Grilled Turkey Burgers with Blue Cheese & Bacon
These grilled turkey burgers with blue cheese and bacon, have nothing but delicious flavor in each bite.
These scrumptious turkey burgers are made with bits of bacon, crumbled blue cheese and then grilled on a barbecue.
As soon as these burgers come off the grill, they’re topped with more crumbled blue cheese.
The turkey burgers aren’t the only ingredient in this sandwich that’s grilled on the barbecue.
The toppings and bread for this burger are too.
Large pieces of red bell pepper, thick slices of red onion and slices of sourdough bread are brushed with olive oil and also grilled on the barbecue.
Instead of lettuce or greens, the burger is topped with fresh basil leaves which adds a wonderful savory flavor to the sandwich.
Feel free to change up the toppings to your liking.
In place of basil, other options include arugula, fresh spinach leaves, or lettuce.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Burgers – ground turkey, real bits of bacon, crumbled blue cheese, granulated garlic, salt and pepper
Vegetables – large pieces of red bell pepper, thick slices of red onion, olive oil, granulated garlic, salt and pepper
Bread – sliced sourdough bread (or bread of your choice), olive oil, granulated garlic, salt and pepper
Toppings – crumbled blue cheese, mayonnaise, grilled red bell peppers, grilled red onion slices, mayonnaise and fresh basil leaves
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
Preheat the barbecue grill on medium heat.
For the Burger:
To a medium size bowl, add ground turkey, bacon, crumbled blue cheese, pepper, granulated garlic and salt.
Mix the turkey mixture together…
…and make into 2 patties.
Add a dash of pepper to each side of the patties.
Set aside for a moment.
For the Vegetables and Bread:
Cut the bell pepper lengthwise into 4 pieces and cut the red onion in 2 thick slices.
Brush olive oil over both sides of the red bell pepper, onions, and bread.
To each side of the bell peppers, onions and slices of bread…
sprinkle granulated garlic, salt and pepper.
Grilling the Burgers, Vegetables and Bread:
On a preheated barbecue grill, place the turkey patties, vegetables, and bread.
Grill the bread until it has light grill marks on each side (about 2 minutes per side; time may vary depending on the type of bread).
For the Vegetables and Bread – Grill the vegetables until they have grill marks on each side (about 4 minutes per side).
Grilling the Burgers – Grill the turkey burgers until fully cooked (about 6 minutes per side).
For the Burger Toppings:
Transfer the cooked burgers, vegetables and bread onto a large plate.
The skin on the bell pepper can be removed at this point if desired.
Right after removing the turkey burgers from the grill, top them with crumbled blue cheese.
To each slice of bread, add mayonnaise.
Place each turkey burger on a slice of bread.
Top the burgers with red bell pepper, onion…
…and basil leaves.
Add the top piece of bread to the burger and serve warm.
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Grilled Turkey Burgers with Blue Cheese & Bacon
Ingredients
For the Burger:
- 3/4 pound ground turkey
- 2 tablespoons real bacon bits
- 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper for the ground beef mixture
- 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 3 dashes salt
- 4 dashes ground black pepper for the ground turkey patties
For the Vegetables and Bread:
- 1 whole red bell pepper stem and seeds removed, cut the bell pepper lengthwise into 4 pieces
- 2 thick slices red onion
- 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 3 dashes salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 slices sour dough wheat bread or the bread of your choice
For the Burger Toppings:
- 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 sprigs fresh basil leaves removed from stem
Instructions
- Preheat the barbecue grill on medium heat.
For the Burger:
- To a medium size bowl, add ground turkey, bacon bits, crumbled blue cheese, pepper, granulated garlic and salt.
- Mix the turkey mixture together and make 2 patties. Add a dash of pepper to each side of the patties. Set aside for a moment.
For the Vegetables and Bread:
- Brush olive oil over both sides of the red bell pepper, onions, and bread.
- To each side of the bell peppers, onions and slices of bread, sprinkle granulated garlic, salt and pepper.
Grilling the Burgers, Vegetables and Bread:
- On a preheated barbecue grill, place the turkey patties, vegetables, and slices of bread.
- For the Vegetables and Bread - Grill the vegetables and bread until they have grill marks on each side (about 4 minutes per side for the vegetables and a bit less for the bread).
- Then transfer the vegetables and bread onto a large plate. The skin on the bell pepper can be removed at this point if desired.
- For the Burgers - Grill the turkey burgers until fully cooked (about 6 minutes per side).
For the Burger Toppings:
- Right removing the turkey burgers from the grill, top them with crumbled blue cheese.
- To each slice of bread, add mayonnaise.
- Place each turkey burger on a slice of bread. Top the burgers with red bell pepper, onion and basil leaves.
- Add the top piece of bread to the burger and serve warm.
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This is a healthy, homemade version of a fastfood staple we have all loved…Hamburger!
Hi Anna, it sure is. Turkey burgers are a nice change from hamburger. Although I love a great hamburger!
Grilled blue cheese turkey burger sounds delicious, craving for it… really love this post and the pics too. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you Ali.
Tasty-looking! The charred red pepper is making me drool a little.
YUM, this burger looks insanely good! Those pictures are just so mouthwatering…makes me really hungry for a good turkey burger! Love all the veggies you added too.
Hi Sara, thank you.