Teriyaki Turkey Burgers
 
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Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • 1 pound of ground turkey
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¾ cup of bread crumbs, divided
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup of teriyaki sauce (I used Trader Joe's Island Soyaki), plus some extra sauce for finishing
  • 5 slices of pineapple (I used canned, but by all means uses fresh)
  • 5 buns
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, mix together the ground turkey, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, ¼ cup of breadcrumbs. Add up to ¼ cup more of bread crumbs if the mixture is too wet and won't hold together. Use your hands to mix it all together.
  2. Add the egg and teriyaki sauce.
  3. Using your hands mix and mash and squish is all together. If the mixture feels too sticky, as in you can't really make a patty or it's all stuck to your hands, then add the remainder of the bread crumbs.
  4. Once everything is all mixed together, make patties! Mine were about ¾ of an inch thick.
  5. Heat a skillet on medium-high (or grill, or George Forman grill) and cook the burgers. Instead of using oil we cooked it in more teriyaki sauce to give the burgers more flavor - Do what you like.The burgers should take about 4-6 minutes per side.
  6. Optional: if you have a grill pan (or in your skillet, but you won't have lines) take the slices of pineapple and heat them. This shouldn't take long at all, it should be a quick sizzle, just enough to warm the pineapples and create those beautiful dark grill lines.
  7. Put the burgers and pineapples on the bun and then put a dollop of teriyaki in the hole of the pineapple. EAT!
  8. bit messier.
Recipe by Cooking is Messy at https://www.cookingismessy.com/2012/05/25/teriyaki-turkey-burgers/