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Guacamole Turkey Burgers With Pepper Jack Cheese Recipe

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Guacamole Turkey Burgers With Pepper Jack Cheese Ingredients:

For the turkey burgers

• 1 pound ground turkey
• 1/4 red onion, diced
• 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 4 pieces habanero pepper jack cheese
• 4 hamburger buns
• 1/2 tomato, sliced

For the guacamole:

• 2 small avocados
• 1/4 red onion, diced
• 1/4 tomato, diced
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon parmesan cheese

How To Make Guacamole Turkey Burgers With Pepper Jack Cheese:

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the turkey, red onion, panko breadcrumbs, egg, salt, black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.

You can start with a wooden spoon but you really want to mix with your hands to make sure everything is combined. And, if this is your first time making turkey burgers, I will warn you: You want to stop mixing as soon as the ingredients are combined. If you overmix turkey, the patties will come out really tough.

Split the meat mixture into four turkey burger patties and dimple them. Put them on a cookie sheet and let them chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.

Heat a large skillet (that’s oven safe) on the stove. Add about a half tablespoon of olive oil to the pan. When it’s warm, add the turkey patties. Cook them over medium heat for four minutes, until a golden crust starts to form, then flip them.

Cook them for another three minutes, until a golden crust forms on the bottom, then flip them again.

Put the entire pan in the oven for six minutes.

Add a piece of cheese on top and then return the pan to the oven for another two minutes so the cheese can melt.

​Quick note: You want to assure the turkey burgers reach an internal temperature of 165 F.

While those are cooking, you’re gonna want to make your guacamole. Now, keep in mind this is a really quick guacamole to use as a burger topping. It’s not an all out, full guacamole recipe that you’re gonna eat with tortilla chips.

Scoop out the avocado and add it to a small bowl with the onion, tomatoes, lemon juice, salt, and parmesan cheese. Mash until you get a really creamy guacamole, then set it aside until the burgers are ready.

When the burgers are done, place the burgers on top of the bottom of the bun.

Spread some of the guacamole on top.

Side note: If you don’t want to make your own guacamole, you can just pick some up at your local grocery store. Or, if you want to skip guacamole, you can add plain avocado slices on top too.

Add the sliced tomato on top of the guacamole spread.

Finally, put the top of the bun on top and enjoy.

We serve these with Air Fryer French Fries. Since those are made in the air frier (obviously) not the oven, you don’t have to worry about the cooking times and temperatures of the fries and burgers overlapping. You can serve them with sweet potato fries and a green salad too.