Tabasco sauce and spices give a zang to these turkey burgers, with homemade pickled cucumbers adding the finishing touch.
Asian Style Turkey Burgers With Pickled Cucumbers
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 cup pickled ginger optional
- 1 English cucumber
- 1 large garlic clove
- 2 slices firm white sandwich bread
- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro sprigs
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 4 hamburger buns
Instructions
- Pickled Cucumbers:
- In a bowl, stir together vinegar and sugar until sugar is dissolved. If using ginger, chop.
- Slice enough cucumber crosswise into 1/8 inch-thick slices to measure 1 1/2 cups and add to vinegar with ginger, tossing well.
- Marinate mixture at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.
- Burgers:
- Prepare grill. Mince garlic.
- In a blender, tear bread slices and grind into fine crumbs.
- In a bowl, mix garlic with bread crumbs and remaining burger ingredients with your hands until just combined (do not overmix). Form into four 1-inch-thick patties.
- Season burgers with salt and pepper and grill on a lightly oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals about 5 minutes on each side, or until just cooked through.
- Transfer burgers to buns and top with drained cucumbers.
- This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but tastes like you took all day.
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