California Turkey Burger
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 1084
- Total Fat
- 94
- Saturated Fat
- 14
- Carbohydrates
- 34
- Dietary Fiber
- 9
- Sugar
- 6
- Protein
- 32
- Cholesterol
- 90
- Sodium
- 860
- Total: 30 min
- Active: 30 min
Ingredients
1/2 medium sweet potato, peeled and sliced lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick planks
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil
4 frozen turkey burger patties
2 cups packed kale leaves, stemmed and torn
1/2 cup salted roasted almonds
1 lemon, juiced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 avocado
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4 whole-wheat hamburger buns
1/4 cup alfalfa sprouts
1 medium beefsteak tomato, sliced into 4 pieces
Directions
- Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
- Brush both sides of the sweet potato slices with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Grill the slices on one side of the grill pan until dark grill marks appear and the slices can be pierced easily with a knife, 3 to 4 minutes a side. Grill the turkey burgers on the other side of the grill pan according to the package directions for the grill.
- Meanwhile, add the kale, almonds, lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt, a few grinds of pepper and the remaining 3/4 cup oil to a blender. Puree, scraping the sides as needed, until smooth.
- Mash the avocado with a fork in a medium bowl until smooth. Fold in the mayonnaise until combined.
- Spread the kale pesto on both halves of each hamburger bun, then spread the avocado mayonnaise on top of the pesto. Top the bottom half of each bun with 1 tablespoon alfalfa sprouts and a burger patty. Top the burger patties with some sweet potato slices, a tomato slice and the top bun.