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Folks....we are getting close to summer, I can feel it! Okay no I can't. But my internal clock is just telling me that warm weather is coming soon. And when I start thinking about summer time and warm summer nights all I think about is heating up the good ol' barbecue! What else to cook on your barbecue then some plump, juicy, flavorful burgers. Turkey burgers that is! I have successfully convinced my husband that turkey burgers are just as good as a hamburger. They taste the same people, it's all in your head! haha
Okay, so I am not doing a post on how to make "The juiciest turkey burger ever," I am here to bring you a NEW type of burger all together. One with unusual ingredients that make it a thousand times better. I saw two ideas and brought them together. I hate eating turkey burgers on dry, flavorless, nutrition-less buns. They are disgusting. Seriously you can ruin the best cooked burger by putting it in between garbage. So what do you use then, lettuce? Sure if you want to cut out some carbs you would have gotten from the bun. But the lettuce is suppose to be a condiment, not the main component. We are going to be putting our turkey burger in between spaghetti noodle buns!!!
Here is all you need to make a bun out of spaghetti noodles.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 box of angel hair pasta
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/4 tsp. basil
1/4 tsp. parsley
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1 cup of mozzarella cheese, divided in half
about 6 oz. of your favorite spaghetti sauce - I had Sun Dried Tomato Pesto mmmmmm!
Steps:
1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
2. Cook the angel hair pasta according to box, about 10-12 minutes, or until soft. Do not break the noodles in half! It is important to leave them long.
3. While the noodles are cooking, in a small bowl mix together: milk, egg, and seasonings.
4. When the noodles are done, drain and add them to your milk and egg mixture. Mix really well until all the noodles are covered and there in no more liquid left at the bottom of the bowl. Then add 1/2 cup of your shredded cheese. Mix well.
5. Dump the noodles into a greased baking dish. I used a 9x9 dish and it fit perfectly. You want the whole pan to be covered and to be about 1/2 inch thick. Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes.
6. After the 15 minutes, reduce the oven to 375 degrees. Remove the pan from the oven and spread a thin amount of your spaghetti or pesto sauce on top and then cover with the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese. Return to oven for 20 minutes.
7. After the 20 minutes, turn off oven and remove. Let the noodles cool for about 5 minutes before you cut and serve.
Some people serve and eat as is. It is a very good baked noodle dish. You can serve with a nice salad. But I turned this spaghetti square into a burger bun!
Here are my layers:
Spaghetti square
lettuce
fried egg - a little runny
turkey burger
spaghetti square
DELICIOUS!!!!!!