Turkey Zucchini Burgers are a tasty solution for parents seeking both nutrition and taste in their family’s meals! These scrumptious patties combine the goodness of lean turkey with the “sneaky” inclusion of zucchini, making them a hit with kids and adults alike.

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One of my greatest joys has been collecting cookbooks since I was little girl. One might call this more of an obsession than a collection, but as the years have gone on and my space has become more limited (basically being taken over for kids literature then anything else) I’ve had to cut back a bit. Last year I donated about 100 cookbooks to our local library and spent countless hours reading other favorites snd going through countless post it’s to save favorite recipes and reminders of others I really wanted to try to play with for our family and create to appear on Weelicious.

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Sometimes the recipes I make for our family are totally original and other times they’re inspired by other cookbooks like this one, Jerusalem by Ottolenghi. He’s one of my culinary idols and a must own if you love fresh foods with tons of flavor! I tweaked this a bit to make it our own and I can’t tell you just how much we all love them! I’m telling you, these Zucchini Turkey Burgers with Yogurt Sumac Sauce are a game changer! You can plop them in buns or if you’re following a gluten free diet they’re still amazing on their own topped with this Yogurt Sumac Sauce.

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The zucchini gives these burgers a little extra texture and moistness while plumping them up with a vegetable for those kids who have an aversion to zucchini. If you’ve got tons of zucchini growing in your garden you need to make these beauties! They’re the perfect summertime meal to get you excited for the season no matter where your inspiration comes from!

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Turkey Zucchini Burgers with Yogurt-Sumac Sauce

Turkey Zucchini Burgers are a tasty solution for parents seeking both nutrition and taste in their family's meals! These scrumptious patties combine the goodness of lean turkey with the "sneaky" inclusion of zucchini, making them a hit with kids and adults alike.
5 from 1 vote
Servings: 4
Author: Catherine McCord
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients  

Turkey Zucchini Burgers:

  • 1 pound ground turkey, light or dark meat
  • 1 large zucchini, coarsely grated
  • 3 scallions, thinly sliced
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons chopped mint
  • 2 tablespoon chopped cilantro
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • olive oil, for greasing the pan
  • 8 mini hamburger buns or 4 regular size

Yogurt Sauce:

Instructions 

  • In a large bowl combine first 9 ingredients. Mix well. With dampened hands form the mixture into burgers about 1 inch thick. You can do small slider size or regular size burgers.
  • In a large saute pan or stove top grill over medium, add 1-2 tablespoons olive oil and add the burger patties. Cook burgers 3-4 minutes on each side for small slider burgers or 5-6 minutes on each side for larger burgers.
  • Place all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine.
  • Place the burgers on buns and top with the yogurt-sumac sauce.
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About the Author

Catherine is a mama of three. A Kentucky girl living in California. Here’s what I know: all kids can be great eaters and mealtime must be easy. I create simple, healthy recipes the whole family will love.

Comments

  1. 5 stars
    In my daughter’s words “This is really great. It would be perfect as a snack before volleyball”. Thanks for the delicious recipe! We never could find the Sumac seasoning, but it was great with the lemon. Substituted greek with nondairy plain yogurt 😉

  2. I made this exactly as written. The flavors were amazing, but my meat was pretty soupy. I thought maybe I would try to Grill it anyway and maybe it would firm up while it was on the griddle, but it really didn’t. It was pretty wet and I’m not exactly sure why. If I had put it in a cheesecloth and really rung it out first, this probably would’ve worked better. The flavors were good though!

  3. Wish I could leave this recipe a five star review! The burgers were super easy to make and the sauce was a nice, refreshing addition. Thanks for this recipe Catherine.

  4. I made these for my family tonight which included a two year old and we all loved them. We had the burgers over a salad instead with tomato, avocados and cucumbers and a side of sweet potato fries. The burger recipe and sauce were great. We will definitely make them again. I put cheese on the burger for my 2 year old and he ate it all. Score!

  5. These sound so good Catherine! I think I could take a spoon to that yogurt sauce and eat it by itself!! Yum!

  6. I love those zucchini burgers! It’s the first thing we cooked from that book and a favorite, especially with the sumac/yogurt sauce. We’ve been playing around with the shape of them, trying to make patties to fit inside a pita for next time!

  7. The egg helps hold everything together. You can try using a flax egg, or pressing the patties together really tight and leaving out the egg altogether.

  8. Any thoughts on replacing the egg for egg allergy? He is 6 & just recently started liking burgers. He has several other allergies & these sound great to try.

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