If you frequently rate foods based upon their ability to be a vehicle for avocado, then we are kindred spirits. Also, this chicken Avocado Burger with Chipotle Yogurt Sauce recipe is going to be your new favorite thing to throw on the grill!
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5 Star Review
“These were incredible! Full of flavor, and the avocado in the burger makes for an amazing texture.”
— Jessica —
This avocado burger is an unexpected game changer!
I really should have though of this recipe sooner.
Avocado on a burger has been the standard around here for a while (hi, Chicken Burgers, Sweet Potato Turkey Burger, and Super Food Black Bean Vegan Burger). Why it took me so long to put the avocado in a burger I do not know.
Naturally, you should probably top your avocado burger with avocado slices. Avocado IN the burger and ON the burger.
When you are a food-as-vehicle-for-avocado person, this double avocado situation is not overkill in the slightest.
After I had my “avocado IN the burger!” mini-epiphany, I remembered a small detail that brought me back to earth. Avocado Tuna Cakes. As their name suggests, they are patties with avocado mixed inside. They were the standard lunch menu in our house for all of January and February. I had simply forgotten about them.
Does that make today’s Avocado Burger the equivalent of an unexpected $5 bill you discover in your jeans pocket? It’s something you’ve had all along, but the surprise feels fresh and new again.
About These Avocado Burgers
In today’s version of avocado burgers, I used ground chicken along with two Tex-Mex flavor besties, cilantro and chipotle peppers in adobo. If you’ve never purchased this magical can of flavor, you are in for a treat. They are inexpensive, available in the Hispanic section of nearly every grocery store, and are the secret to this Avocado Burger recipe’s deep, smoky flavor.
Both the chipotle peppers themselves and the adobo sauce in which they are packed offer big-time flavor, so we’ll be using both in the avocado burger patties.
To top the burgers, I mixed a little of the extra adobo sauce with Greek yogurt to create a super fast, super yummy chipotle yogurt sauce. The recipe as written is fairly mild, so feel free to add an extra teaspoon or two if you are feeling daring and want to up the heat.
You can also swap the ground chicken for ground turkey to make a turkey avocado burger instead (like these classic Turkey Burgers). No changes to the recipe needed—both are delicious.
What to Serve With Avocado Burgers
If you want to take this chipotle/avocado business to the next level, you could serve these Avocado Burgers alongside chipotle-spiced Grilled Sweet Potato Fries with Avocado Hummus, then wash them down with a Skinny Margarita shaken with a dash of the extra adobo sauce. My kind of meal!
Along with the chipotle yogurt sauce, we topped our burgers with prepared salsa…and extra avocado. But I don’t think I needed to tell you that.
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Avocado Burger with Chipotle Yogurt Sauce
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Ingredients
FOR THE BURGERS:
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ⅓ cup whole wheat Panko bread crumbs use almond meal or roughly ground oatmeal to make gluten free
- 1-2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce finely diced*
- 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from the can of chipotle peppers
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 large ripe avocado peeled, pitted, and cut into 1/4-inch chunks
FOR THE CHIPOTLE YOGURT SAUCE:
- ¾ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons adobo sauce from the canned chipotle peppers above, or more to taste
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt or more to taste
FOR SERVING:
- 4 whole wheat hamburger buns
- Optional: lettuce or spinach, thinly sliced red onion, tomato, prepared salsa, nonfat plain Greek yogurt (or sour cream)
Instructions
- Preheat an outdoor grill or indoor grill pan to medium (about 375 degrees F).
- In a large bowl, gently combine the chicken, garlic, breadcrumbs, diced chipotle pepper, adobo sauce, salt, pepper, and cilantro until evenly combined. Carefully fold in the avocado. Shape into 4 patties.
- Oil the grill, then cook burgers on each side for about 5 minutes, until cooked through and the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.
- While the burgers cook, prepare the chipotle yogurt sauce: In a small bowl, stir together the Greek yogurt, adobo sauce, and salt. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Serve on top of the burgers, with additional toppings as desired.
Notes
- *DO NOT use the whole can of adobo peppers—just one single pepper (or feel free to add two if you want more of a kick), along with the sauce in the specified amount. This ingredient can be found in the Hispanic section of most grocery stores.
Oh, how I wish my husband liked avocados… These sound delicious. I would use chipotle powder in place of the chiles in adobo – both in the burgers and the sauce. I’m thinking ½ teaspoon of powder in the burgers and ¼ tsp. in the sauce (can always use more if desired). I just don’t like adobo sauce, it does not taste pleasant to me.
Chipotle powder sounds like a great substitution if you don’t like the adobo sauce, Susan!
That looks super yummy. Love the sound of that chipotle yoghurt sauce (:
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy if you give the recipe a try!
As an avid-avocado lover, I actually feel shameful that I have never thought of this idea either! I always use them as a topper, but this is better cuz then they won’t fall off when I try to eat my burger! You’re genius :)
Avocado lovers unite! I hope you enjoy this!
Pure genius. Why put avocado ON a burger when you can put it IN the burger!? Cannot wait to try this delicousness!
Thanks, Karly! Enjoy!
You had me at avocado :) these were delicious!! We grilled them over the weekend, and everyone loved the chipotle yogurt sauce. I feel you could use the leftover sauce on other burgers or as a dipping sauce for sweet potato fries too!
Awesome, Melissa! Thanks for giving them a try and taking the time to report back!
I make these all the time!
Woohoo, I’m glad to hear I have a fellow lover of avocado burgers, Kathi!
These were amazing and perfect for the 4th of July! Thank you!
Sabrina, I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed them! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave this awesome review!
I made these once last summer and again yesterday. I forgot how delicious these burgers are. Will be keeping these in my summer rotation!
That is so wonderful to hear Megan, thank you!
Hello!
Will this be flavorful without the adobo in the burger? I want to make these for my toddler! Thanks!
Elizabeth, I think that would be fine! It won’t have as much flavor, but if you need something mild, that’s a good option.
These were incredible! Full of flavor, and the avocado in the burger makes for an amazing texture.
Hi Jessica! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thank you for this kind review!
I just made these and they are amazing! A great mix of flavours and spices. I had a can of chipotles in adobo sauce in the cupboard and had no idea what to do with them. I do now!
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, Lisa!
This worked exactly as written. We loved it and will make this recipe again.
Great to hear, thank you stephanie_mirando!
These burgers were fun and different! I loved that there was real avocado inside the patties. The chipotle flavor was mild but smoky, which worked well with the Greek yogurt. My partner said he’d eat these again for game day.
So glad to hear, Shelby! Thank you!
I wasn’t sure at first how the avocado would work mixed into the burger, but it actually turned out great. The flavor was fresh and a little smoky from the chipotle, and the sauce was easy to whip up while the burgers grilled. It was a nice change from our usual burgers. Will surely make this again. Thank you!
So glad to hear, Janine! Thank you!
Made these for dinner with my kids and they actually ate their whole burgers! I chopped the avocado a little smaller than the recipe called for, and it just melted into the chicken. The yogurt sauce was a hit too, especially with a bit more chipotle than the recipe suggested.
Love to hear that! Thank you Ashley!