Grilled Turkey Burgers with Tomato Buns

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Today, we’re making juicy grilled turkey burgers wrapped in tomato buns! With grilling season well underway, we’re always looking to create fun recipes.

How much more fun can it get than grilled tomatoes as burger buns?

My wife has been a champion of low-carb in our house, and that means no buns for the burgers.

Because she’s passing on the buns, I wanted to give her a fun way to eat the burgers — and not with a fork!

Queue the tomato buns. They look delicious don’t they?

Of course, this recipe is like all the recipes on my blog, simple and attainable.

You can make this recipe in no time, and the entire family will have fun eating turkey burgers on a bun made of grilled tomatoes.

I like to add oil to my turkey burgers because it’s such a lean meat that they usually turn out dryer than most people like their burgers.

For one of our better-for-you swaps, we’re adding 1.5 tbs of corn oil rather than extra virgin olive oil to the ground turkey. Doing so will make them nice and juicy!

Corn oil has more cholesterol-blocking plant sterols than other cooking oils – four times more than extra virgin olive oil and one and a half times more than canola oil.

Tomato Bun Turkey Burgers

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 4 large tomatoes, halved and seeds removed.
• 1.5 tbs Mazola Corn Oil
• 1 tbs soy sauce
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• Cheese
• Coleslaw

Pro tip: Use a knife to cut the tomatoes in half, then cut the seeds free from the center flesh. They should fall out in bunches or seed ‘pods’.

Instructions

• Preheat your grill to 400 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl, gently knead together the ground turkey, corn oil, soy sauce, and garlic powder. Don’t over mix it!

• Form into 4 equally sized patties.
• Oil the grill grates and open sides of the tomatoes with corn oil.
• Cook the turkey burgers on the preheated grill until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees F (about 5 minutes per side).
• Grill tomatoes open side down to give them a slight char (about 5 minutes).

• Melt your favorite cheese on the burgers during the last minute of grilling.

Assemble the turkey burgers: coleslaw on the bottom half of the tomato, followed by the burger and top of the tomato.

Our three better-for-you swaps:

1. Ground turkey rather than ground beef
2. Tomatoes rather than bread buns
3. Mazola Corn Oil rather than extra virgin olive oil

Speaking of swapping out, did you know that Mazola Corn Oil has a higher smoke point than most cooking oils at 450°F? T

his means it will perform well in a variety of cooking applications. Many people don’t realize that the oil’s smoke point is vital in cooking.

Once exceeded, it can negatively affect the flavor of your dish and the overall nutritional value.

That is what makes Mazola Corn Oil better, in my opinion – you’re not likely to exceed the 450 degree F smoke point in your everyday recipes.

What will you grill with Mazola Corn Oil this summer?

Grilled Turkey Burgers with Tomato Buns

Grilling turkey burgers and using grilled tomatoes instead of bread buns.

Servings 4 people

Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lbs ground turkey
• 4 large tomatoes, halved and seeds removed
• 1.5 tbs Mazola Corn Oil
• 1 tbs Soy sauce
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• 4 slices Cheese
• 1/2 cup Coleslaw

Instructions

• Preheat grill to 400 degrees F.
• In a bowl, gently knead together turkey, corn oil, soy sauce, and garlic powder.
• Form into 4 patties
• Oil the open side of the tomatoes and the grill grates with the corn oil
• Cook (lid closed) turkey burgers on the preheated grill until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees F (About 5 minutes per side). Melt cheese on burgers during the last minute of grilling
• Grill tomatoes open side down to give them a slight char, 4-6 minutes
• Place 2 tbs coleslaw on bottom half of each tomato and top with turkey burgers and top half of the tomatoes

Author: Scrappy Geek

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main, Main Course, Main Dishes

Cuisine: American