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Wow. I made these last night and they were delicious. Way too easy to be that good. I’m looking forward to leftovers for lunch. Another keeper!
Kristen
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Make The Sesame Slaw
Toss cabbage with rice vinegar, sesame oil, salt, and sugar.
Toast Your Buns
I use brioche buns, and I toast them in a dry skillet over medium heat until golden and soft.
Make The Burger Mix
Just ground chicken, teriyaki, and panko, plus some salt and garlic powder.
Fry Your Burgers
I split the chicken into 4 chunks, form into burgers, and fry them in batches in a nonstick pan or grill pan.
Assemble The Teriyaki Burgers
I like to use Yum Yum sauce on the buns (top and bottom) and then top with a burger patty, slaw, and gently squish it together into one amazing sando.
Lindsay’s Notes
Coming in hot: the last recipe for this run of the SOS series, AND my new favorite recipe!
It’s super easy (thank you, store-bought sauces) and the flavors feel almost universally appealing. It’s the epitome of crowd-pleasing. In my life, it was quickly approved by all categories: kids, husband, and friends. And most importantly, VERY approved by me.
The simplicity but also the layers? The salty-sweet with the tangy and the buttery, sesame depth? I don’t exactly know what made me fall so hard and fast, but I could eat this every night for a week and not get sick of it. This combo is similar to these gochujang burgers and these buffalo chicken burgers, which I also love love love.
Toasted brioche always does it for me – you get that signature crispy inside, soft-squishy-outside, and I’ve found that I really enjoy these with a shmear of yum yum sauce! It’s sweet, mild, creamy, and already in the fridge since we used it a couple weeks ago for that feisty chili crunch tofu.
The chicken teriyaki burgers themselves are juicy and caramelized, fry up in a matter of minutes, and the pile of sesame slaw on top is perfectly tangy and vinegary. I’m drooling just thinking about them.
And if you love teriyaki + chicken, I think you’ll love these bowls too!
Related: As long as you’ve got teriyaki sauce in the house, do NOT miss these Crunchy Roll Bowls – one of our most popular recipes!
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Chicken Teriyaki Burgers with Sesame Slaw
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 burgers 1x
Description
These Chicken Teriyaki Burgers are amazingly simple while also being ridiculously delicious. Caramelized burgers that are fried up in minutes, a pile of sesame slaw on top, and a perfectly toasted bun. YUM.
Ingredients
Chicken Teriyaki Burgers
- 1 lb. ground chicken
- 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Sesame Slaw
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions (optional)
Extras
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil for frying
- 4 brioche buns
- 1/4 cup yum yum sauce (or mayo, sriracha, chili crisp, whatever sauce you like)
Instructions
- Make the Sesame Slaw: Toss the slaw ingredients together. Taste and adjust.
- Make the Burgers: Combine chicken, teriyaki sauce, panko, salt, and garlic powder in a large bowl. Mix with your (clean) hands until well-combined. Form into 4 large patties.
- Fry the Burgers: Heat a bit of avocado oil over medium heat. Add the burgers to the hot pan and cook for 3-5 minutes until golden and mostly cooked through; flip to finish for another 2-3 minutes. Cook until no longer pink in the middle, or a meat thermometer registers at least 165 degrees Farenheit.
- Toast Buns: Wipe out the skillet if there are burned bits left in the pan. Pop your buns into the skillet for just a second, cut side down over medium low heat, to get them lightly toasted.
- Assemble Burgers: Spread top and bottom buns with yum yum sauce, place a burger, and top with the sesame slaw. Press burgers together, slice into it, and enjoy your life. I love these so much.
Notes
Burger Mixing: If the mixture is sticking to your hands while forming the burgers, try getting them a little bit wet with water. That usually helps me with the sticking. If your burger mixture seems too wet, adding an extra 1/4 cup panko will help them hold together even better.
Yum Yum Sauce: Here’s the recipe for that sauce!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian-Inspired
Keywords: chicken teriyaki, teriyaki sauce, teriyaki burgers, slaw, burger with slaw
How Do You Make These Chicken Teriyaki Burgers Gluten-Free?
Here are the products I would use to make this gluten-free:
- In place of the buns: Udi’s Gluten Free Burger Buns
- In place of the teriyaki: Primal Kitchen Gluten Free Teriyaki Sauce
- In place of the panko: finely chopped nuts, or crushed Rice Chex cereal
Can You Use a Different Kind Of Protein In These Burgers?
Yes! Other protein options:
- Ground beef
- Ground beef and ground pork
- Ground chicken and ground pork
- Cauliflower burger base for a veg option
What Brand Of Teriyaki Sauce Is Best?
I exclusively use SoyVay Veri Veri Teriyaki. I love that stuff.
What Goes Well with These Burgers?
Some ideas:
- Sweet potato fries (like these)
- Simple green salad which is SO easy – I make this at least once / week, it’s such a staple
- Napa chicken salad, but minus the chicken to serve as a side
- Peanutty Soba Noodle Salad for something extra satisfying and yummy
How Do These Burgers Keep As Leftovers?
- Buns: these do well in storage, even after toasting! Just keep them in a ziplock-type bag for a couple days.
- Cabbage: the slaw doesn’t keep well, so while you can prep the cutting ahead of time, the saucing and tossing is best right before serving.
- Burgers: the cooked burgers will keep in the fridge for 1-2 days and can be reheated on the stove or in the microwave. I think they are better made and eaten fresh, but I am not above eating these as leftovers.
Came for the buffalo chicken burgers, stayed for these teriyaki chicken burgers!! These have been on our dinner rotation for months and it hits the spot every time. The slaw is soo good, so I double it and use a bag of pre-shredded cabbage/coleslaw blend so I can pile it high. We do no buns and serve with sweet potato fries or an Asian inspired cucumber/carrot salad. 1000000/10 recommend!!!
These burgers are an 11/10! So incredibly good! And easy to make, too. Major hit with my fam!
Yummy! Made these tonight and used a Japanese bbq instead of yum yum. They were delicious the whole family enjoyed them even my young kids.
Hi! What could you use in place of the cabbage slaw?
These were so quick and easy and really, really tasty. Kid friendly for my 3 and 5 year old. Minimal ingredients, most of which we keep at home regularly, so it’s a great throw together dinner for school nights.
Which type of ground chicken is best? If I have the white meat ground chicken, should I add an egg or an oil to help keep them from drying out?
We just use regular white meat ground chicken!
Just made up the burgers for an evening meal — they seem a little “loose” and I’m hoping they’ll hold together on the grill – maybe the panko will thicken them up? Also made me wonder about just cooking them in a fry pan crumbled like maidrites. Thought?
Thank you — I have many of your recipes on repeat!
These were SO GOOD. I made the slaw earlier in the day and added a spoonful of chili crunch. Then made homemade burger buns to go with. OMG! 🤤😂
We loved these! Added a drizzle of siracha to the slaw and used broccoli slaw (b/c that’s what the store had) and it was perfect. Will add this to the rotation. Thank you!
Made these on our Traeger grill/smoker. Amazing!!!
I made these exact, used primal gluten free teriyaki sauce, I thought it lacked flavor and definitely didn’t look like your picture, the burgers were white still for most part. Was hoping it was good bc it was easy, maybe I needed more oil in pan to fry.
We loved this! We added rings of grilled pineapple on top 🙂
Yum, that sounds so good!
Oh my goodness… made these tonight and they were SO good! I added a slice of ripe homegrown tomato from our garden and some thinly sliced red onion – and then put the slaw on top of those – but they would be just as good without those additions ! My husband said put them in the regular rotation!
When I told my family I was fixing Teriyaki Chicken burgers for family dinner (every Sunday, 7 adults and 6 grandkids), I’m pretty sure I got a lot of side eyes! I’m happy to report that they ALL really liked them, even the pickiest of the crew and would definitely like to have them again. The yum yum sauce and sesame slaw were the perfect toppings for this very tasty burger! The brioche bun holds up nicely to this burger! Thanks for a great recipe that lent itself well to my crowd!
Just finished dinner and the whole fam gave them a thumbs up! My little guy even wants some leftover slaw for part of his lunch tomorrow. : )
Making these tonight for the grill, concerned about no egg to bind. Anyone have issues with them not staying together?
Also as an aside: Love your recipes but all the videos and ads on your pages slow down the site and crash the pages. I appreciate the financial gain on your side, but I find myself googling similar recipes to not have to keep reloading the page. 🙁
I used cast iron and they got really charred after 5 minutes; too much. Is it the panko? Any pan tips? It was on medium heat
Thanks!
These turned out fantastic! Even my 8 yr old who is very picky about meat surprised herself by devouring this. I made them with lean ground beef (accidentally took that out to thaw instead of chicken). With that, it seemed a bit dry so I added 2T extra of teriyaki sauce. The coleslaw really made it but my kids preferred some pineapple on theirs.
We love this recipe. It’s on our weekly rotation. Ive started to place the patties directly onto a parchment lined baking sheet & then pop them right into the oven. No flavor lost baking them vs frying them, and clean up is so easy.
Such a fan of your recipes!! My 6 year old said he could drink the sauce
This has been in our regular rotation for years now. My picky 8 year old absolutely loves these burgers, eats them multiple times a week. I love how quickly they come together and how family friendly it is. Another keeper!
Very delicious—made exactly as written using the Trader Joe’s Soyaki. I made a double batch of the meat mixture and didn’t end up having as many people home for dinner asi expected so tomorrow will turn the rest into meatballs for rice bowls!
I have made these a few times and they are so easy and delicious! Tonight I smashed a ripe avocado into the slaw and it was next level! Definitely recommend if you have an avocado that you need to use.
These were easy to make and SO delicious! Will definitely be making them again!!!
made these an they were amazing. Could be sold in a restaurant.