Lean Turkey Burgers

A funny problem I ran into this summer (well not just this summer, but it arose again), is the price of ground turkey meat in Boulder Colorado. It is about $7 a pound, seriously?? I really do not understand it. I was at the grocery store and dying to hone in on my grill skills and make some delicious turkey burgers. All they had was 99% lean on sale... Okay, that will be dry as the desert sand on a summer's day. I decided I was up for the challenge and modified my grocery list to make these dry patties a little more delicious than they otherwise would have been.


Shopping List:

• One package of turkey meat
• 1/4 onion chopped small
• whipped butter
• 1 egg
• one big squirt of ketchup
• one big squirt of dijon mustard
• 2 tblspns of water
• S&P
• Homemade breadcrumbs, or store bought.
• Mushrooms sliced
• 1 tblspn of whipped butter
• package of guacamole

Putting it Together:

1. Heat a skillet on medium with a little whipped butter, as it starts to melt add the onion, cook until clear
2. Meanwhile, in a bowl add the egg, ketchup, mustard, water, and S&P, whisk together.
3. Add the turkey meat to the bowl of egg mixture.
4. As the onion is ready add it to the turkey meat, you might not want all of the onion in there so think about how onion-y it looks and what you like.
5. Once the onion is incorporated it is time to add the breadcrumbs. Because these are going to be dry you want to go as light as possible on the breadcrumbs. Add a little at a time until they barely will hold together.
6. Heat the grill to medium.
7. Cook the patties about 3.5 minutes on each side.
8. Meanwhile, add mushrooms to a warmed skillet of butter, cook on medium until they start to shrink up.
9. In the last two minutes add cheese on the burgers, pepper jack is the best, but a personal preference.
10. In the last minute add buns to the grill.
11. Take everything inside and chow down.