Turkey and Zucchini Burgers with Sumac Sauce
Ingredients
Burgers
- Approximately 1 pound or 500g ground turkey or chicken
- 1 large zucchini coarsely grated (about 200g in total about 2 cups)
- 3 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 large egg
- 2 tbsp chopped mint
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp course ground black pepper
- ½ tsp cayenne
- ~ 1/4 cup of vegetable oil for searing
Sour cream & sumac sauce:
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2/3 cup Greek yoghurt
- 1 tsp grated lemon zest
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 small garlic clove crushed
- 1½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sumac
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
Yogurt sauce
- In a medium sized bowl, combine ingredients for sauce and mix thoroughly. Place in refrigerator to set and chill while making burgers.
- The sauce will mellow with time, feel free to add a bit more sumac and lemon juice to taste.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Burgers
- Combine ingredients for burgers in bowl, mixing gently. The mixture is pretty wet. You can omit the egg or squeeze some of the liquid out of the zucchini to make forming patties a little easier.
- Form patties in desired size. I used a 1/4 cup ice cream scoop which made smaller sized patties roughly 1.5 ounces in weight. This made about 15 appetizer sized patties.
- Sear over medium high heat and place on parchment or silpat lined baking sheet.
- Bake in oven for 6-8 minutes.
- Serve with yogurt sauce.