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'Breaking Bad' Turkey 'Heisenburgers'

Liz Neumark|

'Breaking Bad' Turkey 'Heisenburgers'
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Burgers worthy of your next Emmy party. Adapted from Liz Neumark’s cookbook ‘Sylvia’s Table,’ these burgers are mixed with a tamarind glaze and brushed with the same glaze after cooking for extra flavor. Try topping these burgers with mayonnaise spiked with a drop or two of sriracha. Click Here to See More Turkey Burger Recipes
Servings
8
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh minced ginger
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup tamarind concentrate (available in specialty food stores)
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 tablespoon sriracha
  • 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
  • 2 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 jalapeno with seeds, minced
  • ½ cup thinly sliced scallions, white and about 1 inch of the green parts
  • 2½ pound ground turkey, ½ white, ½ dark meat
  • garnish with walter white’s infamous blue cheese, tomatoes, and onions
Directions
  1. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the ginger and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
  2. Add the honey, tamarind concentrate, water, and sriracha, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon and reduced to about 1 cup, stirring often for about 8 minutes.
  3. Let the glaze cool completely then mix in the lime juice.
  4. Mix together mayonnaise, ginger, cilantro, salt, pepper, cumin, jalapeño, and 4 teaspoons of the glaze in a large mixing bowl, then mix in the scallions.
  5. Add the ground turkey and mix well but loosely with the mayonnaise mixture; do not overwork.
  6. Shape the turkey into eight ½-inch thick patties.
  7. Grill the rolls cut side down until golden, about 2 minutes; transfer them to a serving platter.
  8. Grill the burgers on grill pan over medium-high heat until cooked through and a thermometer inserted into the center registers 160 degrees, about 8 minutes on each side.
  9. Brush each burger with the remaining glaze and serve with garnishes and a spread of your choice.
 
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