Best Italian Turkey Burgers Recipes

GRILLED ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine turkey, basil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Divide into 4 equal portions and form into hamburger patties.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Grill patties for about 4 minutes per side. Place provolone slices on the patties; continue to cook until cheese melts. Place ciabatta rolls on the grill and cook until browned to your liking, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Mix mayonnaise and pesto in a small bowl until thoroughly combined. Spread onto the rolls. Place the turkey patties on the rolls and top with sliced red onion and lettuce.

ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. Crumble turkey over mixture and mix well. Shape into four 3/4-in.-thick oval-shaped patties. , Grill patties on an oiled rack, uncovered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat on each side until a thermometer reaches 165° and juices run clear, 6-8 minutes. , Place a patty on each of 4 slices of bread. Drizzle with spaghetti sauce; top with remaining bread.

GRILLED ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Place a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until tender, 3-4 minutes. Add spinach; cook and stir just until wilted., Mix first nine burger ingredients. Add turkey; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into four 1/2-in.-thick patties., Place burgers on an oiled grill rack over medium heat. Grill, covered, until a thermometer reads 165°, 4-6 minutes per side., Top with cheese; grill, covered, until cheese is melted, 1-2 minutes., Serve on buns. Top with mushroom mixture.

ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Mix the mayonnaise with the garlic in a small bowl and set aside. Using your hands, mix together the turkey and turkey sausage in a large bowl until just combined. Form this mixture into four 1-inch-thick patties.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and pancetta slices and cook the pancetta on both sides until crisp, about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels and reserve.
• Place the same skillet over medium-high heat and add the burgers. Cook, turning once, until cooked all the way through, about 5 minutes per side. Top with the fontina and cook until just melted.
• To serve, place the burgers on the focaccia bottoms. Top with tomato slices, pancetta and arugula. Spread the focaccia tops with garlic mayonnaise, set on top of the burgers and serve.

GRILLED ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Brush grill rack with vegetable oil. Heat gas or charcoal grill. In medium bowl, mix turkey, 3 tablespoons pasta sauce and chopped onion. Shape mixture into 2 patties, each about 3/4 inch thick and the approximate shape of the baguette pieces.
• Cover and grill patties over medium heat 12 to 15 minutes, turning once, until thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 165°F. Top patties with cheese. Cover and grill about 1 minute longer or until cheese is melted.
• Slice baguette pieces horizontally in half. Place lettuce leaves on bottom halves; top with burgers and onion slices. Top with remaining baguette halves. Serve with additional pasta sauce.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE TURKEY BURGERS AND FENNEL SLAW

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet over medium heat warm about 1 to 2 teaspoons olive oil. When hot add in chopped onions and cook until wilted. Stir in minced garlic, basil and oregano. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the ground turkey, sausage and cooled onion mixture. Add fennel fronds and chili sauce to meat. Season with salt and black pepper. Mix only to combine and shape into 4 patties. Allow to rest at room temperature while preparing slaw.
• In a medium bowl toss together together the fennel, cabbage and green onions. In a small bowl whisk together the olive oil, vinegar and sugar. Pour over salad ingredients tossing to coat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Preheat a heavy skillet or flat griddle over medium high heat. Drizzle the burgers with olive oil and place oiled side down on preheated pan. Cook turning once until cooked through, approximately 5 minutes per side for 3/4 inch patties. When turning drizzle top with olive oil before turning.
• When burgers are cooked through turn off heat, top with a slice of cheese. Tent with foil and let stand for 2 minutes. Place burgers on individual serving plates with the slaw, garnish with fennel fronds and enjoy.

MOUTH-WATERING ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Preheat grill or oven broiler.
• In a medium bowl, mix turkey through ground pepper.
• Form into 8 patties (or 6 larger patties).
• Grill or broil approximately 6-8 minutes on each side.
• While cooking, brush with barbecue sauce.
• Serve on toasted buns with condiments as desired.

ITALIAN CHEESE TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Place tomatoes in a small bowl; add boiling water. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes., In a large bowl, combine the egg white, bread crumbs, onion, ketchup, basil, parsley, mustard, garlic, oregano and Italian seasoning. Drain and chop tomatoes; add to egg white mixture. Crumble turkey over mixture and mix well. Shape into 6 burgers., Place in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 16-20 minutes or until a thermometer reads 165° and juices run clear. Top with cheese; bake 1-2 minutes longer or until melted. Serve on buns. Top with ketchup and mustard as desired.

WEIGHT WATCHERS ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Coat a grill or grill pan with cooking spray; preheat to medium-high.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine turkey, onion, garlic, fennel seed, salt and pepper; form into four 1/2-inch-thick patties. Coat burgers and inside of rolls with cooking spray.
• Grill burgers for 5 minutes; flip burgers and add rolls to grill. Grill open-face rolls until lightly charred, about 1 to 2 minutes; remove to serving plates. Grill burgers until cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• To serve, top grilled rolls with burgers and tomato slices; garnish with basil. Yields 1 burger per serving.

ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine turkey, egg, pepper and 1/4 cup bread crumbs.
• Shape into 4 burgers. Coat burgers with remaining bread crumbs.
• Spray skillet with cooking spray; cook burgers over medium-low heat until browned on each side and no longer pink in the middle; 5-8 minutes per side.
• While burgers are cooking, spray a skillet with cooking spray and saute mushrooms 5 minutes or until softened.
• Stir in wine and heat to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until wine is almost gone.
• Reduce heat to low and stir in yogurt.
• Place burgers on serving plates. Spoon mushrooms over and serve.

ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine ground turkey, basil, paprika, garlic, and pepper in medium bowl. Shape into 4 hamburgers.
• Cook hamburgers on grill or in skillet until done.
• Top each burger with 1 slice cheese and continue cooking until cheese is melted.
• Place burgers on buns, top with tomatoes.

ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine turkey, olives, and oregano. Mix well. Form into four patties. Season to taste. Drizzle with olive oil.
• Grill turkey until done. Just prior to being done add cheese so it will melt.
• Meanwhile toast bread. Spread pesto on the inside of toasted "buns".
• Place cooked turkey patties on bun and top with tomato and roasted peppers.
• Enjoy.

SWEET ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• cut tomatoes with kitchen shears and soak in olive oil to soften, about 10 minutes.
• shread basil leaves.
• whip egg in small bowl, add drained tomatoes and basil.
• place chicken in medium bowl with suger, grill seasoning and garlic.
• Add egg, tomato and basil and mix gently. Mix only enough to combine ingredients to form 4 patties, 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.
• core and slice red pepper to 1/4 inch rings.
• slice onion to 1/4 inch rings.
• preheat skillet add 2 Tbl olive oil. Cook onion and pepper till tender about 5 minutes set aside.
• heat broiler.
• place patties in olive oil and cook each side about 6 mins.
• toast buns under broiler, about 1 min and remove.
• Spread miracle whip on bottom bun. place burger on bun with a few rings of onion and pepper. Place cheese on top and place under broiler for about 1 min to melt cheese.

ITALIAN TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine turkey, sauce, onion, breadcrumbs, cheese and parsley. Divide mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping into 1/2 thick patties. Cook, add cheese at the end.