Thai Turkey Burger

Thai Turkey burger with sweet pickled cucumber and carrots, cilantro leaves, and a Thai sweet chili sauce. Photo by PattyCooks.

Thai Burger

A sweet Thai-ish turkey burger, made with sweet pickled veggies, cilantro, and sweet chili sauce. A wonderful new taste for burgers.

Burger

  • 8 Oz Ground turkey meat (93% fat free)
  • 2 T Panko
  • 1 T Cilantro (Finely chopped)
  • 1 Mushroom (Finely chopped)
  • 1 Pinch Salt and Pepper
  • 2 T Lime juice
  • 2 T Peanut oil (or Avocado oil)

Quick Sweet Pickles

  • 1 Cucumber (Sliced half moon shapes, removed seeds + peel)
  • 1 Carrot (Sliced into thin matchsticks)
  • 1 C Japanese seasoned rice vinegar

Toppings

  • 2 Burger buns (Toasted)
  • 2 T Thai sweet chili sauce
  • 1/4 C Cilantro (Leaves only, do not chop)

Meat

  1. Combine all the Meat ingredient into a bowl and mix well. Flatten out into two thin patties to quicken the cooking times.

  2. Cook in a heated and oiled skillet for a few minutes on each side. Should show some crispiness on the meat.



Prep Quick Pickles

  1. Peel a cucumber, slice in half and remove seeds using a teaspoon, then slice the half moon cucumber thinly. Place in a bowl with lid.

  2. Wash and cut a carrot into thin matchsticks, place in the same bowl.

  3. Add Japanese seasoned rice vinegar to the bowl, lid and place in the fridge. Shake it up every so often so all the food gets into the sauce.

Prep Sandwich

  1. Toast the buns.

  2. Add chili sauce to the slices of bread.



  3. Add quick pickles.



  4. Add the cooked burger, topped with the cilantro.



This is a hybrid meal where I am taking what is normally eaten in my region (turkey burgers) but have modify its ingredients to infuse it with Thai flavors.