Pineapple Turkey Burger Board
Serve Pineapple Turkey Burgers at your summer cookout with a Burger Board. Add macaroni salad, fresh fruit, chips, dessert, and more. This dinner has a beautiful presentation and screams “summer” with not your usual grilled pineapples. The pineapple and red onions are grilled together for a spread on the burgers!
A pineapple turkey burger is juicy and delicious! You start off with a grilled turkey burger with various toppings, like grilled pineapple and red onions, bacon, avocados, cheese, and more. It’s often served with teriyaki sauce, but that is optional.
What is a Pineapple Turkey Burger Board?
For this Pineapple Turkey Burger Board, we used soft buns for the turkey burgers, and for the actual “burger” you can pop frozen turkey burgers on the grill, or make homemade turkey burgers. The secret ingredients? Grab the recipe below for grilled onions and pineapple! It’s a spread that really “makes” these burgers special.
In no time, whip up a delicious burger board, ready for a weekend summer dinner party! Add mac salad, fruit, and your favorite chips–hello summer! We love brioche bread (buns) because they are soft. We’ve also used brioche buns in this Brioche Cubano Hot Dog Board!
Ingredients to make a Pineapple Turkey Burger Board
- Pineapple Upside-Down Trifles – or your favorite cookies or dessert cups
- Grilled Pineapple and Red Onions – recipe below
- Turkey burgers with any soft buns (we used St. Pierre Brioche Buns that you can buy in most grocery stores)
- Macaroni Salad
- Potato chips (Sweet Maui Onion and Hawaiian BBQ)
- Papaya
- Lime wedges
- Naval orange
Ingredients for Grilled Pineapple & Red Onions:
- Oil
- Pineapple chunks
- Red onion
- Salt
- Soy sauce
- Mirin (rice cooking wine)
- Honey
Why do you add grilled pineapple and red onions?
It’s an essential addition to a plain turkey burger, as the combination provides much needed brightness and depth. Sautéed pineapple and red onion sweeten and caramelize as they cook, and with the addition of soy sauce, mirin and honey, the flavors become sweeter and tangier.
How do you grill pineapple and red onions for turkey burgers?
- In a medium skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the pineapple, red onion, and a pinch of salt. Reduce heat to medium, cover partially, and let soften, stirring occasionally.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and add the soy sauce, mirin, and honey. Cook 8-10 minutes more, until softened, and darkened in color. Taste for salt, and keep warm until ready to serve.
Boards are super fun to serve on the weekend. Yes, they take a little more time to put together, but they make entertaining fun. You also make the guests feel special, when they walk in and see a board made up. Or, it’s also great to get the guests involved in the kitchen with you, where they can help put it together.
How to assemble the pineapple turkey burger board:
- Make the trifle refrigerate or set out your favorite pre-made dessert.
- Grill the burgers and assemble in the baskets.
- In a large bowl, place the macaroni salad.
- Set food on board and fill in in with fruit and chips!
Sandy’s Tips and Substitutions:
- Optional to buy frozen turkey burgers; season and grill. We often buy at Costco for a quick burger!
- Cheese: add your favorite cheese (Sharp cheddar, Jack, Swiss).
- Make trifle cups, or buy store-bought cookies or dessert for the board. Make Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Cups.
- We love to serve this board with Hawaiian potato chips!
- Serve with GrilledTequilla Pineapple Skewers.
- Make your own Macaroni salad or you can also buy store-bought. Another tip is to go to a local Hawaiian restaurant and buy their Macaroni salad. I often do this – and everyone loves it.
- Change up the macaroni salad for Pineapple Coleslaw.
More fun boards to serve for summer entertaining
Get the Recipe:
Pineapple Turkey Burger Board
Ingredients
For the Board
- Grilled Pineapple and Red Onions
- 4 turkey burgers, fresh or frozen
- 2 cups macaroni salad
- 8 oz potato chips, I use Sweet Maui Onion and Hawaiian BBQ
- ½ small papaya, cubed (3-4 cups)
- Lime wedges
- 1 naval orange, sliced
- 4 Brioche Buns, toasted
- dessert cups or cookies
Grilled Pineapple and Red Onions
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 1 lb fresh pineapple chunks, cut into small 1/4’’ slices
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced into half moons
- Salt to taste
- 3 Tbsp soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp mirin, rice cooking wine
- 2 Tbsp honey
Instructions
How to make grilled pineapple & onions:
- In a medium skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the pineapple, red onion, and a pinch of salt. Reduce heat to medium, cover partially, and let soften—5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the soy sauce, mirin, and honey. Cook 8-10 minutes more, until softened, and darkened in color. Taste for salt, and keep warm until ready to serve.
Assemble the board:
- Make the trifle and refrigerate (or you can use pre-made dessert)
- Grill the burgers and assemble and place in the baskets (optional).
- In a large bowl, place the macaroni salad.
- Set food on board and fill in spaces with fruit and chips!
- Serve!
Notes
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