Kyle's Delicious Turkey Patties

Besides the occasional Christmas turkey, there are very little times that I have had an opportunity to explore cooking with turkey. I wanted to cook turkey patties because turkey seems to be a little better for you than hamburger meat and the kind that I used was processed with very little fat, if any. The dish that makes for a simple and quick dinner and they are supper easy to make! I decided that using fresh ground turkey would be great to use for this homemade recipe that my boyfriend (Kyle) created a couple of years ago. The process of making turkey patties is very similar to making a hamburger, but with a little twist! :)

Here is what you need:

1 lb. of 93/7 Fresh Ground Turkey
1 Egg
1 Sweet Bell Pepper
1/2 of an Onion
 Uncle Chris' Gourmet Steak Seasoning
1 Cup of HEB Panko Japanese Style Bread Crumbs
        (Roasted Garlic flavored are optional)



First, cut the sweet bell pepper in half so that you can remove the seeds from the inside.
Next, chop bell pepper into fine tiny pieces as shown below and place them in a bowl.

Then, realize that the color reminds you of the beach. Get mad that you aren't on the beach. Take your anger out by chopping the half an onion into small fine pieces the same size as the bell pepper and add them to the bowl.

Add the egg, whole package of turkey, and coat with the Uncle Chris' steak seasoning. (add steak seasoning to taste but no more than 4 tbsp)

Next measure out one cup of the HEB Panko Japanese Style bread crumbs and pour them in with the yellow bell pepper and the onion. (These will help keep the turkey moist.)

Then, mix all the ingredients together and it should look like this:

After having been reminded of playing with play-dough from mixing the ingredients and smiling, make patties out of the mixture. (It will make about 6 patties.)
Place the patties onto a plate or cutting board.

Next, heat a nonstick pan on medium heat with a tbsp of oil (olive, peanut, canola, your choice) until it has water like consistency and moves easily around the pan.

After the oil heats up then place the patties in the pan. Let the patties cook until they are dark brown in color on both sides (or about 5 minutes on each side), then turn down the stove to medium low heat and let the patties cook so that the inside gets completely done. The outside of the patties will be close to black in color but not burnt,

     



Once the patties have cooked for and are completely done (feel free to cut into the middle of one of the patties to make sure that they are done) take them out of the pan and place them on a plate, Smile because you have successfully made a turkey patty!

Note: The patties can be eaten with bread but they are also fantastic by themselves. It was served with a side of hash browns and steamed vegetables with cheese.

Making this recipe was a really hands on, fun, and quick. The Turkey patties were moist. The sweet peppers added just enough bell pepper flavor without overpowering the flavor of the turkey and the onion. The texture of the patties was similar to meatloaf or Salisbury Steak, When cooked with the onion and peppers the onion and peppers still had a lot of the crunch that you expect from a vegetable. The patties held together really well and the smaller that the onion and sweet pepper was cut into the better they attached to the meat and didn't fall off.  The turkey patties would also be great served with rice and gravy.