Southeast Asian Style Turkey Burgers With Pickled Cucumbers

Recipe Ingredients

		For Pickled Cucumbers
1/3 cup	78ml	Seasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1/4 cup	59ml	Pickled ginger
1		English cucumber
		For Burgers
1		Garlic clove (large)
2		Firm white sandwich bread
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ground turkey
2		Scallions - minced
1/4 cup	4g / 0.1oz	Chopped fresh cilantro sprigs
1/4 cup	10g / 0.4oz	Chopped fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup	10g / 0.4oz	Chopped fresh mint leaves
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons	10ml	Sugar
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Hot pepper sauce
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
4		Hamburger buns

Recipe Instructions

Make pickled cucumbers: In a bowl stir together vinegar and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Chop ginger. Slice enough cucumber crosswise into 1/8-inch thick slices to measure 1 1/2 cups and add to vinegar with ginger, tossing well. Marinate at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.

Prepare grill or preheat grill pan.

Make burgers: Mince garlic. In a blender tear bread slices and grind into fine crumbs. In a bowl with your hands mix garlic with bread crumbs and remaining burger ingredients until just combined (do not overmix) and form into four 1-inch-thick patties. Season burgers with salt and pepper and grill on a lightly oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals about 5 minutes on each side, or until just cooked through. Transfer burgers to buns and top with drained cucumbers.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - Recipe courtesy of Gourmet Magazine - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-9169)

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