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turkey dinner burger

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Recipe by
Monica Keleher
@MonicaKeleher
Methuen, MA

Why wait until Thanksgiving for a turkey dinner. Oh right the summer weather and turning on the oven...too HOT! Hmmm how about a turkey dinner burger? So good. Stuffing in the center, cranberry mayo and gravy. Yummy! The boys loved it hope you do too. Thanks, Monica

(1 rating)
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients For turkey dinner burger

  • 1 pkg
    ground turkey, not the super lean one.
  • your favorite stuffing recipe, made into 4 golfball sized meatballs
  • 1 can
    whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1 jar
    turkey gravy (your favorite brand)
  • 3 Tbsp
    mayo (or as much as you like on your burger)
  • 1
    small onion chopped
  • 1 pkg
    diced panchetta
  • 1
    large celery stalk diced
  • few pinches of garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • seasoned whole wheat bread crumbs to combine turkey (if needed)
  • few pinches bells seasoning
  • handful of parsley chopped
  • 4+ slice
    gouda cheese (we love gouda but you can sub for anything you like)
  • 4
    whole wheat hamburger buns
  • bag of frozen sweet potato fries (optional)

How To Make turkey dinner burger

  • 1
    Prepare your stuffing as directed on package or from your recipe, form into 4 golfball sized meatballs and set aside.
  • 2
    Saute the panchetta and remove to a papertowel, in the fat, cook the onions, celery and garlic and add a pinch of salt and red pepper. Cook for a few minutes. let cool
  • 3
    Combine turkey, cooled cooked veggies, panchetta, salt, pepper, pinch of bells seasoning, parsley and breadcrumbs and combine. (sometimes to make sure I seasoned it right I cook a small (piece to check it)
  • 4
    Turn on a grill pan to medium heat and spray with olive oil.
  • 5
    From the turkey into patties (leave enough to top and seal the patties) press a well in the center that will fit the stuffing. Place the stuffing balls in the center, cover the patties and stuffing with a bit of turkey and press the stuffing down as you seal the patties. You want to flatten the balls out so it spreads into more of the burger.
  • 6
    Sprinkle the burgers with salt and pepper and add them to the hot grill pan (or outdoor grill) at 2 and 10 will give you the cross marks. heat the gravy in a pan.
  • 7
    To assure that they are cooked through I place them in an oven safe pan, top them with the cheese and cooked them until the thermometer read 165 degrees.
  • 8
    To assemble the burger I Put a bit of mayo on both sides of the bun bottom gets cranberry sauce then the burger, then gravy then top with bun. So good.
  • 9
    I served this with deep fried sweet potato fries and spicy bloody mary ketcup (recipe in my recipes posted) Hope you enjoy!
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