to always keep them lean, so we use chicken or turkey when having a meat burger, but they will always have a really good cheese with them and the Wyke Vintage Cheddar we have used in these burgers gives them a creamy burst of flavour.

We have teamed up with Wyke Cheddar this year to show you that cheese doesn’t have to be ditched if you are trying to improve your diet and it can definitely be part of a healthy lifestyle. When it comes to cheese, it really is about quality over quantity and Wyke has got you covered when it comes to quality. And quantity if you look at the size of this block of cheese they sent us for Christmas. We were in cheese heaven!

Chicken and Cheddar Guacamole Burgers

We always go for a mature cheddar when we use it in our meals, because it has such a strong flavour that you can use less of it, which means less calories. It’s kind of the same way we feel about dark chocolate. Wyke has a fantastic range of mature cheddars and if you really love an aged cheddar, then their Vintage Cheddar is one to try. We had it on our cheese board this christmas and it was the first one to be finished, and cheddar is usually the last one left – so that really is saying something.

Chicken and Cheddar Guacamole Burgers

Mature cheddar is a great way to add some extra flavour to your meals and it’s a good source of vegetarian protein as well. Cheese isn’t unhealthy, a single food isn’t unhealthy, it is just the habits you form and in a healthy serving size cheese should definitely be part of your diet. Why not have #CheeseForTea this week and give these burgers a try.

Ingredients – Serves 4:

Burgers:

– 2 medium chicken breasts, ground in to mince
– Half a small onion, very finely diced
– 2 garlic cloves, crushed
– A pinch of sea salt and black pepper
– Juice of half a lime
– 4 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro)
– Jalapeño to taste, finely chopped
– 45g/1.5 oz Wyke Vintage Cheddar, grated
– 4 wholewheat burger buns
– Salad and red onion to serve (optional)

Guacamole:

– 1 avocado
– Juice of half a lime
– 4tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped
– Quarter of a small red onion, finely diced
– Jalapeño to taste, finely diced
– 1 small tomato, finely taste
– A pinch of sea salt and black pepper

Method:

1) Put all of the burger ingredients in a bowl and mix well and form in to 4 burgers. Put in the fridge for 30 minutes before cooking.
2) Heat some oil in a pan and then add the burgers. Cook for around 5 minutes each side, until cooked through.
3) Make the Guacamole my mashing up the avocado and mixing through the rest of the ingredients.
4) Toast the burger buns and add the burgers, onion, lettuce and Guacamole and serve.

Nutritional Information – Per Person:

Calories:
Fat:
Carbs:
Protein:
Fibre: 

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**This Chicken and Cheddar Guacamole Burgers recipe was commissioned by Wyke Cheddar, however, all opinions are my own**

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  1. Emmah says

    June 28, 2017 at 7:49 am

    this is the real deal..guacamole with cheese..my best burger.

    Reply
  2. Wayne says

    January 14, 2017 at 11:45 am

    Oh my! I love idea of vintage cheddar on the chicken burger. Looks delicious!

    Reply
  3. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    January 12, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    A really tasty looking dish; I imagine all those flavours go really well together. Chicken and gucamole is such a nice combination.

    Reply
  4. Kira says

    January 10, 2017 at 9:14 pm

    I love guacamole, never thought about putting it on a burger though, I’d be very interested to try this 😀

    Reply
  5. Yaya says

    January 9, 2017 at 2:07 pm

    It is definitely easy to start a bad habit of ordering takeaways often. This recipe looks so delicious and much better than a takeaway burger. Also, you can’t go wrong with some mature cheddar!

    Reply
  6. Angela says

    January 9, 2017 at 11:16 am

    This looks so good, I love chicken and cheese so this is pretty much a ‘ticks all the boxes’ meal for me. I have become quite bad for ordering more takeaways than I would like. I have started filling the freezer with bulk meals though, so hopefully that will help.

    Great recipe.

    Reply
  7. Helen Costello says

    January 8, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    I’ve got into the habit of having guacamole with near enough everything at the moment so thanks for another reason to experiment! Don’t beat yourselves up about struggling to eat well with a new born – Its so difficult to even get dressed some days – Promise it gets slightly easier after about 14 years x

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  8. nicol says

    January 7, 2017 at 8:40 pm

    I’m definitely making these tomorrow. i have all of the ingredients and adding guacamole to a burger never crossed my mind. love it!

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  9. Jb says

    January 7, 2017 at 6:31 pm

    This is such a great recipe – will be trying it out next week
    Jb // xx

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  10. tanya brannan says

    January 7, 2017 at 5:33 pm

    I have had to print this straight out! Just looking at the photos has me salivating. I love a good strong cheese but wouldn’t have thought of using it this way. I will be trying it out really soon as it looks too good to resist xx

    Reply
  11. francesca says

    January 7, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    These look and sound great!! I love a chicken burger but this is so uniwue in the way of chicken burgers!

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  12. Planet Jodie says

    January 6, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    Nothing worse than going out and not liking your food (well sure there is, but I hate it). Ruins the experience and yeah. This looks so yum! x

    Reply
  13. Sabina Sher says

    January 6, 2017 at 10:13 pm

    These look absolutely delish! Will be trying these but replacing the chicken for something veggie 🙂

    Reply
  14. melissa major says

    January 6, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    o wow these burgers look amazing, anything with avocado in is a big winner for me

    Reply
  15. Baby Isabella says

    January 6, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    At last! Healthier burgers. We love anything with cheese and chicken so the added guacamole would be a new thing to try for us. 🙂

    Reply
  16. Rach @ This Italian Family says

    January 6, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    Oh yum! Adding guac is a favorite of mine!

    Reply
  17. Carly says

    January 6, 2017 at 6:10 pm

    I love chicken burgers, but I must admit that I buy the frozen kind. You have inspired me to give this a try. Thanks Hun x

    Reply
  18. Anna @AnnaTheApple says

    January 6, 2017 at 2:47 pm

    This sounds and looks insanely good. Love chicken burgers.

    Reply
  19. Julie @ Running in a Skirt says

    January 6, 2017 at 2:03 pm

    Yum! Give me alllllll the guac! Hope you have a good weekend.

    Reply
  20. denajayne says

    January 6, 2017 at 1:53 pm

    I’m not a burger fan, but these look amazing! xo

    Reply
  21. Harriet from Toby & Roo says

    January 6, 2017 at 11:42 am

    This looks absolutely delectable – I adore chicken burgers!

    Reply
  22. Rhian Westbury says

    January 6, 2017 at 9:41 am

    Burgers are for all year, not just the summer, but you’re totally right I always eat much better when I am making it myself than getting take out x

    Reply
  23. Beth says

    January 6, 2017 at 8:14 am

    My son has a friend over for tea tonight and I was wondering what to cook. These look really good, but I might add some chilli too.

    Reply
  24. Leslie says

    January 6, 2017 at 2:45 am

    This looks really yummy! Avacado, cilantro, cheddar, happen to be my favorite 🙂

    Reply
  25. Melanie Edjourian says

    January 6, 2017 at 12:47 am

    Oooooo yum, these look really good. I must try and make these I do love guacamole and it works very well in a burger.

    Reply
  26. Leah Lander-Shafik says

    January 5, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    These look absolutely scrumptious (not a word I use often but felt it needed it) I love new burger ideas but never get round to making them but this looks really simple x

    Reply
  27. Ana De- Jesus says

    January 5, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    I love a good guac burger and this would definitely sate my appetite! Dinner tomorrow?

    Reply
  28. Abbey Jenkins says

    January 5, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    I usually find chicken burgers too dry. How did you stop these from getting dry?

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  29. Janice says

    January 5, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    That is one good looking burger. How do you make healthy chips?

    Reply
  30. Miracle Max says

    January 5, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    These sound lovely. I much prefer chicken burgers to beef burgers. Jo x

    Reply
  31. hannah says

    January 5, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    I love burgers. Not sure about the cheddar though. I’ve had cheddar in burgers before and it doesnt taste right

    Reply
  32. Louise says

    January 5, 2017 at 7:50 pm

    Honestly, I have just eaten my evening meal and I am still hungry looking at that, I will definitely be trying this recipe 🙂

    Reply
  33. stephanie says

    January 5, 2017 at 7:33 pm

    These look so good! I do love a good burger, I’ll have to make them this weekend x

    Reply
  34. Bec Oakes says

    January 5, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    Okay, these look delicious! The combination of flavours is perfect!

    Bec x | http://www.blvsh.com

    Reply
  35. Nikki says

    January 5, 2017 at 7:07 pm

    These burgers sound delicious! I am al for ditching the takeaways so will be trying these out for sure!

    Reply
  36. Sarah Bailey says

    January 5, 2017 at 6:38 pm

    This burger looks so yummy, I love the addition of guacamole. I tend to end up with very dry burgers when I use turkey or chicken, but this looks great!

    Reply
  37. Louise says

    January 5, 2017 at 6:02 pm

    This looks sooo good, I never thought of putting guacamole in a burger before! x

    Reply
  38. nadia says

    January 5, 2017 at 5:38 pm

    I agree, takeaway never tastes as good as homemade! And you end up spending so much more money. It’s so tempting though when you’re tired and the last thing you want to do is stand in the kitchen and come up with something tasty! This is a great alternative to a takeaway! Yummy and healthy 😉

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  39. Ceri Jones says

    January 5, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    I love cheese too and agree that mature strong tasting cheddar is the way to go (as is it being about portions size). Love the idea of this burger – yum!

    Reply
  40. Sarah - let them be small says

    January 5, 2017 at 4:29 pm

    these look good – my hubby would love this I am sure x

    Reply
  41. Elodie says

    January 5, 2017 at 3:26 pm

    These look incredible! Definitely making them tomorrow! I might even add a few baked sweet potato wages too. They just go so well with guacamole!

    Reply
  42. kate @ VeggieDesserts says

    January 5, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    I love adding guacamole to burgers – so many great flavours. Wyke Farms are based just outside of my town, so we always choose it! Great vintage cheddar.

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  43. Cliona Keane says

    January 5, 2017 at 3:16 pm

    Chicken and avocado burgers are my absolute favourite thing! I’ll always order it when its on the menu but this is such a nice recipe to make at home…love it! Thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  44. Kristine says

    January 5, 2017 at 2:31 pm

    Oh my goodness these guacamole burgers look insane! I LOVE anything topped with guac, I cannot wait to try these. Love the recipe, thanks!

    Reply
  45. Tara says

    January 5, 2017 at 2:24 pm

    Such a great combination of flavors! I love the color. We don’t have burgers nearly enough and pairing it with the Wyke cheddar sounds perfect.

    Reply
  46. Christie says

    January 5, 2017 at 2:05 pm

    Oh yes! The strong the cheddar the better in my opinion. We love trying new cheese so I will hunt for this one. My young daughter needs to gain some weight so cheese has been highly recommended. Luckily she loves it. She would happily gobble up this burger.

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  47. Karen Clough says

    January 5, 2017 at 12:43 pm

    Ahhh looks so tasty! Can’t go wrong with a bit of guac on a burger in my eyes. And yours looks nicer that a takeaway version anyway! x

    Reply
  48. Susie @ Suzlyfe says

    January 5, 2017 at 11:48 am

    I think you could put guac on my shoe and it would taste delicious. Put it on a cheddar laced burger? DONE

    Reply
  49. Tiffany Milner says

    January 5, 2017 at 10:57 am

    It’s interesting that you put red onion in your guac. I will try that next time. Guac is lovely with a chicken burger.
    Happy new year to the 3 of you!

    Reply
  50. Millie says

    January 5, 2017 at 10:55 am

    Yes! I know what I am making on Friday night. We usually just add slices of cheese to the bun, but I like the idea of mixing it in to the burger Pattie.

    Reply

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