Hello everyone it is barry here you are looking at a gorgeous chicken and bacon burger, well
I hope it is gorgeous I have not made it yet but it is hammering down with rain, mrs barry
is about to walk the dog kids are in the conservatory can you see them in there hello so it may
be a bit noisy, but we are going to make this burger right now I really hope you give it
a go the full method wow it really is raining the full method is on my website myvirginkitchen.com
we are making a lemon mayo with it too which is basically just lemon and mayonnaise it
is going to be good.
First thing we do is take our chicken breast and place it on some cling film like so just
to stop it getting dirty and all that stuff and we are going to smash it away, I have
not done that very well but it is flexible oh I was going to use that, use a rolling
pin.
You can see mrs barrys bum by doing that it will cook quicker nice and flat and is more
burger style if that makes sense we now ram it with some flavour we can now rub it with
any seasoning you like I am going for a little chilli powder, this is mild some paprika,
I love paprika little bit of cumin and a vegetable stock cube just about half of that leave it
to one side and rub it in turn it over and repeat the same unless you cannot get it coated
with the crumbs you have on there but give it some loving really get it coated.
All nice and coated looking good and in the words of one of those 90s toilet posters,
now wash your hands wow I hope you can hear that rain that is horrendous mrs barry is
getting drenched I always walk the dog, repeat that step for as many bits of chicken as you
need for this recipe you need two pans a griddle pan, it is not hot that is a joke not a funny
joke but there you go that is to cook our chicken on you could if you want use a frying
pan in here we cook up the bread rolls to toast them I have 4 different ones so with
chicken being a weird shape I am going to find the one that makes it most burger esque
we are also going to cook bacon and onions in here.
Just gone for a nice ciabatta roll think that is going to be nice, we are going to warm
that pan up there is no oil in there get it nice and hot so we sit our ciabatta in there
and it will toast the bottom so we sit those in a pan to brown and look gorgeous baby do
not knock your pan.
There we are nice and toasted, that would be nice on its own with a bit of butter or
chocolate hummus my last recipe video check that out it is a lot better and less weirder
than it sounds, but we will crack on.
Taking the heat off that pan for the moment but all we are going to do is slice up a red
onion do it any style you like I am just going to halve mine and peel it up I am just going
old school because it does fall apart as it cooks so slice it the way you want it is your
onions at the end of the day put that pan on the heat, push those onions in it is already
a little warm from the bread and a tablespoon of olive oil stir that round and cook it up
and we will add our bacon in 5 minutes time as it takes less time to cook when it comes
to the bacon get a decent one I have gone for a smoked chestnut bacon which is amazing
if you get a basic bacon that will be fine but by ramping up the ingredients it will
really effect the taste of the final burger which will taste amazing and your friends
will love you then you can tell them about me, that�s what we do right we are a team.
The onions are just starting to get some colour so we place in the bacon cook that around
we will not cook it long but want some good colour on it too.
I am going to trust that to cook away on its own so meanwhile we make a quick lemon mayo
2 tablespoons of store bought mayo if you can make your own even better but I am just
being lazy bit of salt, bit of pepper zest of half a lemon and a little bit of lemon
juice about a heaped teaspoon so just an initial good squeeze of the lemon mix just gave it
one other squeeze of lemon tweak it to your liking r Kelly moment.
Besides cooking our chicken the other thing to worry about is rocket salad so I just got
a bag of that from the supermarket and an avocado which you have seen me prepare before
there is a pun about a man not being that attractive but he does avocado (ave a car
doh) story of my life.
This may sound a bit weird, in fact it really will as I am stood behind the microphone this
is what I am trying to do here get the charred edges on the onion and also the bacon by mixing
it together it is mingling the char and flavour it is a big pan of char and you are invited.
So I have this pan on the heat here and taken this one off so the onions and bacon stay
warm all we do now is cook through our chicken until it is completely cooked through both
sides alright really char it up.
There is that char word again.
Thinking about it to really ramp up that lemon flavour you could add zest with the rub too
completely up to you lets just turn that over oh shiver me timbers repeat that again you
can see it is cooked through because it is thin but I am loving it alright resting that
chicken down, it is time to build our burger.
But before we serve it up here is a shoutout to some of you on social media regan on twitter
adam on Instagram melanie on facebook and oliver on snapchat right lets build it.
Down goes the base little bit of lemon mayo to lubricate and give some loving, do not
want it being too dry do we, we will sit it on a bed we can call it a bed it is not like
a mattress I would not recommend sleeping on it fresh washed rocket salad sit on our
chicken oh my gosh make it a bit more flash at an angle something like that make it look
dimensional those charred onions on top, I have a very keen pug down there just waiting
for any droppings 2 slices of avocado at an angle like that going to bring that up so
you can see it a little better, lemon mayo again on the top for a little more lubrication
and act as a glue then we just shove it down on top, little press like that my mind is
telling me no, lets see what it tastes like.
Here we go, *romantic style music plays* oh my gosh what is
the matter haha it looks so tasty you sold it really well it is tasty, it is what I do
alright you do a good job it is really good, do a face like daddy does if you liked it,
do you like it?
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