Turkey Italian Burgers

We have been craving some Italian food here at the McCormick house (when are we not?). So I came up with an Italian Turkey Burger that is restaurant worthy, but super simple ๐Ÿ˜‰

Turkey Italian Burgers

Ingredients:

1 lb turkey meat (this will feed 6 people)

1 tbsp Italian Parsley

1 tbsp Thyme

1 tbsp red pepper (you can add more if you can handle heat)

Salt and Pepper

2-3 tbsp Vital Wheat Gluten (instead of an egg)

1 cup marinara sauce 

Couple handfuls of shredded mozzarella cheese

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I picked this Vital Wheat Gluten at Whole Foods. It’s not normally used as a binder for meat, but I read online that you can use it when making Turkey Burgers to help them not fall apart. I think it helped ๐Ÿ™‚

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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place first 6 ingredients into a large mixing bowl + 1/2 cup marinara sauce.

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Work together with your hands ๐Ÿ™‚ Then shape into patties.

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Heat up a skillet on medium heat with a little EVOO and cook burgers for 3 minutes on each side.

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Then put burgers in the oven for 15 minutes.

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After 15 minutes pull them out of the oven an top each burger with the rest of the marinara sauce and a little mozzarella cheese.

If you want you can sautรƒยฉ some mushrooms to put on top! I did ๐Ÿ™‚

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I also got these Ezekiel BUNS at Whole Foods, saved them for just an occasion.

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On the side I made an easy Italian salad. Mixed greens, green olives, roasted red peppers, and goat cheese.

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Is your mouth watering yet?

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MAMA MIA! These were fantastic.

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Have a great night!


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