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Buffalo Turkey Burgers with Blue Cheese Dressing

Serve with barbecue chips and oil-and-vinegar dressed slaw. So much better for you than wings, you could eat two!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

Vegetable oil, for drizzling
1 package (1 1/3 pounds) ground turkey breast
1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning (half a palmful)
1 tablespoon grill seasoning, such as McCormick’s Montreal Steak Seasoning (a palmful)
2 garlic cloves, chopped
4 scallions, finely chopped
1 celery rib from the heart, with greens, finely chopped
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup hot sauce, such as Frank’s Red Hot
Crusty rolls, split
1 cup sour cream, reduced-fat sour cream, or Ranch dressing
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Leaf lettuce

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Place a healthy drizzle of oil in a mixing bowl. Add the turkey, poultry seasoning, grill seasoning, garlic, scallions, and celery. Mix the burgers and form into 4 1-inch-thick patties.

    Step 2

    Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook the burgers for 6 minutes on each side. Remove to a plate.

    Step 3

    Wipe the pan clean and reduce the heat to low. Melt the butter in the pan. Add the hot sauce to the melted butter. Return the patties to the skillet and turn to coat in the hot sauce–butter mixture. Place the burgers on bun bottoms.

    Step 4

    In a small bowl, mix the sour cream or Ranch dressing with the blue cheese crumbles and season with salt and pepper. Top the burgers with lettuce and blue cheese sauce, then set the bun tops in place.

  2. Tidbit

    Step 5

    I’ve made other versions of this—with chicken breast and Buffalo-fied salads—but i think this is the tastiest takeoff on wing so far!

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