Chook Royale
A lighter chicken burger with grilled tenderloins seasoned with sea salt, garlic and rosemary, topped with pineapple and salad on a smaller wholemeal bun. The herbs and sweet pineapple make it fresh and summery, the one to order when you want a burger that will not slow you down.
The story
Chook is what Australians and New Zealanders call a chicken, a word carried over from British dialect and now so ordinary that nobody there hears it as slang. Putting it on a menu is BurgerFuel being deliberately local, the same instinct behind the beetroot and the aioli: a chain that opened in Ponsonby in 1995 and spent the next thirty years refusing to sound American, right down to what it calls the bird.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Chook Royale yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares chicken
McDonald's McChicken (Copycat) - Shares chicken
KFC Gravy Burger (Copycat) - Shares chicken
McDonald's McArabia (Copycat) - Shares chicken
Meg’s Fuddruckers Chicken Sandwich
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Chook Royale.- Dicos · chicken and pineapple
Pineapple Chicken Thigh Burger - McDonald's · chicken and pineapple
Buttermilk Crispy Chicken - Mom's Touch · chicken and garlic
White Garlic Burger - Oporto · chicken and pineapple
Otropo Burger
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About BurgerFuel
Chris Mason opened the first BurgerFuel in Ponsonby, Auckland, in October 1995, with a loud, irreverent style and burgers built on New Zealand ingredients. It grew into the country’s best-known home-grown burger chain and went public in 2007.
Around 60 stores across New Zealand, plus a few in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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