Spicy air-fryer turkey burgers recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
These turkey burgers make a lovely midweek treat or Friday night fakeaway! Cooked in the air-fryer to juicy perfection (or fry them), they're loaded with spicy and aromatic flavours. You'll have some leftover turkey burgers to pop in the freezer, or make our noodle salad – see tip, below.
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 30-45 mins
- 496 calories / serving
- Freezable
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp light mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp sriracha
- 800g 2% fat turkey breast mince
- 1 lemongrass stalk, finely minced
- 2 red chillies, deseeded and finely diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 red onion, finely diced
- 2 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 500g pack sweet potato oven chips
- 4-pack brioche burger buns
- 15g sushi ginger
- 20g fresh coriander, leaves picked
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 2090kJ 496.0kcal
- Fat
- 12g
- Saturates
- 2g
- Salt
- 2.2g
- Sugars
- 24g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 59.2gProtein 33.7gFibre 7.9g
Method
- Mix the mayonnaise and sriracha, then set aside.
- Preheat an air-fryer to 220°C. Using clean hands, mix the turkey mince with the lemongrass, chillies, garlic, onion, soy sauce, fish sauce and sesame oil until it resembles a thick paste. Divide into 8 patties of roughly equal size; around 6cm wide.
- Cooking in batches, if necessary, add the patties to the air-fryer in a single layer and cook for 10 mins. Flip the burgers and cook for another 8 mins until lightly golden and cooked through. Repeat with the remaining burgers, if needed. If you don’t have an air-fryer, fry the burgers, in batches, in a frying pan over a medium heat for 4-5 mins each side until lightly golden and cooked through.
- Meanwhile, cook the sweet potato chips to pack instructions. Set aside 4 burgers for the rainbow turkey noodle salad (see tip, below); cool, then put in an airtight container in the fridge until ready to use – they’ll keep chilled for up to 2 days.
- Toast the cut sides of the burger buns in a nonstick frying pan until golden. Divide the sriracha mayo between the bases of the buns and top with the sushi ginger. Add a burger patty to each bun, the coriander leaves and bun lid, then serve with the sweet potato chips.
- Tip: Try our rainbow turkey noodle salad using the leftover turkey burgers.
- See more Air-fryer recipes
Freezing and defrosting guidelines
Freeze cooked burgers only. In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.
- For top tips on protecting you and your family when preparing raw meat and poultry, visit Food Safety in the Home.
