Turkey burgers

These are some of the BEST turkey burgers we have had.  I wouldn’t be surprised as it gets closer to grilling season (we’re almost there), that we have these every couple of weeks, if not more frequent.  When we got our grill, we got one of the Weber Grill cookbooks – and we absolutely love this recipe.

The recipe calls for making a creamy cucumber relish.  At the time, we had tzatziki sauce from Costco, so that’s what we ate on the burgers (and never made the creamy cucmber relish).  Last night, we didn’t have the tzatziki from Costco, but I had ingredients to make some version of homemade tzatziki, so I tried that.

Turkey Burger ingredients:

1-1.25 lbs grond turkey

1/2 c. bread crumbs

4 green onions (white & light green parts only, minced)

2 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil

2 tbsp fresh lime juice

1 tbsp soy sauce

2 tsp minced garlic

1/4 tsp pure chile powder

1/4 tsp kosher salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Tzatziki sauce:

12 oz plain yogurt (it was 12 oz because I had 2 small containers of yogurt) or greek yogurt

1 cucumber – peeled, seeded, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, finely chopped / minced

salt & pepper to taste

lemon juice to taste

 (The burgers got cooked a little well, so I only have this picture of the raw burger)

Since I didn’t have greek yogurt, I placed the plan yogurt on some paper towels, over a strainer, to draw out some of the extra moisture.  I did this for about 10 minutes.  Then mix all the tzatziki ingredients in a bowl.  Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes – this will give the ingredients time to meld together.

For the burgers – mix all the ingredients together.  Shape the mixtures into patties the size of your choice – we like them a little bigger, so we divide the mixture into 4 equal parts.

Grill the burgers until just cooke through – 5-7 minutes, turning once.

Serve the burgers with the sauce on top.