You Deserve a Better Turkey Burger

Bold flavors and a sweet-and-tangy topping make these lightened-up burgers anything but bland.
You Deserve a Better Turkey Burger
This turkey burger relies on pantry superheroes and fresh fruit to provide succulence and flavor. Lynda Balslev for Tastefood
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It’s the season for grilling and burgers. This summer, lighten up your double-fisted burgers with ground turkey meat. Turkey burgers are often underrated and dismissed. They have a reputation for being dry and bland, which is unfortunate. These criticisms can be easily remedied and used to your advantage.

Look at turkey’s neutral flavor as a canvas. It’s an opportunity to mix in a slew of sweet and spicy condiments to develop flavor and umami qualities while providing moisture that ensures juicy, dribbly bites.

Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.