I recently decided to cut out most of my meat consumption due to health issues. It has been so hard for me because I love to eat it! I do still occasionally eat hamburger meat because I get some of the best :) Anyway, I have started to substitute turkey in all my recipes that I usually make with hamburger because:
1. it has fewer calories
2. it is lower in fat
When you are purchasing ground turkey it is important to make sure you are getting lean ground turkey breasts. It is often about the same price as hamburger meat, and comes in the same sized portions. I'm sure you could try this recipe with ground chicken but I prefer turkey.
You will need:
1 lb ground turkey or pre-made ground turkey breast patties (which i use)
Salt
Pepper
Any other various seasonings that you choose. Because turkey burgers have less fat than regular burgers they can be drier and have less flavor. Make sure you season them WELL! I brushed mine with A1 sauce on both sides and they turned out great.
There is also many ways to cook turkeys burgers just like regular beef burgers. You can grill them, pan cook them, or broil them. I have tried to pan cook them and wanted to do something different so I broiled them.
What to Do:
Preheat oven to broiler setting
Make sure your oven rack is 4 inches from the broiler.
Once oven is preheated place turkey burgers on broiler pan brush facing side with A1 (if you choose) and broil for 7 minutes. Take out of oven, flip, brush with more sauce and return to oven for another 7 minutes. I chose to add baby swiss to mine that I cut into slices and placed on the burgers one minute before the cooking time was over. I then returned them to the oven to let the cheese melt for the last minute.
Note: Turkey burgers won't necessarily brown like regular hamburgers so make sure to use a meat thermometer to check that they are 165 degrees internally before eating!
