Articles by Heather

From Chopper:

This is a pretty simple recipe for turkey burgers involving a lot of spice and cheese crackers as binder. Trust me, it works well. I’ve been using Cheez-it brand reduced fat white cheddar crackers, mainly because I thought the white color would work better, and topping them off with a slice of good provolone cheese for the last minute of the grilling time. Also, we’ve been getting ground turkey from Costco in 1.5 pound packages, so the new measurements for 1.5 pounds of turkey are given in parentheses. For anyone who doesn’t know, Mrs. Edna is one of the spice mixers in the market in Charleston. Also, the original recipe dumped everything into the bowl at the same time to mix, but I get better results doing it in two stages.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (1.5) pound ground turkey
• 1 (1.5) tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 (1.5) tablespoon red pepper flakes or Mrs. Edna’s Cajun Lemon seasoning
• 1 (1.5) teaspoon dried minced onion (or a nice dried onion mix, if you’re so inclined)
• 1 (plus one egg white) egg
• 1/2 (3/4) cup crushed cheese flavored crackers
• Worcestershire sauce

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat a grill for high heat.
2. Ground the cheese crackers and, using your hands, mix them with the ground turkey. Pour the spices into the bowl and mix well before adding the egg, dousing to taste with Worcestershire and finishing the mixing process.
3. Form into four (six) fat patties. Glad Press-and-Seal wrap works perfectly for individually sealing the burgers for refrigerator storage.
4. Place patties on the grill, and cook for about 5 minutes per side, until well done.