These insanely flavorful Greek Burgers have seasoned turkey patties topped with feta aioli, grilled onions and arugula. The combination of flavors is absolutely delicious, and it's a bonus that they're healthy and protein-packed.
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Elevate Your Grill Game with Flavorful Greek Burgers – Opa!
Elevate Your Grill Game with Flavorful Greek Burgers – Opa! It's as though I'm trying to get sick of these Greek Burgers, with how often I've made them for dinner since first creating this recipe. They are insanely good. The burger patties have fresh parsley, mint and feta cheese inside. The feta aioli sounds fancy but takes 2-minutes to make. Pair them together and you have swoon-worthy Greek burgers that will be praised by the whole fam. Bonus that they're super healthy and can be made in less than 30 minutes.
How to make Greek Burgers:
Make Burger Patties: Combine meat, parsley, basil, oregano, garlic, roasted red peppers, breadcrumbs, feta, egg, salt and pepper. Squish together with your hands (or lightly with a meat chopped) until combined. Divide into 5 equal portions and form into patties, pressing a thumb imprint into the center of each.
Cook: Heat grill or cast iron pan over medium-high heat, and grease well. Add patties and cook for a few minutes on each side, flipping once, until cooked through (165 degrees F). Remove to a plate.
Prepare Toppings: Add onions to hot pan or grill and cook for 3-4 minutes, until slightly charred. Combine all the feta aioli ingredients in a bowl and stir until well combined.
Serve burgers on buns, topped with onion, arugula and feta aioli.
Make Ahead Instructions:
To Make Ahead: The feta aioli can be made a few days in advance then stored in an airtight container in the fridge. You can mix and form the greek burger patties up to 1 day ahead of time. Store them covered well in the refrigerator.
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Recipe
Greek Turkey Burgers
Ingredients
Burger Patties:
- 1 lb ground turkey , or use ground beef or ground lamb
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 6 fresh mint leaves , finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 teaspoons Dried oregano
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1/3 cup roasted red bell peppers , finely chopped
- 2/3 cup Panko breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup feta cheese crumbles
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Feta Aioli:
- ¼ cup feta cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt , or sour cream
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1-2 teaspoons harissa paste , optional
- salt and pepper , to taste
Burgers:
- ½ red onion , sliced into thick rings
- 5 hamburger buns , good quality
- 1 cup Baby arugula , or lettuce of choice
Instructions
- Meat: In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground meat, parsley, mint, basil, oregano, garlic, roasted red peppers, breadcrumbs, feta, egg, salt, and pepper. Squish together with your hands (or lightly with a meat chopper) until combined. Divide into 5 equal portions and form into patties, pressing a thumb imprint into the center of each.
- Cook Patties: Heat grill over medium-high heat (or use a cast iron skillet, to cook on stovetop) and grease well. Add patties and cook for a few minutes on each side, flipping once, until cooked through (165 degrees F). Remove to a plate and cover to keep warm.
- Cook onions: Add onions to grill and cook for 3-4 minutes, until slightly charred.
- Feta Aioli: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and stir until well combined.
- Assemble: Top burger buns with aioli, then greek burger patty, onion, arugula, and more sauce. Apply top bun, and enjoy.
- Serve with: Tomato Cucumber Salad , Burrata Salad, or Fries.
Notes
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All my favorite flavors rolled into one. Bring the napkins!
Cannot wait to make these! They look so amazing! 200th Meal plan comment!
Love the idea of a greek style burger! I’m excited to try it!!!!!
Here’s to celebrating your 200th Meal Plan! 🥂
This recipe will definitely be in our regular rotation. We used beef and didn’t have any harissa paste but they turned out great. My hubby is usually a steak and potatoes type of guy but he really liked these! The sauce was amazing. Feta and garlic are 2 of my favorite ingredients for anything.
Highly recommend!
EVERY TIME WE MAKE THESE THEY ARE AMAZING! We can’t have anything to critique on this recipe!
We make these for guests often.
And have shared the recipe at least 10 times!
A MUST MAKE! And ENJOY! 😊
Yummy yum yum!
I’m trying to cook more mediterranean and love this Greek burger!
I made this and we loved it! Thank you for making burger night so tasty!
I love almost every recipe on tastes better from scratch. I tried this one because I love burgers and Greek food. And I’m commenting on honor of the 200th meal plan. I love so many of the meal plans on tastes better from scratch as well.
To celebrate TBFS’s 200th meal plan, I’m joining in with a review of this fabulous combination of flavors. For years i’ve been adding feta and chopped spinach to my ground turkey breast because it’s a low fat alternative packed with flavor. But the TBFS version is over the top. For the aioli I used plain greek nonfat yogurt and added a harissa dry spice blend to stick with my low fat dietary needs while keeping with the flavor profile. Next time I’m going to try making them into meatballs for a party appetizer. YUM!
This recipe is AMAZING! I am a vegetarian so use Impossible ground beef in lieu of meat, but keep everything else the same and these are so delicious. There is so much flavor packed into each patty! Since this is one of our favorite recipes, we’re making it again to celebrate TBFS’s 200th meal plan this week. Thank you, Lauren, for creating so many recipes our family loves!