Whole Foods Sage Garlic Turkey Burgers

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.

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.

AMERICAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Mix Ground Turkey, onion powder, garlic salt and B.B.Q. sauce in large bowl.
• Shape into 4 patties and and put in fridge covered for 1 hour. (this helps hold the patties together when grilling).
• brush burgers with a little olive oil before placing on grill.
• Place patties on grill or B.B.Q. over medium coals.
• Grill 7 to 9 minutes on each side or until cooked medium well.
• Top each patty with American slices & continue grilling until melted. Fill buns with the works and turkey burgers.

ROASTED-GARLIC TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Using your hands, gently combine turkey, cheese, roasted garlic, sage, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a medium bowl (do not overwork meat). Shape into 4 patties (about 5 inches in diameter). Refrigerate, covered, until cold, about 1 hour (or overnight).
• Preheat grill to medium-high (if using a charcoal grill, coals are ready when you can hold your hand 5 inches above grill for just 3 to 4 seconds). Brush grill and burgers with vegetable oil. Grill, flipping once, until cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Toast rolls, cut sides down, on grill; brush cut sides with olive oil.
• Whisk lemon juice and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium bowl; season with salt and pepper. Add watercress; toss.
• Spread grilled-tomato sauce on bottom half of each roll. Top each with a burger, one-quarter of the watercress salad, and top half of roll.