Recipe Turkey Cheese Burgers

Turkey and Caramelized Onion burgers

We bought unseasoned turkey burgers and liberally seasoned it with our Jim’s Own Smokey Rub. The sweet smokey flavors compliment the turkey and add a subtle zippy spicy finish. Just before we took the burgers off the grill, we painted them with Jim’s Own Smokey. We added sweet onions that were caramelized in the pan with a little Jim’s Own Smokey and topped it with Muenster cheese, arugula, sliced pears and pickled ginger. Serve it with sweet potato fries seasoned with the Jim’s Own Mild or Smokey Rub. YUM!

For 4 servings

Ingredients
4 unseasoned turkey burger patties
2 Tbsp. Jim’s Own Rub Smokey or Mild
1 tsp. vegetable oil (if cooking in pan)
4 hamburger buns
1 large onion, sliced thinly
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 Tbsp.  Jim’s Own Sauce Smokey
4 sliced Muenster cheese (or other cheese of your choice)
4 slices firm sweet pear
12 slices pickled ginger

Directions
Spice turkey burgers generously with the Jim’s Own Rub Smokey or Mild and allow marinating for 30 minutes to 2 hours.

Add vegetable oil to pan and cook the onions low and slow until softened.

Add the Jim’s Own Sauce Smokey and cook until onions are slightly caramelized.

Keep warm while burgers cook.

Stovetop directions
Add oil to the pan and heat to medium-high heat. Add seasoned turkey burgers to pan and sear on both sides. Turn the heat down to medium-low and cook until burgers are cooked through.

Grilling directions
Heat the grill to high and add turkey burgers to grill.

Seal the burgers to keep in the juices, then turn the heat lower and grill until the turkey burgers are cooked.

Serving suggestions
Put turkey burger on hamburger bun, top with cheese, onions, sliced pear and pickled ginger. Enjoy!