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A turkey cheeseburger topped with turkey bacon, lettuce, and mayonnaise, sandwiched between 2 tomato halves as a bun

BLT Cheeseburgers

5
Points®
Total Time
25 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
In this fun recipe twist, heirloom tomatoes become the buns for bacon cheeseburgers. Look for large, squat tomatoes so they’ll have enough surface area to encompass the burger patties. If they’re too thick to handle easily, slice some off to make them thinner (and save those slices for sandwiches later in the week). Be sure to squeeze out the seeds so that the burger is easier to eat. We fold some shredded zucchini into the turkey mixture to keep them moist and juicy and add fresh garlic to pump up the flavor.

Ingredients

Uncooked turkey bacon

4 slice(s)

Uncooked ground turkey breast

1 pound(s)

Uncooked zucchini

1 cup(s), sliced, shredded

Kosher salt

½ tsp

Black pepper

½ tsp

Garlic

1 clove(s), grated

Cooking spray

5 spray(s)

Reduced fat cheddar cheese

4 slice(s)

Tomato

4 large, heirloom variety

Light mayonnaise

2 Tbsp

Boston lettuce

4 leaf/leaves

Instructions

  1. Cook bacon in microwave according to package directions. Tear each slice in half.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine turkey, zucchini, salt, pepper, and garlic. Mix well and divide into 4 equal portions. Shape each into a ½-inch-thick patty.
  3. Coat a large grill pan with cooking spray. Heat pan over medium-high heat. Add turkey patties to pan. Cook until well marked on bottom, 5 to 6 minutes. Turn patties over and cook 3 minutes. Top each patty with 1 cheese slice and cook until patties are cooked through and cheese starts to melt, 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. Cut each tomato in half crosswise. Squeeze halves to extract seeds; discard seeds. Spread mayonnaise evenly over cut sides of each tomato half. Layer 1 patty on bottom half of each tomato; top with 2 bacon pieces, 1 lettuce leaf, and top half of tomato.
  5. Serving size: 1 burger

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