Juicy Grilled Turkey Burgers

Name: Juicy Grilled Turkey Burgers
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 (2-pound) bone-in, turkey thigh, skinned, boned, trimmed, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 tablespoon, unflavored gelatin; 3 tablespoons, low-sodium chicken broth; 6 ounces, white mushrooms, trimmed; 1 tablespoon, soy sauce; Pinch, baking soda; 2 tablespoons, vegetable oil, plus extra for brushing; , kosher salt and pepper; 6 large, hamburger buns

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

Most turkey burgers are dry, bland, or loaded up with flavor-blunting fillers. We made more than 200 burgers to figure out a better way.

SERVES6

TIME1½ hours, plus 35 minutes freezing

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To create juicy, well-textured turkey burgers, we ditched store-bought ground turkey in favor of home-ground turkey thighs, which boast more fat and flavor. To ensure that our turkey burger recipe delivered maximum juiciness, we made a past...

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