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Tamarind-Glazed Turkey Burgers

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Tamarind-Glazed Turkey Burgers

Tamarind-Glazed Turkey Burgers

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Equipment

  • - Meat Slicer Set: Ideal for slicing meats uniformly, ensuring consistent size in your burgers.

  • - Digital Scale: Accurate weight measurement is essential for perfect ingredient proportions in recipes.

  • - Heavy-Duty Mixer: For blending ingredients such as forming patties or mixing glazes.

  • - Meat Thermometer: To ensure your turkey burgers are cooked to the perfect temperature for safety and flavor.

  • - Nonstick Skillet: Easily handles any glaze or cooking fat, ensuring your burgers release cleanly from the pan.

  • - Silicone Spatula: Ideal for flipping burgers and transferring glazes or sauces without sticking.

  • - Grill Cleaning Brush: Maintains your grill's performance for the best taste and prevention of flare-ups.

  • - Tongs: Essential for handling burgers on the grill without burning yourself.

  • - Meat Resting Tray: Keeps your burgers in a single layer to cool evenly, ensuring juiciness.

  • - Digital Kitchen Timer: For perfectly timed cooking and resting periods for your burgers.

  • - Grill Brush Set: For easy cleanup and maintenance of your grilling surface after cooking burgers.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons canola oil

  • 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger

  • 1/2 cup tamarind concentrate*

  • 1/2 cup honey

  • 1/4 cup water

  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise

  • 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger

  • 2 teaspoons salt

  • 1 red jalapeño chile with seeds, minced

  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 1/2 cup chopped green onions

  • 2 1/2 pounds ground natural turkey

  • 8 4-inch-diameter rolls (such as potato or kaiser), split horizontally

  • 8 large thin red onion slices

  • 8 large 1/3-inch-thick tomato slices

  • 8 lettuce leaves

Instructions

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Instruction 1

Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add ginger and sauté 2 minutes. Add tamarind concentrate, honey, and water and bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until thick enough to coat spoon and reduced to 1 1/4 cups, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Cool completely (volume will reduce as glaze cools); mix in lime juice.
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Instruction 2

Do ahead: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill.
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Instruction 3

Stir mayonnaise, ginger, salt, jalapeño, black pepper, and 4 teaspoons glaze in large bowl to blend; mix in green onions. Add ground turkey; blend gently (do not pack tightly). Shape mixture into eight 1/2-inch-thick patties. Arrange patties on small baking sheet.
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Instruction 4

Do ahead: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover and chill.
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Instruction 5

Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Grill rolls, cut side down, until golden, about 2 minutes; transfer to work surface. Grill burgers until cooked through and thermometer inserted into center registers 160°F, about 8 minutes per side. Brush each burger with glaze. Place 1 burger, glazed side down, on each roll bottom; brush each burger with more glaze. Top each with onion, tomato, lettuce, and roll top. Serve, passing remaining glaze separately.
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Instruction 6

*Sometimes labeled tamarind paste, tamarind concentrate is a dark, seedless paste with a tart-sweet flavor. It's available at Middle Eastern and Indian markets, and at some Asian markets.
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