Recipe: Perfect Greek Turkey Burgers with Avocado and a Lemon Parsley Mayo

Greek Turkey Burgers with Avocado and a Lemon Parsley Mayo. While burgers are cooking on pan mix mayo, lemon juice, parsley and garlic powder. Serve on a bun with a tbsp of mayo on each burger or eat alone sans the bun like I did for a lower carb option. I also went heavier on the mayo.yum!!!

First, there were these chili lime avocado burgers. After that we moved into a more breakfast-burger phase, with these herb-packed rosemary sage turkey sausage patties. Serve, if desired, on hamburger buns with your favorite toppings. You can have Greek Turkey Burgers with Avocado and a Lemon Parsley Mayo using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Greek Turkey Burgers with Avocado and a Lemon Parsley Mayo

1. It's 16 oz of ground turkey.
2. Prepare 1 cup of diced onions and peppers, chopped fairly small. 1/2 c each (I buy them frozen and already chopped for recipes like this!!).
3. You need 1 of avocado, diced.
4. Prepare 1 cup of reduced fat feta cheese crumbles.
5. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of your favorite greek seasoning(I prefer a salt free brand like Greenway organic).
6. Prepare 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
7. It's 1 of optional burger buns, sandwich thins, pita bread or your favorite burger bread. I ate mine without a bun..
8. You need 1/2 cup of light mayo.
9. It's 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
10. You need 2 tsp of dried parsley flakes.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.

While beef burgers only require a pinch of salt and pepper on both sides, you can elevate your turkey burgers by mixing seasoning straight in with the meat. I typically add garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, salt, pepper, and red chili flakes to my ground turkey for a classic Italian flavor profile (and I use the same technique for my turkey. That's where these delicious turkey burgers come in to play! How To Make Juicy Turkey Burgers.

Greek Turkey Burgers with Avocado and a Lemon Parsley Mayo instructions

1. Mix first 6 ingredients. (From here I prefer to let sit in the fridge for a few hrs so flavors can intensify).
2. Spray a non stick frying pan or stove top grill pan and form mixture into 4 even burgers. (Prefer smaller burgers? Make 6.) Cook in pan for 5-7 minutes each side on medium heat or until cooked all the way through..
3. While burgers are cooking on pan mix mayo, lemon juice, parsley and garlic powder..
4. Serve on a bun with a tbsp of mayo on each burger or eat alone sans the bun like I did for a lower carb option. I also went heavier on the mayo...yum!!!.

The key to making the turkey burgers nice and juicy is to not over mix them. I add in mayo to give it extra moisture, but you can substitute mayo with plain non fat Greek yogurt. An egg is used to help bind the turkey burgers together when grilled. Stir everything until it is evenly combined. Shape the mixture into six patties.