Herbed Turkey Burger

Name: Herbed Turkey Burger
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 1 mediums red onion, minced; 4 minced garlic cloves; 907 grams ground turkey meat, preferably from the legs and thighs; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 118 milliliters loosely packed chopped parsley; 1 Tbsp minced fresh rosemary; 1 Tbsp minced fresh sage; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme; 1 serving Burger buns; 1 serving Toppings like sliced onions, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, bacon, mayonnaise, mustard, relish, and/or ketchup

If you want to add more dairy free recipes to your repertoire, Herbed Turkey Burger might be a recipe you should try. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 228 calories, 22g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works best as a main course, and is done in approximately 30 minutes. Plenty of people really liked this American dish. Head to the store and pick up rosemary, kosher salt, garlic cloves, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Sauté onions and garlic: Sauté the chopped onion in olive oil for 3 minutes over medium heat.

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Add the garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes, or until the garlic begins to brown.

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Remove from heat.

Transfer the onions, garlic, and oil to a large bowl to cool down.

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Make the burger mix: Once the onions are cool to the touch, add the ground turkey, salt, pepper, and herbs into the bowl. Using your hands, gently mix everything until well combined. You want the herbs mixed in without overworking the meat (which would make the burgers tough).

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Form the meat into patties. Use your fingers to form a slight indentation in the middle of the patties. When burgers cook, the meat contracts from the edges. If the middle part is slightly thinner than the edges it will help the patties finish with a more even shape and less of a bulge in the middle.

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Cook the burgers: Cook on a hot grill or in a hot cast iron frying pan for 5 to 6 minutes per side, until cooked through (165°F if using a meat thermometer).

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If using a grill, first pre-heat the grill on high for 10 minutes and coat the grates with a little vegetable oil.

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If using a frying pan, put a little oil in the pan first to help keep the burgers from sticking. A trick my mother uses when making burgers in a cast iron frying pan is to sprinkle the bottom of the pan with a little salt. The salt acts sort of like ball bearings, keeping the patties from sticking when you go to flip them.

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Serve the burgers: Toast the buns and serve the burgers with the accompaniments of your choice—sliced onions, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, bacon, mayonnaise (especially good with mayo), mustard, relish, and/or ketchup.

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Servings:

2Tbsps

extra virgin olive oil 1mediums

red onion, minced 4

minced garlic cloves 907grams

ground turkey meat, preferably from the legs and thighs 1teaspoon

kosher salt 1teaspoon

black pepper 118milliliters

loosely packed chopped parsley 1Tbsp

minced fresh rosemary 1Tbsp

minced fresh sage 2teaspoons

chopped fresh thyme 1serving

Burger buns 1serving

Toppings like sliced onions, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, bacon, mayonnaise, mustard, relish, and/or ketchup

Recommended wine: Malbec, Merlot, Zinfandel

Malbec, Merlot, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Turkey Burgers. Merlot will be perfectly adequate for a classic burger with standard toppings. Bolder toppings call for bolder wines, such as a malbec or peppery zinfandel. The Reginato Malbec rosé with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.