Tropical Burger Paradise

NPHuskerFL

I've never made a turkey burger mainly because I figured it would be dry and bland. After much research alas I found a method I liked (Rachael Ray). I did not however use the exact same ingredients. Started w/ 2 yellow bell peppers, 1 orange bell pepper, 3 jalapenos peppers, 3 multiple colored mini sweet peppers, agave, honey, cayenne, chipolte, cilantro, parsley, dried cumin, kosher salt, coarse black pepper and a quick drizzle of EVOO and then chilled. Fresh pineapple sliced and some sweet peppers. Mixed in the ground turkey 93% lean. Made individual burgers and placed in the freezer to set up. Set-up was direct, 475℉, WGWW w/ chunk of pecan and black cherry. CI pan w/ lite canola to help with crisping. Finished each burger off with reduced fat 4 cheese Mexican shredded and a dab of Frank's Red Hot Sweet Chili. Sweet peppers and pineapple slices reverse seared on CI grid. Plated. Enjoy.

loveTheEgg

awesome looking cook!

stemc33

Looks great :-bd How'd it taste?

DMW

Nice! The animated flames are really cool. I have no idea how you did that... )

NPHuskerFL

@stemc33‌ Thanks! It's better than any burger I've made thus far. It was very difficult to believe this was healthy. :-)

NPHuskerFL

Thanks @loveTheEgg‌ & @DMW‌
I'm not very talented in the pic dept so I'll keep that underwraps. (Google photo awesome). B-)

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌
Excellent job brother husker. Looks excellent. The pics look real nice as well. Enjoy my friend!

Mattman3969

That sounds and looks right up my alley!! Ground turkey is oh so good when done correctly.

NPHuskerFL

Thanks fellas! @SGH‌ & @Mattman3969‌
And I agree Matt I could've eaten more in my mind but, one filled me up.

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌
I could eat more than one no problem!! No question of it my friend.

Mattman3969

I do a Cantonese Turkey Burger that is bangin good. I will hunt down the recipe if you are interested.

SGH

@Mattman3969‌
I'm very interested.

Mattman3969

I will dig it up n da morrow morning. Very good.

SGH

@Mattman3969‌
Will be watching for it. Thanks.

NPHuskerFL

Mattman3969 said:

I do a Cantonese Turkey Burger that is bangin good. I will hunt down the recipe if you are interested.

Most definitely. Thank you.

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌
That's a nice establishment you have there brother husker. Real nice.

Eggcelsior

The moire! It burns!

One nice tip to keep turkey burgers moist is to add shredded or grated zucchini. Doesn't add a discernable flavor so you can do whatever else you want.

Mattman3969

Never thought about adding zuke. Nice tip @Eggcelsior I have added egg and very finely chopped mushrooms and onions after being sautéed. Those also work great in a turkey meatloaf.

NPHuskerFL

Thanks Y'all! @Mattman3969‌ @SGH‌ & @Eggcelsior‌ I'll try the zuc sometime Eggcelsior.
@Mattman3969‌ I contemplated the egg but, decided on not. They held together nicely with no crumbling. Turned out very moist and a nice full flavor. I'll do it again without a doubt.

texaswig

@NPHuskerFL‌ you know I'm stealing that recipe and taking all the credit. I can tell it's awesome. And something different.

NPHuskerFL

texaswig said:

@NPHuskerFL‌ you know I'm stealing that recipe and taking all the credit. I can tell it's awesome. And something different.

Thank you :-)
) I gotta tell ya. I measured nothing and did it all by palate (taste). Prep took around 30 minutes which was just long enough to get a stable 475℉. The veggies were finely diced so they didn't overpower the burger. A lil sweet and heat was a nice compliment to the turkey. The grilled sweet peppers and pineapple went well w/ the dish.

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌
Those grilled pineapple and peppers look excellent. I could devour those!

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌
You still hanging or have you called it for the evening?

NPHuskerFL

@SGH‌ nope I'm up. I'm bouncing from here, FB & BBQ Brethran. Thanks the pineapple and grilled sweet peppers gave a nice SW feel. Might use some black beans next time and really go full on SW. Maybe even with some homemade tortillas with a green chili sauce.

SGH

@NPHuskerFL‌
The tortilla idea sounds excellent.

NPHuskerFL

MFMIL (My Favorite Mother In Law) as I lovingly call her has an awesome recipe (familia). I'll definitely be so bold to try it at some point.

SGH

Can't wait to see it.

NPHuskerFL

MFMIL would so smoke me in tortillas skills. Lol.

Mattman3969

Here you go @nphuskerfl & @sgh

Cantonese Turkey/Chicken Burgers

I use turkey instead of chicken. Usually a fresh grind of breast and thigh but have used cutlets. Lighten everything up that I can (wheat bread crumbs) I skip the buns and eat on lettuce.  

1 egg

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon soy sauce

1/3 cup dry bread crumbs

1/4 cup chopped salted peanuts

2 tablespoons sliced green onion

2 tablespoons shredded carrot

1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

1 pound ground chicken

4 hamburger buns, split and toasted

1/2 cup plum sauce

8 spinach leaves, chopped

In a large bowl, whisk the egg, oil and soy sauce. Stir in the bread crumbs, peanuts, onion, carrot and garlic powder and mix with the ground turkey. Make burgers and Get Your Egg On!!

   

NPHuskerFL

Thanks for the recipe share @Mattman3969‌

SGH

@Mattman3969‌
Thanks brother. Got it saved.