Thai-style turkey burgers with pickled cucumbers

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
=== FOR PICKLED CUCUMBERS ===
½ cup Distilled white vinegar
2½ tablespoon Light brown sugar -; (firmly packed)
1¼ teaspoon Salt
¾ teaspoon Dried hot red pepper flakes
1 Seedless cucumber -; (abt 1 lb), sliced
; very thin
=== FOR BURGERS ===
2 Garlic cloves
1½ teaspoon Finely-chopped peeled fresh gingerroot
½ cup Chopped fresh coriander
½ cup Chopped fresh mint leaves
½ cup Chopped fresh basil leaves
3 tablespoons Fresh lime juice
3 teaspoons Sugar
2 Flat anchovy fillets
2 pounds Ground turkey
¼ cup Fresh bread crumbs
¼ teaspoon Cayenne; or to taste
4 Sesame hamburger buns or onion rolls; split and toasted

Directions

Make pickled cucumbers: In a small bowl stir together all pickled cucumber ingredients except cucumber until sugar and salt are dissolved. Add cucumber, stirring to coat well, and marinate 30 minutes. Make burgers: Prepare grill. Into a food processor with motor running, drop garlic and gingerroot. Add coriander, mint, basil, lime juice, sugar and anchovy fillets and blend well. In a bowl combine turkey, herb mixture, bread crumbs and cayenne and form into six 1-inch-thick patties. Season burgers with salt and pepper to taste and grill on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 6 minutes on each side, or until just cooked through.

Drain cucumbers. Transfer burgers to buns or rolls and top with pickled cucumbers. This recipe yields 6 servings.

Recipe Source: COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-8708)

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - joecomiskey@...

05-17-1999

Per serving: 242 Calories (kcal); 13g Total Fat; (47% calories from fat); 27g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 120mg Cholesterol; 597mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 3½ Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: Sara Moulton

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