Sweet Potato Chicken Patties with Spicy Greek Yogurt Sauce

Happy #NationalBurgerDay! Celebrate with these Sweet Potato Chicken Patties and Spicy Yogurt Sauce between some nice buns!

Mashed sweet potato, shredded chicken and finely chopped veggies come together to form these super power Sweet Potato Chicken Patties. Paired with a Spicy Greek Yogurt Sauce, they make for an easy sweet-n-spicy appetizer, or a mean burger filling.

Every time I buy a sweet potato, I end up only eating a little bit in one meal, and let the rest of it just sit in the fridge for a few days until I decide to blanch and freeze it.

But not this time. This time I decided to turn things around. Use most of it in a meal, and only let a little bit go for later.

How to make?

• Mash the sweet potatoes
• Combine them with shredded chicken, broccoli rice and a handful of veggies
• Season it with an exorbitant amount of spices
• Shape the mix into little cakes
• Bake in the over or cook in an air fryer

These beauties have everything you want from a patty: low fat, high protein, higher nutrition, even higher flavor!

How to serve?

Because just “spiced” wasn’t enough for this heat-lover here, I whipped up a spicy yogurt sauce to go with.

Just greek yogurt, paprika and crushed red peppers. A sauce couldn’t get easier!

You might want to tone down the crushed red pepper though if your spice tolerance is on the milder end.

Paleo? Use a coconut or almond-based yogurt instead.

Burgers?

Oh yes! Just place these patties between some quality whole wheat burger buns or English muffins.

Protein-packed, veggie-loaded, healthy carbs. Clearly a complete meal.

There’s quite a fair bit of shredded chicken and riced broccoli in there, so maybe these would pass off as chicken burgers or chicken and broccoli burgers or even sweet potato chicken and broccoli burgers?

Either way, its a stellar combination of sweet and spicy that’s just so hard to beat!

Sweet Potato Chicken Patties with Spicy Greek Yogurt Sauce

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Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time25 minutes mins

Servings: 4 3” Patties

Calories: 99kcal

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Super power Sweet Potato Chicken Patties paired with a Spicy Yogurt Sauce; Baked in an oven or cooked in an air fryer, it makes a healthy, easy, sweet-n-spicy appetizer or a mean burger filling!

Ingredients

• ⅔ Large Sweet Potato, 150g
• 1 cup Chicken Breast, Cooked & Shredded, 80g
• 1 cup Broccoli, Chopped, 90g
• 1½ Tbsp Green Onion, Thinly Sliced, 10g
• 1 Tbsp Green Bell Peppers, Chopped, 9g
• 1 Tbsp Red Bell Peppers, Chopped, 9g
• 2 Tbsp Non-Fat Greek Yogurt, 25g
• 1 tsp Paprika
• ½ tsp Garlic Powder
• ½ tsp Chili Powder
• ½ tsp Cumin
• ¼ tsp Onion Powder
• ¼ tsp Black Pepper
• ¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper
• ¼ tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes, Optional, for a spicier version

Spicy Greek Yogurt Sauce:

• ½ cup Non-fat Greek Yogurt, 100g
• ¾ tsp Paprika
• ¾ tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325°F, or use an Air-Fryer.
• Pierce sweet potato with a fork, microwave for 5 minutes, and then mash.
• Pulse broccoli in a food processor and until finely ground into “rice” form, or grate.
• Finely chop the cooked chicken.
• Blend spices together in a bowl.
• Combine the mashed sweet potato, veggies, chicken and spices, mix well. Adjust the amount of spices if needed.
• Add the greek yogurt and mix until smooth.
• Divide the mixture into 4 parts, and use your hands to shape into flattened balls.
• Air-Fry at 350°F for 15 minutes (or bake in the oven for 20 minutes) until golden brown.
• In a small bowl, stir together ingredients for the sauce.
• Dip patties in sauce or assemble as burgers and enjoy.

Notes

Recipe adapted from I HEART UMAMI.

Nutrition:

• Servings: 4 3” patties + ½ cup sauce | Serving size: 1 patty + 2 Tbsp sauce
• Calories: 99kcal
• Fat: 1.1g | Saturated fat: 0.3g
• Carbohydrates: 12.1g | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 3.2g
• Protein: 11g