Switching to ground Turkey

High heat at first will create that "crust" on the outside and keep it together. You can also put a sheet of tin foil down on the grill, spritz it with some grilling spray and then grill the burger. Or, Just use a pan. Don't over work the ground turkey when making patties. Just until they come together. It is a bit of a learning curve, since there isn't all that fat to hold it together.

My hubby and I have reached a compromise (with him doing the majority of the compromising, frankly). I use ground turkey for everything you can use hamburger for, but when it comes to grilling, I agree to eat lean ground beef.

I haven't cooked hamburger in my house twenty plus years. Can't stand the smell of it cooking, and I swear the greasy smell lingers for days. But I can compromise and eat a grilled lean ground beef burger from time to time.

Try using 1 tablespoon of a low calorie BBQ sauce (you can get some that only have 15 calories per tablespoon) mixed with about 3 egg whites. That way your only adding about 50 extra calories and they hold together perfectly!

I would just use the eggs and bread crumbs if it works and you like the flavor. There is nothing wrong with either one.

That being said, from a flavor profile, I rather have a beef burger higher cals then 2 turkey burgers. But thats just me.

Egg might be alright if you omit the yolk?
It's a healthy fat but there is olive oil too.
Idk .. I usually just eat pieces of chicken
or crumbled turkey meat .

There is nothing wrong with egg yolk...the yolk is where all of the nutrition is.

OP...look at the fat content of the ground turkey....90/10 ground turkey is the same as 90/10 ground beef...except the ground beef is going to taste a **** load better. Also, nothing wrong with red meat...I limit it to just a couple times per week, but only because it tends to be more calorie dense than chicken breast or fish, so I can't eat as much of it. But there's nothing wrong with it.

I love ground turkey! That is all...

I use ground turkey/ ground pork as well. and what ive found that works is i pre pack the turky into hamburgers and then freeze them and instead of letting them thaw i put em right on the grill. as long as they cook all the way through it should be just fine otherwise maybe youll just have to cook em on a skillet

Make a patty out of a combination of lean ground beef and ground turkey. Add a little mozarella cheese to it as well. It's so good!

On top of the patty or mixed in with the meat? Thanks in advance.

Make a patty out of a combination of lean ground beef and ground turkey. Add a little mozarella cheese to it as well. It's so good!

On top of the patty or mixed in with the meat? Thanks in advance.

We mix it in the meat.

Ground turkey usually has a lot of fat too, plus it's bland and often unsanitary. It's okay in some things if you are trying to save money, but for burgers just get low fat ground beef.

Actual tip: adding some unflavored gelatin helps all low fat ground meats stay moist and hold together.

Agree! It's gotten too risky. I would not eat it unless I ground it myself. A meat grinder is so worth it! For beef too. Haven't bought store-ground beef in years.