Keep this easy recipe for ground turkey with broccoli and rice on hand to make a tasty ground turkey dinner with just a handful of simple pantry spices and seasonings.
We’ll use basic straightforward ingredients to kick up the flavor on boring, bland ground turkey to turn it into a delightful and tasty weeknight dinner.
Wondering what to make with ground turkey and rice?
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Here’s how to take your everyday ground turkey meal from newspaper clippings to flavor bomb for a year-round go-to meal that tastes as good as it looks.
INgredients to make ground turkey with broccoli
Ingredients
• GROUND TURKEY – 1 pack, 85% Lean / 15% Fat
• BROCCOLI – 1 large head, cut into florets and steamed
• OLIVE OIL – fruity, extra virgin
• ONION – medium, diced
• BELL PEPPER – diced (red, yellow or orange)
• TOMATO – vine ripe – diced (if you don’t have fresh tomato, use a can of diced tomatoes, drained)
• GARLIC – 3 cloves, minced
• SOY SAUCE – reduced sodium soy sauce
• WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
• CHICKEN STOCK – chicken broth or vegetable stock – whichever is available
• WHITE WINE – dry, or dry red wine, I used Barefoot Chardonnay
• PAPRIKA
• CUMIN
• GARLIC POWDER
• ONION POWDER
• COARSE SALT – seasoning to taste as needed
• CRACKED PEPPER – seasoning to taste as needed
• STEAMED RICE – 2 cups, cooked / prepared according to package directions
1. Steam Broccoli florets for the ground turkey >>
IF Boiling Fresh Broccoli florets for ground turkey >>
If Using Frozen Broccoli>>
2. Heat SKillet / add onion + bell Pepper
3. Add minced garlic to the pan
4. add ground turkey meat + Brown
5. Add in tomato + spices
6. Splash in worcestershire + soy sauce
I highly recommend Kikkoman reduced sodium soy sauce along with dashes of Lea & Perrins Original Worcestershire. They’re perfect for adding big flavors in little time for easy dinner recipes like this one.
7. Splash in dry white wine
8. Splash in chicken stock
9. Cook It Low & Slow
10. Stir In Broccoli and Serve With Rice
Serve your ground turkey with broccoli over steamed rice! Here are some tips for preparing steamed rice and, if you fancy, precise instructions on how to make fresh instant pot rice.
I love to finish mine off with another splash of soy and a hit of Sriracha sauce for some spice… That hit of chili spice goes so good with ground turkey broccoli!
This is truly a go-to and one of my favorite simple ground turkey recipes to make with pantry ingredients for healthy weeknight eats done easy.
Remember to Use Your Favorite Variety of Broccoli>>
For this easy ground turkey with broccoli and rice dinner, feel free to use your favorite kind of broccoli. Use a conventional fresh head of broccoli, broccoli rabe, broccolini, or simply a bag of already trimmed broccoli florets from the grocery store.
Can I use Other Meats/Substitutions?
Be my guest. I’m all about making the most of what you got! You can make this:
- with ground beef
- with ground chicken
- ground round / sirloin
- ground pork
- ground lamb
- as with any meat, remember to give it a little splash of liquid (wine/stock)
- remember to finish the cooking process on low so it doesn’t dry out and still develops beautiful flavors.
Serve this easy ground turkey with rice recipe any time you’re looking for a simple and delicious way to make ground turkey actually taste good! Plus it’s a nice choice if you’re looking for a healthy rice and ground turkey recipe for dinner.
You can never go wrong with simple green veggies and healthy lean meat like this for a tasty and healthy dinner recipe that will win enough times to keep it on repeat.
If you’re looking for another healthy ground turkey recipe, this hearty mushroom ground turkey with mashed potatoes.
Ground Turkey With Broccoli and Rice
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil - extra virgin
- 1½ lb Ground Turkey - 85% Lean / 15% Fat
- 1 head Broccoli - Cut into florets and steamed, or a bag of fresh broccoli florets
- 1 medium Onion - diced
- 1 medium Bell Pepper - diced (red, yellow or orange)
- 1 large Tomato - vine ripe – diced (if you don't have fresh tomato, use a can of diced tomatoes >> drained)
- 3 cloves Garlic - minced
- 1 tbsp Soy Sauce - reduced sodium, if available
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/3 heaping cup Chicken Stock - Chicken Broth or Vegetable stock – whichever is available
- 1/4 cup Dry White wine - or dry red wine, I used Barefoot Chardonnay
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 tsp / or pinches Coarse Salt - seasoning to taste as needed
- 1/4 tsp / or pinches Fresh Cracked Pepper - seasoning to taste as needed
- 2 Cups Steamed Rice - Cooked / Prepared according to package directions for serving with ground turkey
Instructions
- Prepare broccoli by cutting it into florets and boiling/steaming for 3 to 4 minutes until bright green and still lightly al dente / firm inside.Remove cooked broccoli from pot and transfer to a bowl. Set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a wide pan over medium heat until it turns glossy and shimmery.
- Toss in diced bell pepper and onion. Cook long enough to sweat the onions and soften diced pepper, about 8 minutes.If pan dries out, drizzle in more olive oil as needed.
- Once onions become translucent, toss in minced garlic and stir in. Stir to combine. Cook until fragrant.
- Next, add in ground turkey, breaking it up with the side of a wooden spoon until browned through.
- Once the meat is browned, add in diced ripe tomato or canned diced tomato (with the juices drained out) and dashes of paprika, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder and pinches of salt and ground pepper to taste. Stir to combine.
- Next, splash in the soy sauce and Worcestershire. Additionally, at this time splash in dry white wine and chicken stock.Stir to combine.
- Bring everything to a light simmer, reduce heat to low, and cover with tight-fitting lid. Simmer on low for 35 to 45 minutes.
- When cook time is up, add cooked broccoli florets to the pan with the ground turkey mixture. Give everything one more drizzle of olive oil, if desired, taste to adjust seasonings, if desired, and stir everything together. Serve hot over steamed rice.
Notes
Easy Ground Turkey Cooking Notes / Tips:
- If you don’t add the splash of dry white wine, replace it with a splash more of broth (chicken broth or vegetable broth).
- If you don’t have fresh diced tomato, use a can of drained diced tomatoes.
- I recommend staying in the range of 85% to 90% lean ground turkey, which keeps the fat between 10% and 15% percent. This makes for a juicier, tastier ground turkey dish.
- If you are using leaner, 93% to 99% percent meat (under 10% fat) then:
- drizzle in 2 to 3 extra tbsp of fruity olive oil right before covering
- or toss in 2 tbsp or so of butter
- stir in whichever you are using, bring to a simmer, and cover to help build up a juicer, more moist finish for the leaner ground turkey.
- Remember to simmer on low for a moist ground turkey dinner.
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When do you put the chicken broth in? It doesn’t say anywhere in the recipe. I’ve made it multiple times. I love it by the way and I’ve just kind of guessed on my end, but I’d like to know the proper way
Hi Tabor!
Thanks for your question, you can splash in the dry wine/chicken stock in after you’ve added in:
>> the vegetables, >> browned the meat, and >> sprinkled in the spices (dashes of paprika, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder and pinches of salt and ground pepper to taste).
When you finish those steps, >> splash in the wine/stock at the same point you’re getting ready to add soy sauce and Worcestershire.
Give these a stir and bring to the usual low simmer, then cover and cook.
I’m about to update this recipe today, so hopefully my new and improved post for this will help, stay tuned, and thanks for using this recipe!!!