Open Faced Fennel Turkey Burgers Food

OPEN-FACE CHICKEN PARMESAN BURGERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. Add chicken; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into four 1/2-in.-thick oval patties., Grill burgers, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from heat 4-7 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 165°. Top burgers with 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce and cheese. Cover and grill 30-60 seconds longer or until cheese is melted., Grill bread, uncovered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from heat 30-60 seconds on each side or until toasted. Top with remaining spaghetti sauce. Serve burgers on toasted bread. Freeze option: Place patties on a plastic wrap-lined baking sheet; wrap and freeze until firm. Remove from pan and transfer to an airtight freezer container; return to freezer. To use, grill frozen patties as directed, increasing time as necessary for a thermometer to read 165°.

BLUE PLATE OPEN-FACED TURKEY SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Stir in flour, parsley and seasonings until blended; gradually whisk in broth. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes., Add turkey, 1 slice at a time; heat through. Serve over bread.

WEIGHT WATCHERS ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Coat a grill or grill pan with cooking spray; preheat to medium-high.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine turkey, onion, garlic, fennel seed, salt and pepper; form into four 1/2-inch-thick patties. Coat burgers and inside of rolls with cooking spray.
• Grill burgers for 5 minutes; flip burgers and add rolls to grill. Grill open-face rolls until lightly charred, about 1 to 2 minutes; remove to serving plates. Grill burgers until cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• To serve, top grilled rolls with burgers and tomato slices; garnish with basil. Yields 1 burger per serving.

WHAT A FACE! OPEN FACED HOT TURKEY SAMMYS WITH SAUSAGE STUFFING AND GRAVY, SMASHED POTATOES WITH BACON, WARM APPLE CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat a medium skillet over medium high heat.
• Place potatoes in a medium pot. Cut larger potatoes in half. Leave smaller baby potatoes whole. Cover potatoes with water and top with a lid. Place over high heat. When the water boils, salt water and cook potatoes with the lid off pot for 10 to 11 minutes, until tender.
• Place a second low pot on the stove top over medium-high heat. Add apple sauce and canned cranberry sauce. Stir to combine and gently heat through, about 10 minutes.
• Toast 2 slices whole grain bread and butter heavily, 1/2 tablespoon per slice. Chop into small cubes and reserve.
• Add extra-virgin olive oil and sausage meat to hot skillet. Brown and crumble the sausage with a wooden spoon or heat safe spatula. Add onions and celery to the skillet then season with poultry seasoning and salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes. Add bread to the skillet and stir to combine. Dampen the stuffing with chicken stock and turn to combine. Turn off heat and cover pan loosely with foil to hold heat.
• Preheat a second skillet over medium heat to prepare turkey and gravy.
• Drain cooked potatoes and return to hot pot. Smash with sour cream, butter and crisped, chopped bacon. Season the smashed potatoes with salt and pepper. If they are too thick, thin them out with milk or a splash of broth.
• Add 2 tablespoons butter to preheated skillet and melt it. Whisk in flour and cook 1 minute. Whisk in 2 cups stock or broth. Add the poultry seasoning, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper to the gravy. Allow it to thicken slightly.
• Cut roasted turkey meat away from the breast bones of rotisserie turkey breast. If you are using deli turkey, remove from packaging and separate slices. Set turkey into gravy.
• Place a bread slice on dinner plate. Use a large ice cream scoop to place a mound of stuffing on the bread. Place turkey on top of stuffing. Serve smashed potatoes and cranberries on the side. Spoon the extra gravy over potatoes and turkey sandwiches. Sprinkle the plates with chopped parsley or chives and serve.

OPEN-FACE TURKEY BURGERS WITH GRUYèRE, MUSHROOMS, AND ARUGULA SALAD

Steps:

• Mix turkey, 1 teaspoon oil, salt, and pepper in medium bowl. Shape into two 1/2-inch-thick patties. Place 1 toasted bread slice on each of 2 plates; spread each with mayonnaise.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, shallots, and garlic; sauté 2 minutes, then push to side of skillet. Add turkey patties to other side of skillet. Cook until brown on bottom, about 4 minutes. Turn patties over; top with cheese. Cook until patties are cooked through, cheese melts, and mushrooms are brown, stirring mushrooms often, about 4 minutes. Season mushrooms with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, whisk vinegar and 2 teaspoons oil in small bowl; mix in arugula. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Spoon mushrooms onto bread; top with patties and arugula salad.

KEN'S OPEN FACE FROZEN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• with a non stick pan, heat olive oil.
• shave garlic long ways in very thin slices. (thin as you can shave it).
• add fresh shaved garlic to hot olive oil. (separate all pieces).
• saute till garlic is golden brown. (not too brown).
• add diced onion to oil and saute.
• crush beef bullion cubes and add to 1/4 cup of beef broth and wisk.
• warm 30 sec in microwave and pour in remaining broth and wisk.
• mix dry spices in a small container first and shake well.
• add saute'd onion and stir.
• pour dry spices over turkey then mix by hand well, or with kitchen aid.
• add worcestershire, Dale's, and egg white to turkey and mix.
• mixture should be stiff enough to hold up the spatula.
• if too soupy add more turkey.
• refridgerate 30 min or more to let flavors mix and stiffen a bit.
• place a big spatula full of mixture on plastice rap.
• fold the wrap so that they make squares or rectangles. about 1/2" thick.
• put squares into a 1 gal zip lock baggie and freeze.
• Take out frozen patty.
• put in non-stick pan, cover top with more worcestershire sauce on medium.
• cover with lid about 6-8 minutes.
• turn square over and add a little more worcestershire, cover with lid 2-3 more minutes.
• cook down and when remaining sauce is thick spread sauce over patty.
• toast 2 slices of Ezekiel bread, spread Emerils horse radish mustard and catsup, pickles, thin onion,.
• put burger on top and spread a little more Dale's Steak sauce on it.
• top with fresh slice tomato and/or romaine lettuce.
• or cut burger in half to make 2 open faced burgers. (i like to do that).

OPEN-FACED HAMBURGERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cheese, green pepper, milk, mustard and salt. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well; shape into six patties. , Spread cut sides of buns with butter; top each with a patty. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 14-17 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160° and juices run clear.