chicken recipes

Tarragon-mustard Burgers


main dish, poultry

1 1/4 lb chicken or turkey, ground
2 teaspoon tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon tarragon, dried
4 single tomato slices
3 single english muffins, split & toa
1 recipe tarragon mustard sauc
1 1/2 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 1/2 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon vinegar, tarragon
1/4 cup sour cream, light
1/4 teaspoon tarragon, dried
1 salt, kosher, add to taste
1 black pepper, ground, add to
1 pepper, red, ground, add to

Prepare grill or preheat broiler. In medium bowl, combine chicken or turkey, tomato paste, tarragon, salt & pepper. Form into 4 - 5 burgers and grill or broil 4 - 6 minutes on each side until burgers are cooked through and spring back to the touch. Place a slice of tomato and a burger on top of each muffin half. Top with warm Tarragon-Mustard sauce (recipe below). serve, garnished with sprigs of fresh tarragon if desired. TARRAGON-MUSTARD SAUCE: In top of double boiler blend, 1-1/2 Tbsp butter, 1-1/2 Tbsp Dijon mustard. Remove from heat; add 1 Tbsp tarragon vinegar. Stir in 1/4 cup light sour cream and 1/4 tsp dried tarragon leaves. Season to taste with salt, ground black and ground red pepper to taste. From the collection of Chuck Rippel Source: The Collection of Chuck Ripple