Bacon Cheese Inside-Out Turkey Burger

The Bacon Cheese Inside-Out Turkey Burger recipe was originally posted in 2011 and then featured on the Today Show in 2013 -- click here to the clip!

Back then, I was working with the Laughing Cow and providing content and recipe ideas.

You could use any cheese for this, of course. The light babybel round happens to be a perfect size, and I was going for low calories.

Today? Well, today, I would probably take this spicy and use a good pepper jack or something.

Below is the original post. It was one of the step-by-step recipe style ones with photos. So I kept it intact, but if you scroll down, I added the printer-friendly version as well.

Bacon Cheese Inside-Out Turkey Burger  recipe as Originally Posted - June 2011

I love experimenting with fun turkey burger ideas because, let’s be honest, a plain turkey burger is a kind of boring. I either want a juicy, simple beef burger OR a flavor-filled turkey burger -- either works for me.

Today I was inspired by a traditional bacon cheeseburger. I had some 99% lean turkey defrosted and a couple of Mini Babybel light rounds, which melt fabulously!

I decided to add some grated zucchini to bulk them up and help the moisture factor as lean turkey can be dry. The result was tasty! They weren’t as flavorful as I thought they would be, but the texture was perfect. Next time I may reduce the zucchini and add some minced onion and garlic. Here’s the base idea, take it, and run…

Ingredients

• 8oz extra-lean ground turkey (I had the 99% lean kind)
• ½ cup grated zucchini (100g)
• 4 tablespoon real bacon bits (28g)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 egg
• ¾ cup old-fashioned oats (60g)
• Pinch of kosher salt and ground black pepper
• 2 The Laughing Cow Mini Babybel® Light Rounds (or 1 ½ oz of your favorite cheese)

Instructions

Put all the ingredients in a bowl except the cheese.

Mix well. The mixture will be moist.

Separate the meat mixture into four equal parts of about 4 oz each. Now take 1 of the 4 oz portions and separate into two small patties.

Open a Babybel round.

Cut it in half lengthwise…

making two circles.

Place one of the cheese circles in the center of a small patty.

Top with the other patty and form together.

Repeat for the other three burgers.

Grill the burgers about 6 minutes on each side. They will stick, especially if the grill isn’t hot enough. Use nonstick spray or rub the grill with a bit of oil to help.

I ate mine on a new VitaBun with some baby spinach and a squirt of ketchup. It was perfect!

Here’s an inside shot. It came out moist and cheesy!

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