Turkey Avocado Burgers

Summer-fresh turkey avocado burgers topped with a creamy herb burger sauce and fresh greens. This is a great way to switch up burger night and an easy 30-minute dinner recipe. 

Turkey burgers are not always my fave kind of burgers unless they happen to be these turkey avocado burgers, a recipe I first shared several years ago and continue to love because it’s easy and delicious.

Topping the burgers with a bright burger sauce and creamy sliced avocado takes a plain jane turkey burger to a whole new place. And that place is yums.

Recipe Highlights

Schedule this burger recipe for a weeknight because it’s ready in about 30 minutes.

It has a creamy basil burger sauce/dressing that is fresh and bright. But you know what? If you want to make this even faster to make use a good bottled green goddess dressing instead.

The burgers are topped with fresh spinach and alfalfa sprouts to round out the green theme we have going on.

Ingredients

• Burgers: Lean ground turkey, salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce
• Sauce: make my creamy basil dressing or use store-bought green goddess dressing to make it easy.
• Toppings: Sliced avocado, spinach, alfalfa sprouts
• Buns: I like toasted sesame hamburger buns

How to Make The Turkey Burgers

Make the Burgers: Mix all of the ingredients for the burgers in a large bowl until just combined. Divide the mixture into four parts and form each into patties. Heat a grill pan or non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the burgers for five minutes or so on each side or until cooked through.

Make the Dressing: place all of the ingredients for the sauce in a blender and puree until smooth.

Build the Burgers: Place each burger on a bun. Top each with sauce, sliced ripe avocados, spinach, and alfalfa sprouts.

Tips and Variations

Turkey burgers should be cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F. If you don’t have a meat thermometer, you can always cut into a burger to check – it should be cooked through with clear juices.

To switch things up feel free to make beef burgers or chicken burgers. For chicken, you could cook whole chicken breasts or use ground chicken to make patties.

If you’re into grilling, cook the burgers in the great outdoors! Or, use a grill pan on the stove or a non-stick skillet.

If I don’t have lemons on hand for the sauce, I’ve used lime juice instead and it works great. If you want a kick of heat, add a jalapeno when you blitz the sauce. You can even swap the basil for cilantro to change up the flavor.

The toppings are open to swaps and switches – add some sliced red onion, switch the spinach for romaine, butter lettuce or other kind you like, or add some sliced tomatoes.

A note about the sauce – it makes more than you will need for the burgers and that’s okay because there are many ways to use it. Save the extra for salads, sandwiches, or serve it as a dip for veggies and chips. Refrigerate the extra and it will keep for a few days.

Side Dish Ideas

These turkey avocado burgers are so easy there’s time to add a side – here are some ideas you might like:

• Garlic Parmesan French Fries
• Cajun Fries
• Simple tossed salad or veggies like Roasted Broccoli or Sweet Potato Wedges.
• Tomato Soup

Simple, flavorful, and ready in 30 minutes. These are the kind of turkey burgers I love – I hope you love them, too.

More Summer Recipes

• Steak Salad
• BLT Pasta Salad
• Lobster Sandwiches
• Beef Fajitas

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Post and recipe updated from the archives. First published in June 2017.