20 Turkey Burger Recipes You’ve Never Tried Before (That Aren’t Bland or Boring)

• Time Commitment: 1 hour, 10 minutes
• Why We Love It: beginner-friendly, high protein, low carb

This burger has tons of bright, herbal flavor in the meat, and a yogurt sauce to bring everything together. Want an even more flavorful meal? We recommend using skipping the 99 percent lean ground turkey in favor of something with a little more fat, which will keep the burgers from tasting bland or dry.

• Time Commitment: 25 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, beginner-friendly, kid-friendly

While this recipe actually calls for ground chicken, we’ve had plenty of success swapping in equal amounts of ground turkey. As long as you have a cast iron skillet (or any skillet, really), you don’t need to light a grill.

• Time Commitment: 30 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, <500 calories

The turkey burgers are seasoned with warming spices like cumin, turmeric, cayenne pepper and cinnamon—all excellent contrasts to the cool, creamy feta sauce.

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, beginner-friendly, kid-friendly

According to recipe author Erin Clarke, these turkey burgers are the “best ever” because you’ll use 93-percent lean ground turkey and bind the patties with breadcrumbs and egg. Both tactics will guard against dryness.

• Time Commitment: 40 minutes
• Why We Love It: kid-friendly, crowd-pleaser

Loaded with feta, onions and herbs and slathered in homemade tzatziki, these burgers are anything but boring. (And if you want to use store-bought tzatziki, we’ll never judge.)

• Time Commitment: 30 minutes
• Why We Love It: kid-friendly, beginner-friendly

Homemade guacamole and juicy pico de gallo are the ideal safeguards against boring burgers, if you’re following blogger Gaby Dalkin’s rules. (We are.)

• Time Commitment: 25 minutes
• Why We Love It: high protein, <500 calories, <30 minutes

This burger is equal parts juicy and spicy, thanks to the addition of chipotles in adobo and a sweet nectarine salsa.

• Time Commitment: 25 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, <500 calories, high protein

This isn’t your average, plain turkey burger. As if the spiced patties weren’t enough, there’s also a crunchy slaw topping and tahini curry sauce to savor.

• Time Commitment: 50 minutes
• Why We Love It: special occasion–worthy, beginner-friendly

A little bit of spice, a touch of cheese and a lot of avocado are the secret to this irresistible recipe. Who said turkey burgers were flavorless?

• Time Commitment: 30 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, high protein, crowd-pleaser

It turns out, our favorite things about the Vietnamese banh mi sandwich (crispy pickled veggies, an umami sauce) also make for some seriously tasty fusion food.

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <20 minutes, beginner-friendly, high protein

Even though turkey is known for being lean (and can dry out when you cook it), the addition of spinach here keeps it nice and juicy.

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, beginner-friendly, kid-friendly

It’s hard to go wrong with the classic combination of bacon, lettuce and tomato. Even better, these babies are ready in about 20 minutes.

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: low carb, paleo, gluten free, <30 minutes

Oh hey, paleo and gluten-free dinner. Since they’re mini, these guys cook up in an instant (20 minutes, to be precise).

• Time Commitment: 30 minutes
• Why We Love It: low carb, high protein, <30 minutes

Who needs a bun when you’ve got mango-broccoli slaw and a gingery sriracha dressing? You can pair the burgers with cauliflower rice if you’re watch your carbs, or white rice if you’re not.

• Time Commitment: 25 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, beginner-friendly

Blogger Katie Workman knows that when it comes to any burger, you can’t skimp on the sauce. Here, it’s a tasty blend of mayo and chipotle peppers in adobo.

• Time Commitment: 30 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, special occasion–worthy

We’ve officially found summer in a sandwich. We can think of about a hundred ways we’d repurpose the spicy slaw in this recipe. (In our opinion, it would be just as good on a fried chicken sammie.)

• Time Commitment: 30 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, high protein, kid-friendly

Packed with barbecue sauce, aromatics and spices, these grillers will please even the most stubborn beef eater. (The grilled pineapple topping doesn’t hurt either.)

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <10 ingredients, special occasion–worthy, <30 minutes

Who knew our favorite warm-weather salad made for an excellent burger topping? We’ll be making these from Memorial Day to Labor Day (and beyond).

• Time Commitment: 20 minutes
• Why We Love It: <30 minutes, high protein, kid-friendly

According to blogger Alex Snodgrass, the secret to repairing the turkey burger’s bad rap as easy as adding a dollop of mayonnaise to the meat for extra fat and flavor. (Smart, right?)

• Time Commitment: 25 minutes
• Why We Love It: beginner-friendly, <30 minutes, high protein

Because the Pepper Jack and green chiles go inside the turkey burgers instead of on top, you’re guaranteed to get bursts of spicy, creamy flavor in every bite.