Italian Turkey Burgers

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1 lb lean ground turkey (93 percent lean)
• 1/3 cup onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, fresh ground
• 2 small fresh tomatoes, ripe and thinly sliced
• 1 cup basil, chopped
• 4 reduced-calorie hamburger buns

Recipe

• 1 coat a grill or grill pan with cooking spray; preheat to medium-high.
• 2 in large mixing bowl, combine turkey, onion, garlic, fennel seed, salt and pepper; form into four 1/2 inch thick patties.
• 3 coat burgers and inside of rolls with olive oil cooking spray.
• 4 grill burgers for 5 minutes; flip burgers and add rolls to grill.
• 5 grill open-face rolls until lightly charred, about 1-2 minutes; remove to serving plates.
• 6 grill burgers until cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• 7 to serve, top grilled rolls with burgers and tomato slices; garnish with basil.
• 8 note: for an extra hit of flavor, rub the bread with a cut garlic clove as it comes off the grill. try these burgers with arugula instead of the basil.