Servings: 5 burgers
Calories: 160.7kcal
Equipment
- Cuisinart griddle
Ingredients
Italian Turkey Burgers
- 20 oz Shady Brook Farms 93% lean ground turkey
- 2 tbsp Penzeys ground Indian fennel
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp salt
Sandwiches
- 2 rolls 647 sandwich rolls (2 pt each)
- 3 slices sweet onion
- 3 tbsp Prego, no sugar added
- 2 slices Sargento ultra thin or reduced fat provolone slices
Instructions
Mixing the Italian Turkey Sausage Burgers
- Place the ground turkey along with the ground fennel, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl. If you want your sausage burgers hot, you can add some red pepper flakes at this point.
- Using your hands, mix it all together until the spices are evenly distributed through the ground turkey.
- Pinch off a quarter size portion of the ground turkey mixture and place it on a napkin and flatten it. Cook it in the microwave on high for 24 sec. Let it cool briefly and taste it. Add more salt if you think it needs it. Also, if you prefer a stronger fennel taste add more of the ground fennel and remix. Repeat the taste test to make sure you are satisfied with the spice level.
- Divide the ground turkey mixture into five 4 oz portions. Form each portion into a burger.
- Refrigerate the number of burgers you plan on cooking for your meal. Wrap the other burgers in plastic wrap and stick them in the freezer. When they are frozen, place them in a freezer bag until you are ready to use them.
Making the Italian Turkey Sausage Sandwiches
- Preheat your indoor or out door grill. I used a Cusinart Elite Griddle preheated to 425℉.
- Cut the onion slices in half and then separate the rings.
- Grill the onions until they are tender and begin to brown.
- Separate the sandwich rolls into their tops and bottoms. Spread marinara on both the top and bottom of each roll.
- Place the grilled onions onto the bottom half of the sandwich rolls.
- Place the Italian sausage burgers onto the grill and cook until done. On my Cuisnart griddle they cook in 2 min.
- Place the cooked burgers on top of the grilled onions that are on the bottom half of the rolls.
- Immediately place a slice of provolone on each cooked burger so the heat from the burger can melt the cheese.
- Place the top of the roll on the burger and serve.
Notes
The nutritional info at the very bottom of the recipe card is for 1 Italian turkey sausage burger (WW 4 pt).
The nutritional info for 1 Italian turkey sausage burger sandwich with a slice of Sargento ultra thin provolone (WW 8 pt) is below:
cal 294.2 kcal | fat 12.3 g | sat. fat 4.5 g | carb 26.3 g | fiber 9.6 g | total sugar 3.7 g | protein 29.3 g | sodium 502 g
Nutrition
Serving: 1burger | Calories: 160.7kcal | Protein: 22g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2.5g | Sodium: 319mg
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