My Big Fat Greek Burgers

Ellie Krieger

Recipe courtesy Ellie Krieger

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Total Time:
35 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

For the yogurt sauce:

  • 1/2 cup nonfat Greek style yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh dill leaves
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Pinch freshly ground black pepper

For the burgers:

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1/2 small onion, chopped
  • 2 cups lightly packed baby spinach leaves, coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill, or 1 teaspoon dried
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 1/4 pounds lean ground turkey breast
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 whole-wheat burger buns
  • 1/4 English cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 4 small leaves romaine lettuce, hard ribs removed

Directions

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In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, oil, lemon juice, garlic, dill, and salt and pepper.

Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the spinach and cook until wilted, about 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the feta cheese, dill and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and stir to combine.

Divide the turkey into 4 equal sized rounds. Make 2 equal sized patties out of each round so you have 8 patties total. Put 2 tablespoons of the spinach-feta mixture onto half of the patties. Top with remaining patties working the turkey around the edges to seal burgers closed. Season the burgers on both sides with the salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Spray a nonstick grill pan with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat, or prepare the grill. Grill the patties until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.

To serve, place a burger on the bottom half of each bun, top with about 2 tablespoons of yogurt sauce, then 2 or 3 cucumber slices and a lettuce leaf. Top with the other half of the bun and serve.

Per Serving:

Calories 360; Total Fat 10 g; (Sat Fat 2.5 g, Mono Fat 4 g, Poly Fat 1.5 g) ; Protein 42 g; Carb 29 g; Fiber 4 g; Cholesterol 65 mg; Sodium 650 mg

Excellent source of: Protein, Vitamin A, Manganese, Selenium

Good source of: Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus

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  • on April 11, 2012

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    Used reduced fat feta, otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Wonderful flavor, I actually prefer this over most beef burgers I've eaten. Wonderful and healthy!!! Thanks

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  • on February 13, 2012

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    These were wonderful. One thing though. If you buy feta, buy the feta made from sheep or goat milk. It gives the burgers a HUGE rich flavor that is amazing. Regular skim milk/cow's milk feta has no flavor and you wont really notice.

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  • on January 06, 2012

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    I don't know if I'm too used to the dill flavor, but I wasn't hugely into these. Don't get me wrong, they were good, just 3/4 of the way through my burger I was like "is this over yet?" It wasn't that it was bland (even though that's what my boyfriend said it was just different. I guess I like sour and bitter tastes more. On the up side, these are so insanely filling! My boyfriend (who can put away at least 3 beef burgers could only finish one and a half!

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