When I got home at 8:45 tonight, I was needless to say very very hungry. Tuesdays are always very long days for me so I was literally about to pass out I was so hungry when I finally came back home for the night. What to make, what to make? Well I had bought ground turkey so I came to the decision of a turkey burger...great decision might I add. My mom has made homemade turkey burgers at home before but I never had so I figured now would be the perfect time to try. This wasn't an ordinary turkey burger though. I wanted to go beyond a regular burger and make something different. I had come across a recipe for a feta stuffed turkey burger on http://www.myrecipes.com/ so I used that as a starting point to create my own burger. The ingredients that I ended up using were...
4-5 oz. ground turkey
3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 red bell pepper, minced
2 oz. reduced fat feta cheese
1/2 cup fresh spinach
First thing that I did was chop the red pepper into small pieces so that it could be added to the patty without making it fall apart. I them formed a patty out of the ground turkey and added the Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder to it. I mixed the flavors in thoroughly so that the whole patty would have flavor. I then added the minced red pepper to that patty. Meanwhile, I cooked the spinach on the stove over medium high heat for about 3-4 minutes or until it was done. I then added the cheese to the spinach. In order to stuff the patty with the spinach and feta, I mushed the two ingredients into a little ball and then formed a patty around it with the ground turkey mixture that I had made before. I chose to put spinach in the middle with the cheese because I thought that they would go well together and I love spinach in anything. Here's what the patty looked like before it started cooking...
I cooked the patty on the stover over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes on each side. The sides got a little crispy but I think it was because I used cooking spray. The patty didn't burn and I like things a little crispy so it didn't bother me. While the patty was cooking, I was also cooking some fresh zucchini, red onion, and spinach as a side. Once the patty had been thoroughly cooked, I took it off and garnished it with lettuce, tomato, red onion, ketchup, and mustard. The much anticipated meal was finally ready. Just a couple shots of how it turned out...
Bun was a little big for the patty...oops haha
Top view
Final product
YUM
Well as you can see I would say it turned out pretty well and it was so good! I'm going to need to come up with another word for delicious because I think y'all will get tired of me saying all my food is delicious haha. Anyway, the burger was great! It was a mess to eat as always but well worth the mess. I think I ate it in, like I said, about 2 minutes because it was so good and I was so hungry. I do have to say though it wasn't as flavorful as I thought it would be. Although I did dump it in ketchup and mustard so that may have had something to do with it haha. Next time, I think I'm going to add more flavoring to the patty and maybe not use the red peppers in the patty either. I couldn't really taste them and it made the patty harder to stay in its shape. I am proud that the patty didn't fall apart though. I would definitely recommend making this but you could easily substitute you favorite type of cheese and spices it just depends on what you like!
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