Chicken Burger (Xiangji Bao)
This is the taste of a Taiwanese breakfast restaurant! I love the cheesy and thin "mysterious chicken patty"
Description
When you say burger (Hanbao) at Taiwan breakfast shops, this is it. A cheap B-grade burger sandwiching a thin round patty of chicken paste spiced with pepper, shallow-fried with a fried egg.
Restaurants serving Chicken Burger (Xiangji Bao)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Chicken patty(Xiangji Pai)
- Hamburger buns
- Egg
- Cabbage
- Taiwanese mayo
- Ketchup
- White pepper
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Prepare frozen 'Xiangji Pai (thin chicken patty)' sold in Taiwan/business supers.
- Put generous oil on a giant griddle (or pan), shallow-fry until chicken patty surface is crispy.
- Lightly grill bun insides on griddle, slather Aurora sauce mixing Taiwan mayo and ketchup.
- Sandwich julienned cabbage (or lettuce), fried egg, chicken patty.
- Sprinkle a little white pepper to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
White pepper punch and sweet/sour ketchup aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pork hamburger patty (as Zhurou Hanbao)
Pairing
Warm soy milk、Sweet black tea
Trivia
[For Kids] Totally different from thick McDonald's patties; tastes cheap like a thinned-out nugget. However, the combo of this 'slightly junk, pepper-spiced thin chicken' and Taiwan's unique sweet mayo creates a 'comforting morning taste' deeply carved in Taiwanese DNA.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Crush the buns flat with your fingers, letting mayo and ketchup soak into the bread before biting!
Allergen
Chicken, Wheat, Egg, Soy