Feta-cheese, roasted red peppers with hints of mint make these lean turkey burgers incredibly savory and delicious. For a protein-focused meal, these are an easy-to-prepare and extremely satisfying.
Makes:
4 1/4 lb turkey burgers
Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 1 cup chopped onion (red or yellow)
- 2 Tbsp dried mint or 3/4 cup fresh mint
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1.5 oz crumbled feta cheese
- 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup dried tomatoes, rehydrated and chopped
- 1 tsp dried dill
- 1 lb lean ground turkey
- cooking spray
- pita or whole wheat burger buns (optional)
- 2 roasted red bell peppers, (bottled peppers work best) cut into strips
Cooking:
- Beat the egg in a large bowl. Add the onion, mint, breadcrumbs, feta cheese, lemon juice, dill, tomatoes, and ground turkey. Stir to fully combine. Divide the mixture 4 equal parts, making into burger patties, about 1/2 inch thick.
- Heat a large nonstick skilled over medium-high heat. Spray the pan with cooking spray. Cook the patties for about 8 minutes on each side, or until cooked throughout.
- Put your burger onto a bun or pita if desired, and top with the roasted red peppers.
- Enjoy!
Notes:
- These patties can be frozen, if used within 2 months! Be sure they are in an air tight container! I made the four patties and froze 2 for a future meal.
- These would be great on the grill when the weather starts to warm!
- An olive tapenade would also be delicious as a topping for these burgers.
- I prefer to use dried tomatoes rather than oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes as they are easy to re-hydrate but do not have the added fat from oil. Melissa's has dried tomato products that you simply have to soak in hot water for a few minutes then are ready to go. Another great bonus? They taste just as good!
-Carly
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