The Best Turkey Burger. EVER.

I say that with confidence, that this truly is, the best turkey burger ever. I only know because I’ve been making them this way forever, it took me a long time to get this just right, and I’ve ordered a turkey burger, EVERYWHERE I’ve eaten in the past few years. They ALL pale in comparison. Red Robin’s turkey burger made me so sick I stopped ordering everybody’s turkey burger and settled on the fact that mine, reigns supreme.

I had always planned to do this post a little differently. But, we defrosted some turkey, yes, I will defrost for burgers, and decided we would rather grill by the pool than make tacos. The pictures are not nearly the quality I had hoped for, I wanted a juicy burger with the cheese, a sexy bun and some condiments. That’s right, I said condiments. I ended up with this…. But I hope that it sparks somebodies interest and they make this burger…. Because you’ll see that sexy doesn’t always equal effing delicious. 

INGREDIENTS:

1 Lb ground turkey
1 Large brown egg
1/4 White onion
1/4 Green bell pepper
1/2 Smallest can of diced green chiles
1tsp Black pepper
1tsp Garlic Salt
1 Large handful of bread crumbs. Any kind, I use the seasoned stuff.

Your choice of cheese, buns and condiments. We use whole wheat toast, because I don’t dig the excess, bleached, flavorless carbs that buns possess. 

DIRECTIONS:

Process the bell peppers, onions and chiles in a food processor.

Combine everything in a bowl.

 

Mix it well, with your hands…. There’s just no other way to get it done. Once mixed well, form in to 1/4 lb patties. If you find that the meat is falling apart and isn’t firm enough to hold it’s shape, add more bread crumbs and keep mixing until you get a consistency you can work with. If they’re too mushy, they won’t flip right, they’ll break apart in the pan and you’ll have ground turkey, again. If you’re going to grill them, use a griddle or a sturdy pizza pan. They stick to the grill really bad and you’ll end up with flaming balls of turkey. Like we did…

My darling grill master was able to salvage some of them, so this is what we ended up with!

I hope you try these burgers, they’re delicious and have SO much less fat than beef!

Enjoy!