Whole Foods Sage Garlic Turkey Burgers

HERBED TURKEY BURGER

Steps:

• Sauté the onions and garlic: Sauté the chopped onion in olive oil for 3 minutes over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes, or until the garlic begins to brown. Remove from heat. Transfer the onions, garlic, and oil to a large bowl to cool down.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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). If using a grill , first pre-heat the grill on high for 10 minutes and coat the grates with a little vegetable oil. 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.
• 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.

WHOLE FOODS SAGE & GARLIC TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Mash garlic, salt and sage together in a cup or with a mortar and pestle. Knead into the turkey, and grind in the pepper.
• Form into 4 patties and place in a covered platter. Refrigerate for 1/2 hour so the flavors will blend.
• Using a non-stick skillet, fry the patties until firm aand dark brown. Check for doneness, cooking until all pink is gone.
• Serve with toasted rolls and a squeeze of lime.

GARLIC BURGERS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients minus the cheese in a large mixing bowl.
• Form patties with burger mixture.
• Place on grill, or fry in a frying pan until desired cooking temperature is reached.
• Add cheese and any desired condiments.
• You are done!

GARDEN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Mince the vegetables very fine, place in a medium bowl. Add the turkey, Worcestershire sauce, egg, bread crumbs and garlic. Mix well so that everything is incorporated. Divide into 6 patties. Place in fridge until ready to cook. Spray grill or skillet (cast iron works really well, but any skillet will do), with cooking spray. Cook patties until the internal temperature reach 165 degrees when a meat thermometer is place in the side of the patty and goes to the middle of the meat. Remove from heat and let rest 5 minutes.
• Create your burger to your taste and enjoy.

GARLIC-HERB TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Preheat grill to medium heat. Mix turkey and dressing mix. Shape into 8 patties.
• Grill patties 7 to 9 min. on each side or until cooked through (165°F).
• Fill buns with tomato slices, turkey patties and pickles.

FAJITA TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine the tomatillo salsa, avocado, and cilantro in a small bowl; set aside.
• Place bread slices in a food processor; pulse 10 times or until coarse crumbs measure 1 cup.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat and spray with nonstick spray.
• Add onion and bell peppers; sauté for 5 min or until tender.
• Stir in 1/2 tsp fajita seasoning and 1/8 tsp salt. Cool.
• Combine breadcrumbs, onion mixture, remaining 1 1/2 tsp fajita seasoning, remaining 1/8 tsp salt, tomato paste, turkey, and egg white in a large bowl.
• Using damp hands, divide turkey mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a 3/4-inch thick patty.
• Heat pan over medium heat and recoat with nonstick spray.
• Add patties and cook for 4 min on each side or until done.
• Place 1 patty on bottom half of each bun, top with 1 1/2 tbsp of the salsa mixture and top half of the bun.

TURKEY BURGERS WITH GREEN GARLIC AND PARSLEY

Steps:

• Grate the onion on the medium holes of a grater. You should have about 2 tablespoons grated onion (and a lot of juice, which you can discard). Place in a bowl with the ground turkey, ketchup, salt and pepper.
• Trim away the stalk from the garlic and remove the papery outer layers. Chop fine. Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a small skillet and add the garlic and a generous pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until it is tender and fragrant, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley, remove from the heat and add to the turkey mixture. Using a fork, mix ingredients well. Shape into 4 patties without packing too hard.
• Heat the canola, grapeseed or rice bran oil on a nonstick griddle or in a large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. When you can feel the heat when you hold your hand above it, cook the patties for 5 to 7 minutes on each side. Serve with the condiments of your choice.