Italian Turkey Burgers
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
7
ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground turkey (93 percent lean)
- 1⁄3 cup onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, fresh ground
- 2 small fresh tomatoes, ripe and thinly sliced
- 1 cup basil, chopped
- 4 reduced-calorie hamburger buns
directions
- Coat a grill or grill pan with cooking spray; preheat to medium-high.
- In 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 olive oil cooking spray.
- Grill burgers for 5 minutes; flip burgers and add rolls to grill.
- Grill open-face rolls until lightly charred, about 1-2 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.
- Note: For an extra hit of flavor, rub the bread with a cut garlic clove as it comes off the grill. Try these burgers with arugula instead of the basil.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CookingONTheSide
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
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