Loaded Turkey Burger
Ground beef isn’t really my jam. I eat it every once in a while to change things up, but to be honest, I prefer ground turkey the vast majority of the time. But eating a turkey burger doesn’t have to be boring.
Makes 6 giant burgers
🥄 2 lb extra lean ground turkey
🥄 4 medium zucchinis, peeled, shredded and squeezed dry (use a clean tea towel for this)
🥄 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
🥄 3 avocadoes
🥄 1 tbsp cumin
🥄 Juice of 2 limes
🥄 1 tsp salt
🥄 Pickled jalapeno peppers
🥄 6 whole wheat buns
To make your burgers, mix together all the ingredients and hand-form into 6 patties. I have found that the trick to keeping turkey burgers moist is to add lots of zucchini. It doesn’t affect the flavour, but it really keeps the burgers from drying out. Because the toppings really steal the show with these burgers, they really don’t need a lot of additional flavour added into the patties.
Grill your turkey burgers on the barbeque. I like to use a grilling mat to keep things from sticking.
Make your guac by mashing the avocadoes and then adding the cumin, lime and salt.
Top each burger generously with guac and pickled jalapeno peppers.