Skillet Turkey Burgers

Name: Skillet Turkey Burgers
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon, water; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 pound, 93 percent lean ground turkey; 1 1/2 tablespoons, soy sauce; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter, melted; 3 tablespoons, panko bread crumbs; 3 tablespoons, grated Parmesan cheese; 1/2 teaspoon, unflavored gelatin; 1/4 teaspoon, pepper; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 4 slices, American cheese (optional); 4 , hamburger buns

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2020, America's Test Kitchen TV

Main Courses

Turkey

Sandwiches

Think turkey burgers are dry, tough, or bland? Then you haven't tried these.

SERVES4

TIME40 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Ground turkey is full of moisture—more so than ground beef—but since you have to cook it to 160 degrees, it's virtually impossible to keep the juices in the meat unless you give it some help. For juicy turkey burgers, we started by adding b...

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