10 Satisfying Ground Chicken Recipes

Chef Hemant Oberoi makes kebabs with ground chicken, herbs, spices, and cheese (cheddar stands in here for the canned Amul cheese he uses). He fries the round kebabs until crisp and golden brown and serves them on sugarcane skewers to add a little sweetness, although any kind of skewer will work.

The robust and complementary flavors of chili powder and garam masala flavor these unique chicken burgers. Smooth, creamy peanut butter and coconut milk combine with crunchy, salted peanuts for a nutty finish to these grilled sensations. 

This super-fast stir-fry makes everything so easy: ground chicken promises even cooking, bok choy packs a nutrient-loaded punch, and a homemade teriyaki sauce ups the flavor ante.

Cookbook author Leah Koenig's secret for the juiciest chicken burgers is grinding chicken breasts in the food processor, which guarantees the freshest blend and the best texture. Flavored with scallions, parsley, basil, and lemon zest, the burgers are delicious enough to stand alone, but for a fuller meal, serve them with coconut rice and a green salad, or on brioche with harissa-honey mayo.

A hearty and sustaining dish, asopao is a Puerto Rican stew filled with rice and plenty of vegetables and topped with spiced ground chicken. Starchy potato can stand in for the yucca.

Instead of grilling these chicken burgers, chef James Boyce cleverly poaches them in a spicy broth, which he reduces to make a delicious topping.

Chef Samantha Fore's favorite Sri Lankan grab-and-go snack, maalu paan—a yeasty roll stuffed with spiced fish and potato—inspired this rendition, filled with curry-spiced chicken, leek, and carrot. Typically made with homemade dough, these get a speedy upgrade thanks to store-bought frozen rolls.

Chef Sylvan Mishima Brackett makes these meatballs, known as tsukune, with hand-chopped meat and skin from the best pastured chicken he can get.

For this soothing soup, chef Jenn Louis makes her meatballs extra-large (about the size of golf balls) for two reasons: They are quicker to prepare and remain more tender.

It's easy to get stuck in the tomato-onion-pickle-ketchup rut, so why not shake up your grill-out game? This juicy chicken burger is not only stuffed with cheddar cheese, garlic, spices, and jalapeño; it's decked out with sour cream, guac, and salsa. Chicken. Burger. Game changer.