ground turkey recipes

bump for later. thanks for all the great ideas.

Make chili !!!

Bumpin for more ideas too!

Absolutely anything that you would cook with ground beef works with turkey. Turkey burgers and meatloaf require more seasoning. We've used it for tacos, spaghetti, lasagna, meatballs, chili, burgers, stroganoff.....

Exactly!! Use turkey where ever you usually use hamburger. I like turkey becuase it's not as tough. Havent had hamburg in YEARS!!!
I make this mexican cassarole that my whole family loves...
1 lb + lean ground turkey
as much frozen or canned corn as you want
1 jar + chunky salsa (any kind)
add extra veggies like onions, peppers, or even chopped FRESH spinach if you want
A little taco sauce (any kind) to taste
SUPER EASY, and delish! great for easy lunches, minus the veggies, NO CARBS!

This sounds really good.

I can usually substitute ground turkey in anything. I just season it really well, and I add a dab of Worcestershire sauce. That usually does the trick. Like you, my best success has been in spaghetti, or any tomato based meal. However, I have made delicious turkey burgers, and chili.

I have been trying to use it in meatloaf, but so far that hasn't worked out. I would really appreciate any suggestions for that.

Ground Turkey Lettuce Wraps

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/turkey-lettuce-wraps-with-shiitake-mushrooms/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e8=Quick Search&event10=1&e7=Home Page

Ingredients
2 cups water
2 ounces mai fun (angel hair) rice noodles
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
4 shiitake mushrooms, sliced
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 (16 ounce) package ground turkey
6 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup chopped water chestnuts
4 teaspoons finely minced fresh ginger root
2 teaspoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
12 leaves green leaf lettuce

Toppings
1/2 cup bean sprouts
1 carrot, grated
1/2 cup salted peanuts
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 cup sweet chili sauce
water

Directions
1.Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan. Turn off heat; stir in rice noodles. Cover, and allow noodles to soak until soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Rinse with cold water. Drain well.
2.Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the mushrooms in the hot oil until they are browned and softened, about 2 minutes. Remove the mushrooms from the pan. Reserve.
3.Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons of oil in the pan. Cook and stir the turkey in the oil until it is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the green onions, water chestnuts, ginger, and garlic; continue to cook for 1 minute. Mix in the reserved mushrooms, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Simmer briefly to combine the flavors. Take the pan off the heat; stir in the rice vinegar, sesame oil, and orange zest.
4.To assemble lettuce wraps, place a bit of turkey filling on each lettuce leaf. Top each with cooked noodles, and a sprinkle of bean sprouts, carrots, peanuts, and cilantro. Serve with sweet chili sauce for dipping.

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 481

Total Fat: 22.4g
Cholesterol: 84mg
Sodium: 1284mg
Total Carbs: 43.5g
Dietary Fiber: 4.9g
Protein: 29.9g

Try making buffalo turkey burgers with Franks Hot Sauce and 1 package of Hidden Valley Ranch Salad dressing mix (the powder stuff).....

Franks Hot Sauce has no calories. The Ranch has 80 calories per package..so spread out over a few servings you have something YUMMY....

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I recently made a turkey chilli with sweet potatoes and black beans in it that was delicious.

Also, Cooking Light's Meatloaf Muffins are a huge hit in our house as is taco soup.

I brown onion, garlic, in pam, add my ground turkey, bworn. After its all brown, (garlic and onion to taste, even bell pepper, I don't like bp. I add the peeled eggplant to the cooked ground turkey, add 4 or 5 peeled tomatoes, basil salt & pepper and cook until everything is cooked. you can put this over brown rice, rice, spaghetti, or plain. My family enjoys this very much.

I use ground turkey in place of beef all the time...this is my family's favorite soup...mine too cuz it's low cal and soooo easy...

20 oz ground turkey browned
2 bags frozen mixed veggies (corn, carrots, beans, peas)
1 chopped onion
2 pounds cubed unpeeled red potatoes
1 lg jug low sodium V8 juice
1 small container (maybe 12 oz) chicken broth
A little garlic, red pepper, black pepper & whatever other spices sound fun

Throw it in the crockpot and cook till potatoes are done.

It's seriously under 100 calories per cup (85 if you keep the taters low) and 3 cups is a ton of food...this is pretty thick and chunky...makes about 4 quarts.

I can't find my recipe, but we make a sweet potatoe turkey meatloaf. We use barbecue sauce instead of the other tomato based sauce that usually goes into meatloaf. Oh em gee!

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I know this isn't the healthiest meal but I made Zatarain's Dirty Rice with ground turkey. Both my husband and I thought it tasted better with turkey than beef!

Just joined this site...was looking for a good chili recipe that had "turkey" in it. Thanks for sharing...will try this weekend.

I was just messing around one night and threw some sweet chili sauce (like for dipping spring rolls) onto the ground turkey while it was browning, because I didn't know what I wanted to make but I needed to cook it before it expired. It was really freaking tasty in a bowl just like that. I imagine it would be great with some broccoli and spring onions.

skipresimont had a great recipe for ground beef, but I use ground turkey or chicken.
1lb ground turkey or chicken or beef
2 tspn worcester sauce
1/2 smail onion
dried oregano
2 cloveds minced garlic
1/2 cup of reduced fat feta cheese.

Mix together and make 4 quarter pounders and cook. They are yummo! I think you can find the actual recipe he posted if you search "garlic feta burgers". I make them at least once a week. My husband loves them!