With a gorgeous golden brown crust and almost an entire head of broccoli in them, it’s hard to believe these Chicken Patties are BAKED, not fried! Once you start eating these, it’s hard to stop – they are just so, so good.
These are like the chicken and broccoli version of good ole’ Rissoles! Serve this for dinner with crusty bread slathered with butter and a side salad. Or put out a platter with a dipping sauce as a starter to share!
Cheesy Chicken Patties
Fritters? Or patties? I couldn’t decide. And I kept flopping back and forth so you’ll probably see them used interchangeably throughout this post – and even the video (which I just realised I made with FRITTERS plastered all over it. 😂)
These are a variation of the ever popular Baked Broccoli Cheese Balls. When it comes to patties, I know it’s easy to automatically reach for the fry pan and oil. And to get a truly beautiful golden crust on patties – and fritters for that matter – you need a decent amount of oil. And it needs to be topped up.
And you need to stand there, frying batch after batch – I’d probably cook this in 3 batches. And you need to keep the cooked batches warm.
Scratch all that.
Bake ’em! They come out so golden and crispy!
Hidden broccoli – an entire head!
The chicken patties recipe calls for 2 cups of chopped broccoli. I know that doesn’t sound like very much but you’ll be surprised – it’s almost an entire head of broccoli. Once it’s soft cooked, chopped up, one whole head is about 2 cups. Jam packed, mind you!
Though having said that, these chicken patties can definitely take more broccoli – or other shredded veggies for that matter.
Think – carrots, grated onion, corn, grated zucchini (squeeze the excess liquid out in a dishtowel or paper towels), peas, finely sliced cabbage, even finely chopped green beans and asparagus. I’ve added notes in the recipe for how to do this.
And as for the CHEESE…
Well, you can’t call these cheesy patties without a good amount of CHEESE in them! It’s up to you how much you want to use.
How to serve Chicken Patties
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As a meal – with crusty bread and a side salad
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As a starter to share – pile onto a platter with a dipping sauce
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Burgers – Make bigger ones and use for BURGERS!
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Chicken Meatballs – Form meatballs instead of patties, and cook per recipe
As for a dipping sauce, ketchup / Aussie tomato sauce, plain yoghurt or sour cream are all great. But if you want to make a bit more of an effort, try the healthier Yogurt Ranch Dipping Sauce provided in the recipe! – Nagi x
More patties and fritters (I love them!)
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Cheesy Chicken Fritters with Broccoli recipe video! Not my hands. 😂
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Cheesy Chicken Mince Fritters with Broccoli
Ingredients
Fritters:
- 500 g / 1 lb chicken mince (ground chicken) , or turkey or pork (Note 1)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 packed cups broccoli , soft cooked & finely chopped (1 head)(Note 2)
- ¾ cup finely chopped shallots
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups shredded mozzarella (or other cheese of choice)
- 3/4 tsp salt (reduce to 1/2 tsp if using a flavoured cheese)(Note 3)
- Black pepper
Cooking:
- Oil spray
Yoghurt Ranch Sauce (optional):
- 2/3 cup plain yoghurt
- 1/8 tsp EACH dried dill, parsley and chives
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ½ garlic clove, minced
- 1 - 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- Squeeze of lemon juice, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/390F. Line a baking tray with baking paper (or spray with oil).
- Place Fritter ingredients in a bowl, mix to combine.
- Measure out about ¼ cup of mixture and pat into fritter shapes about 6 cm / 2.25" wide, 1cm / 2/5" thick (they shrink a bit and become thicker).
- Place on tray. Spray the top (generously) with oil.
- Bake for 15 minutes, flip, spray with oil again then bake for a further 8 - 10 minutes until golden on top. Serve immediately with Sauce.
- Sauce: Mix ingredients together. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside for 20+ minutes.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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These were delicious! I added more broccoli. For the cheese I used Trader Joe’s “ Unexpected cheddar” which tastes a bit like cheddar mixed with Gruyère. I was also more generous with the black pepper. Like every single one of your recipes that I have tried, this was a big hit with my family!
In the recipe it says shallots but in video it says scallions. Which is it meant to be?
Yum – just yum. Used leftover cooked broccoli, cauliflower & carrots & a total hit with everyone! Thank you xx
These are amazing. I adapted to GF with fresh breadcrumbs from the crusts of my GF loaf. And cooked in batches in the air fryer, flipping part way through- 8 min per side. These will be a great lunchbox filler for my kids as leftovers.
Absolutely addicted to these!!!! The recipe makes heaps and I could finish them off myself in a few days, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. A tasty night time snack too 🙂
I love heating these in the air fryer the following day!! Extra crispy!
What’s the best approach for freezing? Freeze the patties after they’ve been cooked or freeze the mixture whilst still raw?
Delicious! Next time I’ll try 425° and no parchment for more browning.
Ho-ly shit these were good. Mrs. Vader could not stop raving about them. These ARE the fritters you’ve been looking for.
Another quick and easy recipe that tastes great! I used cauliflower instead, it was still yummy! Thank you Nagi 🙂
Wow! These were amazingly delicious! I had never cooked with ground chicken before, but I had a pound in the freezer so I decided to give this a try. I always try to use what’s on hand, so I sautéed half an onion with garlic and frozen chopped spinach and I added harissa seasoning to the mixture as well as grated parm and cheddar with the mozzarella. These were so good and made a ton of food. I served them with lemon rice and the yogurt sauce which I omitted the chives from since I didn’t have them. The sauce was also great! I thought that I had messed up because I put the broccoli in the food processor and it kind of turned to mush, but it still tasted great.
Delicious! If you manage to have any leftover for lunch you have way more self control than me!
I didn’t have any shallots so I just used a brown onion that I diced and pre fried with the garlic until tender before adding.
Thanks Nagi! Hi Dozer!
Absolutely delicious! We made these for dinner tonight. I added corn and grated carrot. We will be adding these into our weekly dinner rotation. Thank you Nagi!
Yum!! just made these. Like a meal in a patty. Added some grated carrot and some red pepper flakes… another awesome recipi Nagi. My doggo Lulu very much approved.
I made these chicken patties with zucchini( my kids loathe broccoli)and they were bloody wonderful. Great baked instead of fried and I cooked some in the air fryer too but on baking paper over half the time. Will def make again. Kids loved them too. Thanks for this and other recipes, Renee
Turned out so good, and my toddler loved them too!
Would you suggest freezing them raw and cooking as needed or cooking first then freezing? I am concerned because sometimes frozen cooked chicken has an odd taste.
Perfect! I had some left over chicken mince after making your Thai chicken meatballs plus we harvested the last of our broc (it was a small one), some cauli that was threatening to bolt plus a bit of romanesco.
They’re cooking now. Can’t wait.
Thanks for another easy recipe which I am making tonight I am going to use spinach, carrot in the meatballs
I used 1 cup mozzarella + 1/2 cup parmesan, 2 teaspoons thyme and one grated shallot. This was tasty but next time I will use a little less broccoli and really press out all of the water. Also, my fritters did not brown nicely so I had to “finish” them in the skillet which kind of defeated the purpose. I ate these on the fly sans any dipping sauce. Perfectly tasty that way!
Made this today as a main dish. Easy to prepare and tasty.