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Thai Turkey Burgers

Scrumptious healthy treats with a spicy Thai kick

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Turkey and tomato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 90 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large bowl, mix the turkey mince, fresh breadcrumbs, red Thai curry paste, chopped spring onion and beaten egg until evenly combined.

  2. Divide the mixture into four equal portions and shape each into a patty about 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick.

  3. Heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.

  4. Cook the patties for 5 to 6 minutes per side, until golden and cooked through to 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

  5. While the patties cook, split the ciabatta rolls and toast the cut sides in a dry pan or under a grill for 1 to 2 minutes.

  6. Spread the mango pickle mayo over the bottom halves of the rolls.

  7. Layer the Baby Gem lettuce leaves, sliced cucumber and sliced tomatoes on top of the mayo.

  8. Place a cooked patty on each roll, spoon the spicy mango salsa over the top, and serve with the roll lids on.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Turkey + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Lettuce + cucumbertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,409 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Cucumber + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Mango + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Lettuce + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,654 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, onion, egg, sunflower, lettuce, cucumber, tomato):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Cherrybetter flavor fit
  3. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, onion, egg, sunflower, lettuce, cucumber, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).