These California Turkey Burgers are packed with delicious flavors thanks to the addition of avocado, roasted red peppers and bacon! Perfect for grilling season!
Hi Friends!
Time for another month of Recipe Redux!
The theme for this month was spring cleaning. Here’s the prompt:
Go through your pantry, cupboards, freezer, or fridge; what ‘treasures’ have you found? Pick an ingredient/spice/condiment that’s been hanging out for a while and give it the attention it needs. Share a healthy recipe made using your new-found pantry prize.
I’m actually pretty good about cleaning out my pantry but sometimes I find things lurking in the back of my fridge so I checked my shelves and sure enough, I found some roasted red peppers that my mom bought while she was in town. I really like roasted red peppers and typically I like to roast my own, but until lately it had been forever since I’d done it. For the past few weeks I’ve gotten back into the swing of it because they’re one of Squish’s favorite foods….but anyways, I found this jar and knew I needed to use it up!
With grilling season upon us, I knew I wanted to make something we could make on the grill and burgers came to mine. I don’t like beef burgers but I do enjoy a good turkey burger every once and a while so I decided to make those, with a California spin in honor of my upcoming trip to Cali. That trip is now over, but I made these a few weeks ago when I was getting excited about it!
Of course, it ended up raining the day I made these so I made them in the oven, but you could easily make them on the grill. I added some typical burger toppings to the inside of the burger to change things up – roasted red peppers, avocado, bacon, etc.
Here’s how you make them:
California Turkey Burgers
An easy burger filled with flavor thanks to the bacon, avocado and roasted red peppers.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 2 strips bacon, diced
- 1/4 cup diced avocado
- 1/4 cup diced roasted red peppers
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp crumbled feta
- Optional toppings: avocado, lettuce, tomato, onion, peppers
- Bun or lettuce for serving
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients through feta in a large bowl.
- Mix by hand until well combined.
- Form into 6-8 patties.
- Grill until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.
- OR
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 25 min, flipping once (or until 165 degrees F is reached internally).
- Serve with desired toppings on a bun or lettuce.
Feel free to add or subtract mix-ins to fit your taste. Also make sure your mix-ins are pretty finely diced before mixing to make it easier for the burgers to stick together.
Be sure to check out the link-up below to see how others turned their spring cleaning into a new recipe!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
This looks delicious! I adore grilling season, it always seems like there are fewer dishes to wash!
anything with avocado on top is a win in my book! 🙂
Those would sure hit the spot!
This looks like a turkey burger my beef loving family would enjoy. It’s the avocado. You can’t go wrong with avocado.
Everything about this recipe looks delicious, especially with our perfect grilling weather! Bacon + avocado = perfection!
Ahhh these sound so good! A burger with bacon AND avocado in it?! Mouthwatering.
This seriously looks amazing! I can’t get enough burgers lately with all this great weather!
Usually I’m good at repurposing leftovers and rogue ingredients from past recipes but I too will find that random tupperware of leftover frosting that I swore I’d use on something, or the container with 1/4 cup left of some sauce. Burgers are a great way to use up some of the fresh produce! ANd I do love me burgers with avocado on top.
the best kinda of burger for sure!
I can’t wait to start making my own burgers for the grill again this summer! I love coming up with weird combos and add-ins!
one of the best parts of summer!
I love avocados. Definitely my favorite source of good fat. I live next to an avocado grove so I have access to farm fresh everyday. These look yummy!
so jealous!
Ooh – I’m with you – I love roasted red peppers and usually have a jar in the pantry. I go thru a phase and then I forget about them. I made plain turkey burgers last night and sure wish I made these instead – next time!
next time indeed 🙂
We use ground turkey for everything and I’m excited to try these burgers to mix things up a bit!
hope they’re a hit!
These burgers sound amazing Lindsay! Love the roasted peppers in there!
thanks amee! can’t get enough of them lately!
I often find turkey burgers to be really bland, so I’m looking forward to trying your version. Sounds packed with flavor. Thanks.
hope you love it!
I always love a good turkey burger! Love all the flavors that you added into this one…DELISH and thanks for sharing!
I love throwing roasted red peppers into pasta dishes for extra veg! This burger looks awesome and I hope your trip to California was wonderful 🙂
i put red peppers in pretty much everything 🙂
These look delicious! I just started putting slices of avocado on my burgers last summer. I don’t know why it took me so long to think of doing that.
it’s the best topping!
Dave is gong to love these!! He’s always looking for ways to spice up his boring turkey burgers!
yay for delicious changes!
How how I love using turkey to make burgers! Mmm these look delicious Lindsay!
This is so creative! I never would have thought to put burger toppings INSIDE the burger. So excited to make these for dinner this summer!
woo hoo! can never have too many toppings. in the burger, on the burger…you get the idea!
So loving these!! My husband loves turkey burgers!
whip him up a batch!
These sound amazing! I might make a variation of these tonight!!
Are the plates sitting on wrapped packages?? So cool!
glad you liked them. and the plates are just sitting on folded napkins!
My boyfriend loves peppers and avocados..so I think I’ll have to make these for him!
hope he loves them!
I was wondering if you had the nutritional break down for the actual burger patty>?
i don’t but you can put the recipe into my fitness pal to find out!
OH YES! That looks like perfection, especially with the avocado on top!
can never have too much avocado!
Yum!
So. Much. Yes.
I salivated after pinning it and now see it in full force. Flavour perfection!
This looks awesome!!
Thanks Danny!
looks delicious. I ‘m going to make the burgers this weekend. Thanks for sharing
hope you like them!