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JasonS
04-27-2018, 07:15 PM
I made these a couple nights ago, but no time to post, until now. I started with a small chimney worth of lit Weber briquettes and burned down some Cowboy brand apple chunks to coals.

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Everything is in place to get this cook going. I used ground turkey from Trader Joe’s, that I seasoned with Webers’ “Gourmet Burger”. I had some leftover chimichuri paste from a previous cook, swiss cheese, butter lettuce, tomato and brioche buns.

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I didn’t want to over cook the turkey, so I flipped often and didn’t walk away. Only took about 6-8 minutes, over direct heat, lid mostly open. The wood chunks burned up pretty quick, so it wasn’t crazy hot.

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I haven’t cooked many turkey burgers on the grill, so I’m still getting them dialed in. These came out just as I had hoped. They were actually very juicy (surprised) and tasted pretty dang good.

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In an attempt to change the menu up a bit, I only changed a couple ingredients from my normal burger cook. Although these look similar to a typical grilled beef burger, they tasted very unique and full of flavor. The chimichuri paste made these things pop with flavor. No ketchup, mustard or anything else was added. I hope you guys and gals enjoy the pics!

tom b
04-27-2018, 07:29 PM
That looks pretty good Jason, I just happen to have some ground turkey and chimi in the fridge, hmmmm

Stingerhook
04-27-2018, 07:33 PM
Looks darn fine to me!

robert-r
04-27-2018, 07:38 PM
Mighty fine looking turkey burger. No tater tots? :becky:

Gary Tomato
04-27-2018, 08:23 PM
I love turkey burgers, last time I made them I used this recipe which was excellent; https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016139-turkey-burgers I make a cranberry BBQ sauce to go with them. I don’t have a recipe, I just add dried cranberries and juice to a pot and reduce before adding ketchup, molasses, and a few other standard sauce ingredients.