This juicy air fryer turkey burger is a super delicious burger on the lighter side. It is ready in no time at all.
Who said that a burger can’t be even remotely healthy? These air fryer turkey burgers are quite so.
Swap fattier meat for lean ground turkey and choose a better patty, and you should be fine. All the trimmings are actually good for you: lettuce, tomato, onions, and some mustard. OK, there is still the cheese if you like cheeseburgers, but most of the time, I am perfectly satisfied without the cheese.
Try The Best Spaghetti with Ground Turkey next.
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Recipe ingredients
For full details on the ingredients and quantities, check the recipe card.
How to make air fryer turkey burgers?
Prepare the turkey patties:
- Step #1: Place all the ingredients in a large bowl: grated onion. grated garlic, ground turkey, breadcrumbs, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, mustard, egg, salt and pepper.
- Step #2: Mix well; I do it with the hand.
- Step #3: Form four even patties. For perfect results, you can use a burger press. Otherwise, form the patties as regularly and neatly as you can. Keep in mind that they will shrink during the cooking process, so you might want to form them slightly larger than the patty.
Air fry the turkey burgers:
- Step #1: Place the patties in the oiled and preheat machine. Spray or brush them with a little oil.
- Step #2: Cook for 7 minutes.
- Step #3: Flip and cook for another 5 minutes. If you want to make a cheeseburger, place a slice of cheese on each burger during the last minute of the cooking time, it will melt nicely on top of the patty.
Build the burger
- Slightly toast the bun halves. I do that in a pan, toasting the cut side for about 1-2 minutes. You can also heat them in the oven, but the stovetop makes things faster and crispier.
- Cover with lettuce, and add 1 or 2 tomato slices.
- Place the hot turkey patty on top.
- Add onion rings and sour cucumber slices.
- Cover with the other bun half.
- Serve immediately. Try them with our Cheese Smashed Potatoes.
Meal prep
Make in advance: Form them and keep them in the fridge. Place on a plate in a single layer (don’t stack them) and cover them loosely with plastic wrap. You can refrigerate them for several hours before cooking, but I would not leave them overnight.
Freeze them: You can make a double batch of turkey patties and freeze them. Place them on a baking tray, roasting tin, or large plate lined with parchment paper. Cover them with plastic wrap and freeze them for a few hours until solid.
Then, stack them with a small piece of parchment paper in between (I used the same paper that was on the baking sheet and cut it into smaller pieces). Place the patties in freezer containers or freezer bags and freeze them for up to 3 months.
Cook the patties from frozen: Place them in the preheated fryer and cook them as instructed above, adding 3 to 5 minutes to the cooking time. Check the burgers with a meat thermometer to make sure they are done. Try another recipe for Frozen Burgers in the Air Fryer.
What to serve with them?
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📖 Recipe
Air Fryer Turkey Burger
Ingredients
Patties
- 1 lb ground turkey
- ⅓ cup breadcrumbs
- ½ onion , small
- 1 garlic clove , large
- 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- ½ tsp smoked paprika (Note 1)
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 egg
- ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt or Kosher (less if using table salt)
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoon olive oil for brushing (or oil spray)
Toppings
- 4 burger buns
- 3 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 4 lettuce leaves , large
- 1 tomato , large
- 1 red onion
- 2 sour cucumbers more as needed, depending on size
- 4 slices cheese , optional (Note 2)
Instructions
Patties:
- Grate the onion on a box grater or process it in a small food processor so that it’s as finely chopped as it can be. Grate the garlic as well.
- Mix turkey, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, sweet and smoked paprika, mustard, egg, salt, and pepper. Mix with the hand until well combined.
- Form four even patties, they should each weigh about 150 g/ 5.3 oz. (Note 4)
- Preheat the air fryer according to its instructions (mine needs 3 minutes). Spray the fryer’s basket with oil. Place the patties inside and spray them lightly with oil as well. (Note 5)
- Cook for 7 minutes. Flip and cook for another 5 minutes. The internal temperature should be 73 degrees Celsius/ 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- To make a cheeseburger, place a slice of cheese on each burger during the last 30 – 60 seconds of the cooking time.
Burgers:
- While the burgers cook, prepare the toppings.
- Slightly toast the bun halves in a grill pan for about 1-2 minutes.
- Slice the tomatoes and sour cucumbers, cut the red onion into rings.
- Wash and dry the lettuce leaves.
- Mix ketchup and mustard in a small bowl. (Note 5)
- Smear the lower half of the buns with the ketchup mix. Cover with lettuce, add 1 or 2 tomato slices. Place the patty on top. Add onion rings and sour cucumber slices. Cover with the other bun half.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- The nutrition is calculated including cheese.
- I prefer sweet smoked paprika, but hot to taste is fine as well.
- Cheddar, Pepper Jack, aged Gouda, Swiss, blue cheese, or even feta.
- The patties can be frozen now. See the blog post for more information on that.
- If you don’t have an oil spray, brush the basket and the patties with a little oil.
- BBQ sauce or sweet chili sauce can be used instead of the ketchup mustard mix.
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