Buffalo Turkey Cheeseburger

By: Deborah

This buffalo turkey cheeseburger recipe combines lean turkey, spicy buffalo sauce, and cheese for a healthier, flavour-packed burger. Perfect for weeknights or barbecues!

PREP: 10

COOK: 15

TOTAL: 25

Course: Lunch, Main

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 people

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Equipment

Ingredients

500 g (1.1 lb) turkey mince
80 g (¾ cup) breadcrumbs
120 g (1 ¼ cup) cheddar cheese grated (we use red Leicester)
100 ml (½ cup) buffalo hot sauce (we use Frank’s Redhot Buffalo Wings Sauce)
120 g (⅞ cup) onion finely chopped
3 tsp olive oil plus extra for toasting the buns
salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 burger buns we like brioche burger buns – either shop bought or give our recipe a try!
additional toppings and sauces (optional - see Notes)

Instructions

In a large bowl, mix together the turkey mince, breadcrumbs, grated cheese, chilli sauce and finely chopped onions. Ensure it’s mixed well so that everything is evenly combined.
Divide the mixture to form 4 burgers (see Notes), roughly 2cm thick. Place the burgers on a plate and refrigerate until you’re ready to cook them. Remove them from the fridge at least 30 minutes before you’re ready to cook.
When you’re ready to cook, heat a large frying pan or grill pan (we use our Le Creuset grill pan) over a high heat. If you like your buns toasted, drizzle each half with some olive oil and place face down in the hot pan and let them toast to your liking – make sure they don’t burn. Remove and set aside while you cook the burgers.
Now to cook the burgers, heat 3 tsp of olive oil in the pan and turn the heat down to medium.
Season each side of the burgers with salt and freshly ground black pepper and then place them in the pan and cook for 4 minutes on each side.
Finally, assemble your burger with any additional toppings and/or sauces (see Notes).
Enjoy with chunky oven chips or dirty fries and some coleslaw on the side, if you like!!

Notes

Vegetarian option - replace the turkey mince with spicy black beans or chickpeas.
Additional toppings – because this burger has big flavours in it already, we decided to keep the additional toppings and sauce quite simple – salad leaves, slices of tomato and mayonnaise. However, the choice of toppings and sauces are entirely your personal choice…enjoy trying different combinations!
Assembly – so that your burger and the toppings don't fall over, i'd suggest assembling as follows:
- salad leaves then slices of tomato on the bottom of the bun
- place the burger on top of the slices of tomato
- the mayonnaise goes on the bun lid and then place it on the top of the burger…and enjoy with some chunky oven chips or dirty fries
With the ingredients that are added to the turkey mince, these end up as quite big burgers, so if you have smaller buns, you could divide the mixture into 4 smaller burgers...and have double buffalo turkey cheeseburgers!!

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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