Turk du Soleil
Looking for a healthier homemade burger recipe? Janet and Greta Podleski share their secret for cooking up flavourful Thai-inspired turkey burgers with zesty peanut sauce. This is one burger that'll make everyone flip!
1/3 cup bottled light peanut sauce
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
1 tsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tsp grated lemon zest
1 tsp grated gingerroot
1 1/2 lbs (680 g) extra-lean ground turkey or chicken
1 cup fresh whole wheat bread crumbs, or 1/2 cup dry unseasoned bread crumbs
1/4 cup finely minced green onions
2 tbsp minced fresh cilantro
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
6 multigrain or sesame-seed burger buns
Lettuce and sliced tomato
TIp: The label on the package of hamburgers buns will give you the nutritional information per roll. Be sure to factor that in with the nutritional analysis below to get the most accurate count.
- To make sauce, combine peanut sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, lemon zest and gingerroot in a small bowl. Mix well and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, bread crumbs, green onions, cilantro, egg, salt, pepper and three tbsp of the sauce (you will use the rest of the suace to base the burgers). Mix gently using your hands. Form mixture into six patties, about 1/2 inch thick. Cover and refrigerate until ready to grill.
- Preheat grill to high setting. Spray grill rack with cooking spray or brush lightly with oil. Grill burgers for about five minutes per side, or until cooked through and no longer pink in the centre. Brush burgers with reserved sauce during last two minutes of cooking time.
- Serve burgers on lightly toasted buns with lettuce and sliced tomatoes, or any of your favourite burger toppings.
Makes 6 burgers.
Per serving (bun not included): Calories 229; Total fat 11.2 g; Saturated fat 2.6 g; Protein 26 g; Carbohydrate 8 g; Fibre 1.2 g; Cholesterol 105 mg; Sodium 485 mg.
Excerpted from Eat, Shrink & Be Merry by Janet and Greta Podleski
