Chef Stephen – Turkey Sliders

Ingredients:

• Ground Turkey Breast
• King’s Hawaiian Rolls
• Buttermilk
• Onion
• Wondra Flour
• Salt
• Black Pepper
• White Pepper
• Chili Flakes
• White Pepper
• Old Bay
• Cayenne
• Roasted Garlic Purée
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Canola Oil (for frying)
• Smoked Bleu Cheese (or cheese of your preference)

Directions:

1. Peel and slice half an onion. Soak sliced onion in buttermilk and set aside for 5+ minutes.
2. Add 2lbs of ground turkey to a mixing bowl. Add salt, black pepper, chili flakes, white pepper, Old Bay, cayenne, extra virgin olive oil, roasted garlic purée (can be store bought or homemade). Mix thoroughly. Refrigerate until all other accompaniments are ready.
3. Add Wondra flour to a separate mixing bowl. Season with Old Bay, cayenne, black pepper, salt and mix thoroughly. Retrieve the soaked onion slices from the buttermilk bowl and place in the flour mixture. Mix onions in mixture until they’re coated.
4. Set up your frying station: use a pot with canola oil (or oil of your preference). Heat until oil is hot enough to fry. Test the temperature out with a few onion slices. Once desired temperature is achieved, place coated onion slices in the pot and fry until golden brown. Immediately after extracting from the fryer, season the crispy onions with your preference of seasoning.
   1. OPTIONAL: Use an air fryer if you have one.
5. Open up King’s Hawaiian rolls and season with olive oil, salt and black pepper. Toast buns in a hot pan to add a char to them. After toasting, spread roasted garlic purée (or any other accoutrement of your choice) on the open-faced buns.
6. Retrieve ground turkey mixture from the fridge, and shape them into patties of your desired size. Cook the patties in a separate pan. When patties brown along the edges, flip them once. Add smoked bleu cheese (or your cheese of preference) to the cooked side, and let it melt while the rest of the patty cooks.
7. Place cooked patties on the base buns, stack onions and top bun over the patty, and serve.