Best Ever Turkey Burgers In 30 Minutes Or Less

Let's talk about turkey burgers. All too often, when someone serves a turkey burger it is dry, tasteless and might as well be a hockey puck. I wanted to remedy this. So, I came up with a turkey burger recipe that isn't dry and flavourless. It is the exact opposite, actually. What's even better than a recipe that takes something that usually isn't that good and makes it delicious? What about a recipe that takes something that isn't that good, makes it delicious, and makes it in less than 30 minutes? That's what I'm going to share with you today.

12:45 pm - Getting Started

To get started, I opened up a package of ground turkey, put it in a bowl, and measured out all of my other ingredients. They were ½ teaspoon each of onion powder, garlic powder, and smoked paprika. 2 tablespoon each of bread crumbs and chopped parsley. 1 teaspoon each kosher salt (use ½ teaspoon if using table salt) and fresh chopped thyme. Finally, I added a few turns of pepper from my pepper mill. In total, it was probably about ¼ teaspoon of fresh ground pepper. I also added 1 whole egg.

12:52 - Mix it up and turn it on

Once I had all of my ingredients measured and ready to go, I turned my pan on to medium heat. I used a non-stick pan, though it isn't necessary. It just happened to be on the top of the stack in my cupboard. I also added about 2 teaspoon of olive oil to the pan. I did this before the pan was hot, just because I was about to cover my hands in raw turkey.

With the pan heating up I started mixing my turkey mixture only until all the ingredients were combined. Then I divided the mixture into half, then half again. Dividing the mixture in quarters rather than just grabbing handfuls gave me much more even burgers. I formed the burgers then added them into the pan.

I only cooked two of the four because it was just my wife and I. The rest of the burger mixture got saved for later.

12:57 pm - Cranberry Mayo

First things first, clean up the cutting board.

I love cranberry and turkey together and I thought that cranberry mayo would be great with this burger (I was right). Really simply, I took ¼ cup of mayo (Hellman's) and mixed into it 2 tablespoon cranberry sauce. If you don't have any cranberry sauce, just boil 2 tablespoon dried cranberries, 1 tablespoon sugar, and ¼ cup water until most of the water has dissolved. Let the dried cranberry sauce cool to room temp before mixing it into the mayo.

12:58 pm - Flip the burgers

By 12:58 the burgers were ready to flip. This also seemed like a good time to toast the burger buns.

1:01 pm - Cheese

At 1:01 pm the burgers were just about cooked. I sliced a few thin pieces of swiss cheese (you can buy pre-sliced) then topped the burgers with them. Once the cheese was mostly melted the burgers were ready.

1:04 pm - Turkey Burgers

To assemble the burgers, I spread the cranberry mayo on both sides of the bun. On the bottom of the bun, I also added 3 bread and butter pickle slices. On the top bun, I added a small handful of salad greens. I added the burger, put it all together, and served it with vegetable chips.

Conclusion

I cannot express how delicious this burger was. I know that turkey sometimes has a tendency to dry out, but these weren't dry at all. The burgers themselves had loads of flavour and a great texture. The cranberry mayo worked perfectly with the burgers and the bread and butters pickled added that perfect sweet tang. I absolutely recommend you make these. I know that you'll be glad you did.

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