Name: Grilled Chicken Pesto Burgers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 lb ground chicken (don’t use the extra lean!); 2 cups packed basil leaves, if you don’t have enough basil, you can mix in spinach or parsley; ¼ cup pine nuts; 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated; Juice of one lemon; ⅛ tsp salt; ½ cup extra virgin olive oil

Grilled Chicken Pesto Burgers

This Grilled Chicken Pesto Burgers are a delicious and easy keto dinner recipe.

Author: thehungrywaitress
Prep Time: 10
Cook Time: 15
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 8 1x

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Ingredients

2 lb ground chicken (don’t use the extra lean!)

Homemade Pesto in a Blender:

2 cups packed basil leaves, if you don’t have enough basil, you can mix in spinach or parsley
¼ cup pine nuts
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Juice of one lemon
⅛ tsp salt
½ cup extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

Preheat your grill or if your using a grill pan on the stove heat it to medium high heat.
Blend all of the pesto ingredients in a blender or food processor.
Mix the pesto into the ground chicken and pat out 8 burgers.
Grill each burger for 5 minutes, flip and cook another 3-4 minute. The internal temperature of the burgers is at least 165 degrees.

Notes

If you don’t have a meat thermometer here is a link to the one I use on Amazon.

Find it online: https://thehungrywaitress.com/grilled-chicken-pesto-burgers/