These Club Burger Sliders are slider sized turkey burgers topped with bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and an avocado-ranch dressing.
Since we are at the beginning of grilling season, I thought I’d bring out another burger from the archives. This one is full of so many of my favorite flavors, and you can never go wrong with sliders!! I did a few updates on this recipe, that included putting the bacon on top of the burger instead of in the meat and using a good bread. These definitely need to be added to your summer grilling plans!
Having a 16-month old is so much fun. I swear she gets smarter every day. Right now, her vocabulary is growing so much. But for the last month or so, our favorite word – by far – that Abbi says is “hamburger”. The funny thing is that she hasn’t really had a whole lot of hamburgers before, but it’s one of those words she started saying and now she says it all the time because she knows that it will make us laugh. There is just something about it that makes me giggle every time she says it.
So in honor of Abbi and her love of hamburgers, I decided to make mini hamburgers. Because everything is better when it’s mini, right? This Club Burger Slider is like a club sandwich turned burger. If you love club sandwiches, and you love burgers, I’ll guarantee you’ll love these!
This recipe makes way more of the dressing than you will need. But it is great as a veggie dip or chip dip. It wasn’t bad to have extra, in my opinion!!
Club Burger Sliders with Avocado-Ranch Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground turkey
- 3-4 tablespoons grated onion
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
- salt and pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
- 1 avocado
- 1 cup sour cream
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 clove garlic grated or finely chopped
- a small handful of fresh chives finely chopped
- a small handful of fresh dill finely chopped
- a small handful of flat-leaf parsley finely chopped
- 16 slices good-quality white or whole wheat bread
- 8 slices cooked bacon
- lettuce leaves for serving
- 2 plum or vine-ripened tomatoes thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat an outdoor grill or grill pan to medium high.
- Place the turkey in a large bowl. Add the grated onion, hot sauce, and poultry seasoning. Season with salt and pepper. Divide the mixture into 8 and form into patties, about 2 1/2 to 3 inches wide. Drizzle with olive oil.
- Cook the patties on the grill pan or grill, turning once, until cooked through, about 8-10 minutes.
- While the sliders are cooking, preheat the broiler.
- Place the avocado, sour cream, lemon juice, garlic, chives, dill and parsley in a food processor. Season with salt and pepper. Process until you have a smooth, thick sauce.
- Use a 3-inch cookie cutter to cut out rounds of bread. Discard the crusts, or save to make breadcrumbs for another use. Arrange the bread on a baking sheet and toast under the broiler until browned.
- Serve the sliders with the lettuce, tomatoes and bacon and top with the avocado-ranch sauce.
Alexis @ Upside Down Pear says
These look amazing! Now that it’s summer time, it’s time to get the grill out. I can’t wait to try this recipe!!
Chels R. says
Look what popped up in my email today! You and two other bloggers whose mail I haven’t been getting. Can I get a WHOOP WHOOP? Hopefully, this trend will continue on. 🙂
Cutest video EVER! I can’t believe how good she talked at 16 mths old! And this burger looks amazing. I want!
How to Philosophize with Cake says
Avocado ranch dressing sounds amazing–I’ll have to save that recipe for when I need a variation for my salads. 🙂
Deborah says
Crystal – to me, ground turkey is usually a little bland. But maybe it was the bacon that gave it a sausage flavor? I'm not sure what else it could have been!?!
Crystal Oerman says
I made this for dinner tonight, but since I'm not too familiar with the flavor of ground turkey yet, it seemed to have kind of a strong sausage flavor….is that right? I wasn't sure if that's just the flavor of the turkey or if it was something in the recipe I added to it.
Sophia says
Wow, great job here. Awesome picture too! You should really consider submitting this to Recipe4Living's Juiciest Burger Contest! It looks delicious!