Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers

I’ve only very recently become a customer at Sprouts. Mainly spurred on by the Coronavirus pandemic if I’m being honest. As our local grocery stores faltered in their supplies – Sprouts had great stock throughout. Along the way we discovered a lot of new favorites. These Spicy Chicken burgers are one of them.

Inside the cardboard packaging you’ll find four patties. They come in two separate packages, neither is resealable:

Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers whats in the box
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers whats in the box

The first notable items is that you can’t microwave these. I mean I guess you can, but the product packaging doesn’t detail any instructions so that usually mean’s it is best to avoid. I pan fried these to great success, they develop a lovely crisp char. That does mean you have to devote ten minutes (and sometimes you just want a 90 second microwave lunch, I know!) and a little clean up – but I think it’s worth it.

Pan fried Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers
Pan fried Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers closed up
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers closed up
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers interior cooked
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers interior cooked

How spicy are these is your first question I am guessing? Absolutely not at all in my opinion. Sure I love spicy food, but even my wife with a milder palate questioned the spicy moniker. If you’re expecting any kind of kick from these, prepare to bring your own hot sauce to proceedings.

The flavor is very enjoyable though, the predominant note for me was one of sweet rosemary. Given I cook actual chicken with that herb several times a year – I think that might’ve tricked my brain into believing these were more closely related to the real deal than they actually are.

The texture is a winner too. Far too many faux chicken burgers end up a mushy mess on the interior. The Sprouts patties though have a definite meatier chew, though if I had one complaint I’d love to see them just a bit bigger. Actually – just make a sandwich with two patties – job done.

Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers packaging

Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers cooking instructions
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers cooking instructions
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers nutrition and ingredients
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers nutrition and ingredients

Are Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers any good?

Our verdict? Yes! A very strong competitor in the meat free chicken sandwich department. 4/5/ from us, maybe our favorite one in this category! Our only complaint is we’d love to see a slightly bigger patty and some actual spice.

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