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Turkey Burgers

I love Turkey burgers and I was looking at a thread and found some inspiration. 2 different recipes that would be fun and easy.

I made a version of the second one here one night and it was great. I used poultry seasoning and put the grilled burgers over feta and kettuce on tomato basil wraps. A repeater!

1. Rachael Ray's Spicy Turkey Burgers
With the right seasoning, turkey is a great substitute for ground beef
Yield: Makes 6 burgers.
Ingredients:
1-1/3 lbs. ground turkey breast
1 tbls. ground cumin, half a palmful
1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 2 or 3 pinches
Coarse salt, to your taste
Black pepper, to your taste
The zest of 1 lemon drizzles
3 scallions, sliced thin
1/2 small onion, chopped fine
A handful of currants
1/3 cup ketchup
1 tsp. vegetable or olive oil
Tahini sesame sauce
Prepared or ranch dressing, to spread on buns
Toppings:
Lettuce
Sliced tomato
Red Onion, sliced thin
6 kaiser buns, split

Directions:
Combine first 9 ingredients and form into 6 patties. Grill over medium high heat in a nonstick skillet in a touch of oil for 6 minutes on each side. Pile burgers on buns spread with tahini sauce or ranch dressing and top with lettuce, tomato and onion.

2. Buffalo Turkey Burgers with Blue Cheese Dressing

Serve with barbecue chips and oil and vinegar dressed slaw. So much better for you than wings, you could eat two.

veggie oil for drizzling
1 pkg (1 1/2 lbs) ground turkey breast
1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
1 tablespoon grill seasoning, such as McCormick's Montreal Steak Seasoning
2 garlic cloves, chopped
4 scallions, finely chopped
1 celery rib from the heart, with greens, finely chopped
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup hot sauce, such as Frank's Red Hot
crusty rolls, split
1 cup sour cream, reduced- fat sour cream, or Ranch dressing
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
salt and freshly ground black pepper
leaf lettuce


Place a healthy drizzle of oil in a mixing bowl. Add the turkey, poutry seasoning, grill seasoning, garlic, scallions, and celery. Mix the brugers and form into patties.

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook the burgers for 6 minutes on each side. Remove to a plate.

Wipe the pan clean and reduce the heat to low. Melt the butter in the pan. Add the hot sauce to the melted butter. Return the patties to the skillet and turn to coat in the hot sauce-butter mixture. Place the burgers on the bun bottoms.

In a small bowl, mix the sour cream or Ranch dressing with the blue cheese crumbles and season with salt and pepper. Top the burgers with lettuce and blue cheese sauce, then set the bun tops in place.

4 servings

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