Po' Bastard's Teriyaki-Pineapple Turkey Burgers

Most Po' Bastards are already aware of the miracles of mince. I will now share one of my favorite uses for the ever-versatile, ever-cheap turkey mince. Eat and enjoy, boy-oh-boy!

Po' Bastard's Teriyaki-Pineapple turkey Burgers

Ingredients:
-1 lb. of ground (minced!) turkey
-one small can pineapple chunks (or rings, whatever) and reserved juice from can
-teriyaki sauce
-one egg
-one slice of bread, torn into small chunks
-salt and pepp

Method:
In a large bowl, mix the turkey, egg, torn bread crumbs, about two tbsp. of teriyaki sauce, two of the pineapple juice, and the salt and pepper. If you are using pineapplr rings, take two of them and cut or tear them into pretty small chunks. Add to the mince, and squish it all together pretty well. Then, make patties as for a hamburger. You will get quite a few out of this much meat, maybe 6-8 reasonably large, but not gluttonous-sized ones. Put the formed patties on a plate, and douse with a little more teriyaki. Cover with plastic wrap and sit it in the fridge at least 30 minutes, but hopefully longer so they can marinate and stiffen up.

Pre-heat the oven to 375. Heat one tablespoon of butter in a non-stick skillet. Cook the patties until brown on each side, then remove them to an oven-safe dish. In the same skillet you browned the burgers in, add 2/3 c. water, remaining reserved pineapple juice from can, another shot of teriyaki. Let this boil for awhile until a bit reduced; making sure you scrape the pan to get off any tasty browed bits. Pour this sauce over the burgers in the oven-safe dish, and then put it into the oven. Cook for 25 minutes or so.

Notes:
I would like to try to serve these in a good, lightly toasted and buttered bun with an extra slice of pineapple on top. That sweet Hawaiian bread in the orange package comes to mind. But, since we don't have that in Dublin, Andrew and I have been eating them with plain rice, some of the cooking juice spooned over the top. We also tried them with some packaged, dried Rice-A-Roni teriyaki noodles, which taste like astronaut food anyway. I don't recommend this last option.

I will give a prize to anyone who tries this as first described in the above paragraph. I will give an extra prize to anyone who adds some slices of salty turkey bacon.

Food to please the pagan gods of nomadic peoples!