Sunday, May 3, 2009

Chinatown Burger

So I created a new burger on the grill today. My mom was over for lunch and I decided to use my new plumbed grill. Nice right? Well I have the rule about only having one burger a month but to bend that I was allowed to make turkey burgers. I usually hate turkey burgers. Most of the restaurants that I go to and order a turkey burger try their level best to disguise that it is not a real burger. They all seem to fall flat. So today I decided to embrace the turkey. I started off with a sliced onion that I threw on the grill in a good helping of orange teryaki sauce on low heat. Then with some fresh ground turkey I added salt, pepper, and love. Nice sized, probably shy of a quarter pound, raw. I put them on the grill at low-medium heat. In a mixing bowl, I combined about 4 tablespoons of the orange teryaki sauce with real mayo, salt, pepper, minced cilantro, a bit of lemon juice, and a hint of smoky Tabasco. I toasted fresh onion bread and brushed the tangy sauce on both sides. I sliced a tomato and patted the slices dry removing the seeds and cut a bit of fresh farm lettuce. I added a slice of Swiss to each of the patties and turned the grill off. I sliced an avocado and garnished the plates. I put the burgers together and ate. A nice turkey burger. Not pretending to be something it is not. It turned out to be one of the lightest meals I have had in quite a while and very tasty. Feel free to try out the recipe and tell me what you think. Make it for your friends but don't forget to tell them to check out justoneburger.blogspot.com when you do.