Chicken burger or sandwich??

[Quindiana Jones]

If it's in a burger bun, it's a burger. If it's in two slices of bread, it's a sandwich.

If you put sliced ham in a burger bun, it is not a ham burger.

It all depends on the style of the innard. Technically ground, really though, anything that looks burgery counts as a burger. But peanut butter and jam in a burger bun is still a peanut butter and jam sandwich.

[metagloria]

loves to mix manwich up with macaroni and cheese

[Shauna]

Shion, what have you done?

Here in the UK they are general referred to as chicken burgers because they are in a burger bun. I've seen them advertised as sandwiches though. Either description is fine with me though as I pretty much know what to expect.

I'm sure that calling them burgers though is definitely not correct and anyone who does will burn in Hell.

Yeah pretty much this. I am sure this happens because of laziness on restaurants' parts - it's easier to lump all this similar stuff together under "BURGERS" than have a seperate section which doesn't quite fit anything.

If I do have a chicken breast burger though, I am 100% aware that it is chicken breast (maybe) and not a burger and would not refer to it as such outwith the burger buns, while I can have a beef burger without the bun and still call it a burger.

[Aulayna]

It's a Chicken Burger. Or more accurately, a Chicken Fillet Burger.

This is a Chicken Sandwich:

[Loony BoB]

What Aulayna said. I mean, if the item in Aulayna's picture and the item in shion's picture were both on a menu, how would Americans differentiate them? Would you like a Chicken Sandwich That Makes Use Of Sliced Bread or a Chicken Sandwich That Makes Use Of Burger Buns Despite The Chicken Technically Not Being A Burger According To American Semantics?

EDIT: Also I think people here are confusing 'burger' with 'patty'. You put a burger patty inside a burger. Outside of the burger, the burger patty is merely a burger patty, not a burger.

EDITRA: Do you guys also call Veggie Burgers "Veggie Sandwiches" given they do not have any ground meat?

[Agent Proto]

[metagloria]

It's a Chicken Burger. Or more accurately, a Chicken Fillet Burger.

This is a Chicken Sandwich:

That looks like a Chicken Salad Sandwich to me.

[noxious.sunshine]

yep. It's a chicken salad sandwich.

Usually a restaurant does this thing where they describe the item on the menu right underneath its name.

[Aulayna]

That's a Tuna Roll.

[Loony BoB]

Nope, a hamburger is still a hamburger even without a bun. It's still a hamburger in two slices of normal bread too!

A burger is defined by what's on the inside, not on what bread it uses.

You're referring to a 'patty'. Do an image search for 'hamburger' then do an image search for 'patty'. You may have to filter through various pictures of people named Patty (alternatively, to save time, search for 'burger patty'), but you'll get the idea. Hamburger = The complete burger. Patty = Just the meat.

And anyone arguing that "it's what inside that counts" needs to consider what a veggie burger is and what a chicken burger is. However, I will concede that a hamburger must be made with red meat. But let's not confuse the word 'burger' with 'hamburger' as they are as different as 'residence' and 'flat'. All flats are residences, just as all hamburgers are burgers. But all residences are not flats, just as all burgers are not hamburgers.

[Shorty]

Jinx is correct, and so is Quin. A veggie burger is the same thing as a burger. As is a lamb burger. As is a turkey burger. It's ground meat (or edible substance, in the case of a veggie burger) formed into a patty. A fillet of meat, such as a piece of chicken or fish, is not a burger, it is a sandwich. The end.

[Pumpkin]

Hahaha, I like how words change like that based on region. I've found quite a few things like that since moving. It can make me sad sometimes because I get homesick, but mostly I think its interesting to see different words used to mean the same thing, even within the same language. Like sometimes here, people call license plates "tags". I had never heard that one.

Anyways, I don't think it matters too much. It tastes the same no matter what you call it I don't think there's a right or a wrong way to say it. I was mostly just curious to see if it was just my little area that called them chicken burgers or maybe sharkys little area that called them chicken sandwiches. Seems like its mostly an American thing to call them sandwiches. So now I know!

[sharkythesharkdogg]

What Aulayna said. I mean, if the item in Aulayna's picture and the item in shion's picture were both on a menu, how would Americans differentiate them? Would you like a Chicken Sandwich That Makes Use Of Sliced Bread or a Chicken Sandwich That Makes Use Of Burger Buns Despite The Chicken Technically Not Being A Burger According To American Semantics?

EDIT: Also I think people here are confusing 'burger' with 'patty'. You put a burger patty inside a burger. Outside of the burger, the burger patty is merely a burger patty, not a burger.

EDITRA: Do you guys also call Veggie Burgers "Veggie Sandwiches" given they do not have any ground meat?

It's called a Veggie burger because it is typically a patty made of ground soy and other vegetable matter. xD

As for the chicken question, we read the menu to see the description of the sandwich. From there we're informed what type of chicken, bread, and toppings it has.

As far as what a burger is called whether it's inside or outside of the bun, I think it's time you met the hamburger steak.

Welcome to cultural differences 101.

[Loony BoB]

Fun fact: A lot of chicken burgers have ground chicken patties (generally battered), to be fair. It depends on how much money you're willing to spend and where you're spending your cash.

What do you guys call something that has both a beef patty and a battered fillet of chicken in it?

[Shauna]

What do you guys call something that has both a beef patty and a battered fillet of chicken in it?

A heart attack waiting to happen.