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Hawaiian Turkey Burgers Recipe

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These amazing Hawaiian turkey burgers are some of those most sweet and juicy burgers you’ll ever make. They have sweet pineapple and teriyaki flavors mixed with the ginger and red peppers that create a burger out of this world!
Hawaiian Turkey Burgers Recipe

If you’re looking for a tasty and extremely juicy grilling recipe full of amazing flavor, then try our famous hawaiian turkey burgers. We make them every summer and all of our guests rave about them. 

Hawaiian Turkey Burger on a wooden plate with chips

The hawaiian flavor makes these burgers stand out. The pineapple juice in the burgers not only produces a super juicy burger but also adds immense flavor. 

I know the ingredients for these burgers are a little out of the ordinary but don’t that make you shy away. Give these crazy good burgers a try and make them for your friends too, it is a great healthy family dinner recipe! 

This ground turkey recipe will go great with either some Hawaiian Haystacks or some amazing Hawaiian Laua Fried Rice. And then end the meal with some scrumptious Sheet Pan Hawaiian Poke Cake!

Ingredients for Hawaiian Turkey Burgers Recipe

Ingredients Needed For This Hawaiian Turkey Burgers Recipe:

  • Lean ground turkey
  • Dry breadcrumbs
  • Green bell pepper
  • Green onions
  • Ground ginger
  • Pineapple slices in juice
  • Salt
  • Swiss cheese
  • Teriyaki sauce 
  • Mayonnaise
  • Hamburger buns

How To Make This Hawaiian Turkey Burgers Recipe:

These healthy turkey burgers are easy to make.

All ingredients for the burgers in a glass bowl

Start by grabbing a larger mixing bowl and combine the ground turkey, bread crumbs, diced green pepper, diced green oion, ground ginger, reserved pineapple juice, and salt and mix it all together until it is well combined. 

Turkey Hamburger Patties formed and placed on a sheet pan

Once all of the ingredients are mixed together, divide the ground turkey mixture into 6 equal parts and form the hamburger patties. 

Now when you want to cook the burgers choose between grilling, broil or pan frying the burger over medium high heat. Cook the burgers until they are cooked through. 

In the last few minutes of cooking the burgers place a slice of swiss chese, allowing the cheese to melt. As well as put the pineapple over the heat to cook the pineapple. 

Teriyaki and Mayo spread on a Hamburger Bun

After you pull the burgers from the heat, spread 1 tablespoon of teriyaki sauce and mayonnaise, and then top it off with the cooked pineapple and the bun. 

Then just serve and enjoy!

Hawaiian Turkey Burger on wooden plate with chips and sauce

To Make This Budget-friendly Summer Dinner You Will Need:

  1. Large mixing bowl
  2. Grill (THIS is a great one)
  3. Spatula
  4. Wax paper
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Hawaiian Turkey Burgers Recipe

4 from 1 vote
These amazing Hawaiian turkey burgers are some of those most sweet and juicy burgers you’ll ever make.
Serving6
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds lean ground turkey
  • ¾ cup dry breadcrumbs
  • ½ green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 bunch green onions, diced
  • ¾ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 20 ounces pineapple slices, reserve juice
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 6 slices Swiss cheese
  • ⅓ cup Teriyaki sauce
  • ⅓ cup mayonnaise
  • 6 hamburger buns

Equipment

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine turkey, bread crumbs, pepper, green onion, ginger, 1/4 cup reserved juice from pineapple and salt.
  2. Divide turkey mixture into 6 equal parts and form into patties.
  3. Grill, broil or cook in a frying pan over medium heat until cooked through. The last few minutes of cooking, place pineapple over heat to cook. Place a slice of Swiss cheese on top of each patty when warm.
  4. Spread 1 Tablespoon Teriyaki sauce and 1 Tablespoon light mayonnaise on buns and top with burgers and pineapple.

Notes

  • If you want to try and avoid using the breadcrumbs in this recipe, you can alway choose to find a substitute to replace it.

Nutrition

Calories: 342 kcal · Carbohydrates: 51 g · Protein: 12 g · Fat: 10 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 18 mg · Sodium: 1345 mg · Potassium: 283 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 20 g · Vitamin A: 274 IU · Vitamin C: 18 mg · Calcium: 258 mg · Iron: 3 mg
Cuisine: American
Course: Main Course
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Hawaiian Turkey Burgers Recipe

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Published: July 13, 2021Updated: March 6, 2025

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Questions & Reviews

  1. Tornado Alley says:
    I'm always wanting to find new ways to use ground turkey! This will be great, because so far all I had come up with was using it in chili. thanks
  2. Eric Pepple says:
    Never underestimate the turkey burger! They are quite scrumptious.
  3. Amber Brady says:
    Looks delicious! We are on the same page I swear, because we tend to have similar posts on the same days.
  4. Rachel O. says:
    Um, pinning this immediately. It looks fantastic.
  5. teresa says:
    those flavors look amazing! i can't wait to make these!
  6. ITheeCook says:
    YUM!!!! This is a great way to get my family to eat ground turkey.
  7. Crystal says:
    Delicious!! I love turkey burgers and my family is going to love this recipe!! Thanks for sharing!
  8. Meghan says:
    Oh yum, looks great!
  9. Lisa @ Flour Me With Love says:
    These look divine...what a unique creation!
  10. Shiloh Barkley says:
    This sounds great! Found you at trick or treat link party!
  11. Ruthie Armstrong says:
    Thanks so much for linking up at my Super Saturday Show & Tell party last week!! Looks delish :) You're awesome as usual!! xoxo~ Ruthie
  12. Lisa Lynn says:
    Yum! Found you on Thursday Favorite Things!
  13. April Tuell says:
    These look and sound so good!
  14. Katherines Corner says:
    Well ladies this is surely a winner! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things hop xo P.S. the new giveaway started yesterday :-)
  15. Amber Perea says:
    I'm using this with crab meat tonight, I think it'll turn out great! Thanks for sharing!
  16. Gina says:
    I made tonight so yummy :)
  17. Pete says:
    Fail. Way too much liquid to grill. Maybe in the broiler these might hold together. But I threw the, on the weber and they virtually disintegrated. And I make turkey burgers all the time Would recommend maybe diced pineapple in lieu of the juice. Or more binder which would kind of defeat the purpose
  18. GG says:
    These burgers are the best!! I mix mayo, teriyaki and Siracha and spread on buns.
  19. Melanie says:
    I made this tonight. Great switch up from my regular turkey burgers. I did not have teriyaki so I made this one from scratch....I also used diced pineapple as that is what I had and placed it on the burgers just before melting the Swiss cheese.
  20. Krae says:
    I didn't have a problem at all. They were perfect and moist.
  21. Krae says:
    These were sooooo good! They will def be a staple on our weekly menus! I just love warm pineapple and the burgers are moist and flavorful! I used havarti cheese rather then Swiss. So yummy!!
  22. Lorna says:
    Darn! We followed the recipe exactly (and triple checked) but ours just fell apart on the grill and were mushy. I wonder if we should have added egg to hold it together. The flavor was great... but the texture ?.
  23. Lisa says:
    Fun flavor combination but my burgers didn't stay together and were a crumbly mess. Not sure where I went wrong?

    4 stars

  24. Momma Cyd says:
    You could try adding an egg to help bind all of the ingredients together. It will not change the taste.
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