I Need a Good Recipe for Ground Turkey.

My family has enjoyed this recipe many times. It is from Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals show on the Food Network. That website is a great resource for recipes as well. www.foodnetwork.com

Enjoy!

S.

Turkey Cacciatore Burgers on Portobello "Buns"

1 1/3 pounds ground turkey breast, the average weight of 1 package
Salt and pepper
6 crimini mushrooms (baby portobellos) stems removed and finely chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, smashed away from skin and finely chopped
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Romano, a couple of handfuls
Handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
4 large portobello mushroom caps, stems removed
Coarse salt and black pepper2 cups arugula leaves, coarsely chopped
1/2 pound fresh mozzarella or fresh smoked mozzarella, thinly sliced
Sliced red onion and sliced yellow and plum tomatoes

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

Combine meat with salt and pepper, chopped crimini mushrooms, chopped bell pepper, chopped onion, garlic, tomato paste, Worcestershire, crushed red pepper flakes, cheese and parsley. Score and form meat into 4 large patties, 1 inch thick. Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil on top the patties then fry 5 or 6 minutes on each side in a hot skillet.

Place portobello caps on a small baking sheet gill side up and drizzle extra-virgin olive oil on them. Roast the caps 12 minutes. Remove them from the oven and season them with salt and pepper. Turn oven off. Top each cap with about 1/2 cup arugula and a burger. Cap burger with mozzarella and place back in still-warm oven. Melt the cheese 1 minute. Transfer burgers on "bun" bottoms to plates. Top with onions and tomatoes and serve.

We use ground turkey any way that we would ground beef.... in tacos, meatloaf, burgers, lasagna, spagetti etc. The Jenny O ground turkey has lots of good recipes on the package.

This is my family's 'other white meat' too. I find a lot of my recipes at www.cookinglight.com. Our current favorite is pasta with turkey sausage, diced tomatoes, garlic... yummmmy!

Meatloaf is good, turkey patties is good also if you go to google and ask for ground turkey recipes there are a ton.
Good Luck!

Yazmin,
I use ground turkey for just about everything. Any recipe that calls for ground beef can have turkey in it's place. If you want exact recipes please feel free to e-mail me!
D.

Check out babycenter.com at this link - http://parentcenter.bbs.babycenter.com/board/preschooler/...

it is a recipe exchange board and you'll find all of the ground turkey recipes you could possibly want!

Hi Y.. We eat Turkey Taco Soup at least once every other week. Here's the recipe.

Brown 1 lb. ground turkey with one diced onion and one chopped green bell pepper in olive oil. Add one can drained corn, one can drained pinto beans, taco seasoning, 1 8 oz. can of tomato sauce, 1 cup of salsa and 2 cups of water. Let simmer for 30 minutes. Top with cheese and crushed tortilla chips.

I cook everything with ground turkey. I never use ground beef anymore. I make tacos, burgers, shephard's pie, meatloaf, you name it!! Whenever something calls for ground meat, I automatically subsitute ground turkey and my family loves it. You can not taste the difference at all! Good Luck!

Hello Y.! Turkey is a great healthy alternative to beef. My advice is two part. First, you can use ground turkey in any recipe that you would use ground beef in. For example, my husband and I love any flavor of hamburger helper with ground turkey.

Finally, check out the kraft foods website for tons of great recipe ideas.

Best Wishes,

D.
Richardson, TX

Hey Y....I use ground turkey for almost everything! Of course, you can always have tacos, nachos, taco salad, spaghetti, meat loaf, and just about anything else that you would normally use beef to make. I will dig up some of my old recipes to share with you!

I stopped eating beef long time ago. I love ground turkey. It does need lots of seasoning though, i like spicy food, so lots of cumin, nutmeg and black pepper. You can pretty much cook it just like beef, so just throw the turkey in instead of beef.
Have fun!

I use the darker (and cheaper) ground turkey, and I cook it with a little olive oil just like ground beef, and use it EXACTLY the same! Last night, we had "turkey chilli" which was Carol Shelby's mix and 2lbs of ground turkey with some diced tomatoes and tomato sauce. You can cook up a lot of this and freeze it in cooked form for quicker ground meat meals too. Tacos, burritos, spaghetti sauce, lasagne, hamburger helper (its good nowadays), the possibilities are endless!!

my two yr old daughter loves this:

ground turkey,mustard,smashed ritz crackers

make patties and cook in oil

We use it just like we'd use ground beef. Spaghetti, burgers, meatballs. I whipped up a yummy meatloaf last week (add basil, 1/4 cup milk or soymilk, breadcrumbs, an egg, then spread diced tomatoes and italian dressing over the top before you bake it).

You might also find some good recipes at www.allrecipes.com.

We saw Bobby Flay grill turkey burgers on the food network one time and then we tried it ourselves. They were wonderful!

Using ground turkey, season to taste. I usually season our burgers with Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt and seasoned salt, but I've also used a packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix as well. Roll patty portions into balls and place a small hunk of Brie cheese in the middle and then flatten into patties. Make sure the Brie is not exposed after flattening into a patty for grilling. Grill on each side until brown and juices run clear.

Bobby Flay explained that ground turkey can dry out when cooking because it doesn't have as much fat content. So, to keep the burgers moist he uses a hunk of Brie which slowly melts into the burger as it cooks...and it tastes good, too.