I love this recipe ♥.  This is a quick, go-to recipe at our house.  I like to serve with sweet potato fries for a kid friendly meal that is sure to have enough flavor complexities for a foodie at heart.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter

• 1 onion, diced

• salt and ground black pepper to taste

• 1 1/4 pounds ground turkey

• 1/2 cup cold water

• 3/4 cup ketchup

• 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste

• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

• 1 cup water, or as needed

• 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1/3 cup chopped green onions

• 6 hamburger buns, split

• 1/2 cup shredded white Cheddar cheese

Directions

• Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until onion starts to brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and black.

• Mix ground turkey and 1/2 cup cold water into onions. Cook and stir, breaking up the meat, until it begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Add ketchup, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Cook and stir until liquid is reduced, about 5 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and cocoa powder. Cook, stirring frequently and adding up to 1 cup water if needed, until meat is cooked through and liquid is reduced and thick, 20 to 30 minutes.

• Preheat the oven’s broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source. Toast hamburger buns until golden, 2 to 3 minutes.

• Remove turkey mixture from the heat and mix in green onions and Cheddar cheese. Serve on toasted hamburger buns.