What’s better in the summer (or any time for that matter) than a good old hamburger? When cooked to perfection, a burger is one of life’s great All-American pleasures. And as much as I love (and I mean really, really love) beef, I know that it’s not the healthiest thing for me. So every once in a while we have a turkey burger instead of that good old beef burger. And they’ve been pretty good. Usually somewhat dry, but I just wrote that off to it being turkey with little to no fat. That is until I found this recipe! This has to be the ultimate turkey burger. It’s flavorful and moist. It holds its shape well and is just excellent.
I adapted this recipe from Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food: Great Food Fast cookbook, a truly great cookbook. I made very few changes so it is pretty true to the recipe as published.
1 1/3 pound ground turkey breast
1/2 cup grated gruyere cheese
2-3 green onions, chopped fine
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup dijon mustard
salt and pepper
Place all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well using a fork to help keep the mixture from becoming too compressed. Form into four patties. Note: this makes four very large patties.
Cook over medium high heat (either on a grill or in a saute pan) approximately 6 minutes on the first side. Flip patties and finish cooking until internal temperature reaches 170 on a meat thermometer.
Serve on toasted buns with your condiments of choice. I used mayonnaise, catsup, lettuce and tomato slices. You already have the cheese and mustard inside the burger!
Enjoy!
Nice turkey burgers and the pics are fantastic.
Delicious looking burgers!! Pass me a cold drink with this and I’ll lounge away the day.
Those look like delicious burgers. I could maybe even tempt my meat loving hubby with those!
Looks very good and I like the way you use chicken instead of beef, that’s a good idea
The gruyere cheese got my attention! And what a beautiful photo.
Gorgeous photo. I’m having a turkey burger right now and it’s so delicious.