spiced turkey burgers.

i pregamed for memorial day weekend.... no, not with alcohol, but with burgers. turkey burgers, to be specific. since a lot of my friends don't eat pork or beef i've had to become more well-versed in the ways of the poultry. if you read my previous recipe for turkey burgers with cranberry chutney, this isn't too different. but now there are pictures, bwahaha.

SPICED TURKEY BURGERS
- ground turkey
- Goya Adobo
- Mrs. Dash
- black pepper (i really like fresh ground black peppercorns or coarse ground pepper, but you can use regular pepper)
- red chili pepper flakes
- hoisin sauce (again, up to you)
- chopped red or yellow onion
- diced garlic
- Goya Sazon

mix everything by hand. yes, by hand. besides giving you a good feel for everything being mixed together, you'll also save some utensils from getting dirtied up.




once it's all good and mixed, grab up a wad, shape it into burger, and fry in hot canola oil. you could do this on a grill if you're concerned about health, but honestly, if you use very hot oil and transfer your finished burgers directly to a paper towel to soak up the excess oil, then you should be fine.





the burgers take roughly three minutes on each side, depending on how large you make them, but you should be able to see the "doneness" creeping up the side of the patty. you're going for a deep brown on each side, not black (of course).




when they're done, transfer to a paper towel and wait for them to cool. from here, you can eat them just about anyway you'd like to. buns are optional. you don't really need to dress it with onions since there are onions in the burgers themselves.





this was how i dressed mine that day -- a patty on between two slices of lightly toasted whole wheat bread with slices of tomato, arugula, and a little drizzle of honey for sweetness.


- generation eat.