Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Burgers

By: sarah schlichter

By: sarah schlichter

"These easy ground turkey sweet potato burgers offer a delicious, flavorful twist on your original turkey burger. Sweet potato patties are chock full of antioxidants and can be made as a paleo turkey burger and gluten-free turkey burger without the bun. Topping ideas: Avocado, Cilantro, Sautéed onions and peppers, BBQ sauce. Use gluten-free buns or omit the buns to keep these gluten-free. These burgers are easy and quick, flavorful, great for meal prep, ideal for a weeknight dinner or for entertaining, and easy to clean up - you just use one bowl!"

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Makes6 Burgers

Preparation Time10 min

Cooking Time8 min

Cooking MethodMicrowave, Skillet

Ingredients

2 sweet potatoes
1 pound ground turkey (or ground beef, pork, or chicken)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon ground ginger
dash of sea salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil

Cook sweet potatoes (I microwaved mine for about 6 minutes).
Mix the mashed sweet potatoes and ground turkey together with the garlic powder, italian seasoning, ginger, salt and pepper
Form into 4-5 large patties
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with 1-2 tbsp olive oil
Cook the patties for about 4-5 minutes on each side until browned and cooked all the way through
Top with cilantro, avocado and sautéed onions/peppers