Italian-Sausage Burgers With Garlicky Spinach
These burgers couldn't be any easier to make -- simply remove sweet or hot Italian pork sausages from their casings and form into patties and grill. Top the burgers with provolone cheese and sauteed spinach and spread the ciabatta rolls with sun-dried tomato pesto for extra flavor.
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Tuna Nicoise Burgers
You'll find the bold flavors of a classic Nicoise salad in this burger recipe: fresh tuna, olives, capers and anchovy. The burgers can easily be made on the grill, just make sure to brush them with oil (not the grates) so they don't dry out. Serve on toasted brioche buns with sliced tomato and arugula.
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Turkey Burgers With Lemon Mayonnaise
These turkey burgers blend together sweet and savory flavors such as celery, apple, chipotle pepper and lemon zest. Serve the burgers on whole-wheat buns spread with lemon mayonnaise and top with caramelized onions.
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Spanish Pork Burgers
This pork burger takes on the flavors of Spain with pimenton (paprika) and green olives, which are incorporated into the patties. Top the burgers with Manchego cheese, caramelized onions and piquillo peppers.
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Turkey Burgers With Spicy Pickle Sauce
Chopped dill pickles, chopped hot peppers and Greek yogurt are all the ingredients you need to make the spicy condiment for these turkey burgers, which are flavored with smoked paprika. Serve on buns or English muffins.
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Black Bean-Chipotle Burgers
These black bean burgers are packed with heat from chipotle chile powder and smoked paprika. Cook the black beans with bay leaves and a piece of kombu (seaweed) to infuse the beans with savory flavor. The cooking liquid will come in handy when making the bean patties, which also use brown rice for texture.
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Brown-Rice Veggie Burgers
These brown-rice burgers feature the flavors of Mexico with Monterey Jack cheese and chipotle and poblano chiles. The recipe also includes peas and pepita (pumpkin seeds) for extra texture. Instead of buns serve in pocket pitas.
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Veggie Burgers With Pomegranate Ketchup
The secret to this veggie burger is the dried porcini mushrooms, which lend a savory flavor. The burgers also include raisins, almonds, fresh mushrooms, soybeans, cooked lentils and couscous. Jazz up your average ketchup with some pomegranate molasses to create a flavorful condiment.
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Mediterranean Portobello Burger
Portobello mushrooms look so meaty that they work wonderfully as a burger when grilled. Here each one is topped with a salad of red peppers, tomato, feta, olives and oregano, and served on sliced sourdough bread.
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Chickpea Burgers
These chickpea burgers are a lot like Middle Eastern falafel except they're packed with even more healthy ingredients like brown rice and wheat germ. Serve the patties in pita bread and drizzle with yogurt.
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Greek-Style Lamb Burgers With Oregano And Feta
Make these succulent lamb burgers easily in the broiler. Serve each patty atop a Greek-style salad topped with feta cheese or envelope each patty in a pita bread.
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Crab Cake Burgers
Crab cake lovers will appreciate this recipe, which puts the classic appetizer in a bun (or English muffin) to create a burger. Use panko breadcrumbs instead of regular to create an extra crispy texture. Top with tartar sauce instead of ketchup and serve with a side salad.
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Lentil Burgers
Use an average can of lentils to create these healthy lentil burgers. Toasted almonds and fresh marjoram add lots of bold flavor. The recipe calls for Worcestershire sauce, but to keep these burgers vegetarian-friendly, make sure to find one made without anchovies.
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Salmon Burgers With Green Goddess Sauce
The secret to moist salmon burgers is to mince the fish into small uniform pieces. After forming into patties, refrigerate for at least 20 minutes and then cook in a nonstick skillet. Serve atop lettuce and dollop with green goddess dressing, made with sour cream mayonnaise, anchovies, chives, parsley and capers.
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Chicken Cordon Bleu Burgers
These chicken burgers are made with ground dark-meat chicken, which keeps them extra moist, but if you prefer, make them with ground white meat chicken for a leaner result. To get the authentic "cordon bleu" taste, mix in diced ham into the patty mixture and top with Swiss cheese while the burgers grill.
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Turkey Burgers With Mango Chutney
You don't need anything more than store-bought mango chutney to take these turkey burgers to the next level of flavor. Top them with grilled red onions and serve on crispy baguettes.
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Posted: 05/15/12 09:35 AM ET | Updated: 08/31/12 10:48 AM ET