Last night I had a pound of ground turkey, a few peppers, onions and pita bread–and I always have a ton of cheese-on hand. I felt like having a burger for dinner so this was the result. A light, tasty burger with crunchy peppers, tangy and melty Asiago cheese and a flavorful burger. Ideally I would’ve eaten this on a hamburger roll or a portugese roll but since I had one pita bread in the fridge to use up-that’s how it ended up. These burgers would also be great topped with other cheese(s) and veggies-but I used what I had on hand. I cooked these on my awesome Breville panini press-it makes the best crisp outside, I then topped with cheese and let the top plate hover over the cheese (not touching-but very close) to melt the cheese.
Turkey Burgers with Asiago Cheese
Ingredients:
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 red pepper sliced very thin
- 1 green pepper sliced very thin
- 1/2 red onion sliced very thin
- 1 clove garlic, minced very small
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 packet Goya Sazon seasoning
- 5 pita breads or rolls or bread
- salt and pepper to taste
- 5 slices of Asiago, or more if you’d like
Instructions:
- In a bowl mix the turkey and Sazon until combined. Make 5 patties. Set aside.
- In a medium pan over low-med heat add the oil. When hot add the peppers and cook until they start to become a bit soft. Add the onion and garlic and cook until softer but still crunchy.
- On a panini press or grill cook the burgers until almost to 165 internal temp. Top with cheese. When cheese is melted and burgers have reached 165 remove from heat.
- Warm the pita or rolls and top with the burger and pepper topping.
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