Fire up the grill with a Confetti Turkey Burger! Learn how to keep a turkey burger juicy and the pros and cons to different kinds of grills.
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It’s officially grilling season! Grilling is a healthy cooking technique. It is a cooking method that exposes food to direct heat, leaving grilled food evenly charred on the outside and juicy in the inside. It is also a low-fat cooking method because the fat will drip from the grill grates. Grilling can be for meats, vegetables and fruit. Have you ever had grilled pineapple?! amazinggggg.
Fire up the grill! Any grill will do, but there are advantages and disadvantages with using both charcoal or gas grills.
Charcoal grills:
They provide a more distinct smoky flavor along with that amazing backyard aroma. It’s such a tease when I’m running through the neighborhood and all I smell are my neighbors grilling. Scented wood chips or charcoal will bring additional flavor. However, charcoal can be a little messy and sometimes tricky to regulate the temperature.
Gas grills:
Just turn on a switch and your gas grill is fired up and ready to go. You are able to easily regulate the temperature and often gas grills have different settings that you can easily regulate areas of the grill at different temperatures. You won’t really get that smoky flavor, but you are able to cook various items on the grill at the same.
Do you know how to keep turkey burgers from drying out? Learn how with this Confetti Turkey Burger…
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A nutrition tip for choosing ground turkey is to opt for ground turkey breast. When choosing ground turkey breast, it ensures that it is all white meat. If not specified it could be dark meat, skin, etc. included with the ground turkey.
Since ground turkey breast is so lean, it is prone to drying up on the grill. This recipe sneaks in veggies, which boosts up its nutrition and flavor profile, and is the key to keeping the burger juicy. Vegetables are water packed and release during the cooking process which helps the burger stay moist.
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- 1 medium red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 2 cups spinach, finely chopped
- 1 pound ground turkey breast
- ½ cup feta cheese, crumbled
- ½ cup ground flaxseed
- 1 egg
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp pepper
- Preheat grill.
- Prep all the vegetables, and set aside in a bowl.
- Add the ground turkey, feta cheese, flaxseed, egg, salt and pepper.
- Mix together until all ingredients are incorporated together. Form into 8 patties.
- Grill each side for about 5-7 minutes (or bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes), or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
- Put on top of a whole wheat bun and with your favorite healthy toppings.
What are you firing up on the grill for dinner?
