Easy Family Night Ground Turkey Spaghetti
This simple ground turkey spaghetti is simmered up in a delicious sauce studded with mushrooms and served over spaghetti for a crowd pleasing weeknight dinner that won't last long on the plate...
Equipment
4 qt pan, cutting board, knife, pot for boiling pasta, strainer
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground turkey - (I used 93% lean)
- 1 8oz Package of Mushrooms - Baby Bella or White
- 1 28 oz Petite diced tomato
- 1 each Yellow Onion & Bell Pepper - diced
- 3 big cloves Fresh Garlic - minced
- 2 tbsp Good Fruity Olive Oil
- 1/2 tbsp Unsalted Butter
- 1 tsp Coarse Sea Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper
- 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp each of Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Paprika
- 1 cup Fresh spinach leaves - rough chopped for stirring in at the end
- 1 box thin spaghetti noodles - cooked and strained
Instructions
- In a wide 4qt pan over medium/high heat, heat olive oil until hot and glossy and toss in diced bell pepper and onion. Season with a light pinch of sea salt and ground pepper when they hit the pan. Stir and sweat them in the pan until softened and fragrant, about 5 minutes or so. Now toss in minced garlic and give it a stir.
- Add the ground turkey and brown it in the pan with the other ingredients. As the ground turkey is browning add in the paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt, and fresh ground pepper. Continue to brown the ground turkey breaking it up evenly with a wooden spoon.
- Once the turkey is finished browning, add the can of diced tomatoes to the now seasoned, browned ground turkey. Now add in soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, dash of butter and sugar. Give everything a stir to combine. Bring everything to a simmer and then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer on low for 35 minutes.
- While the ground turkey simmers, take mushrooms and brown them in a pan over high heat with a little olive oil, butter, salt and pepper. Cook in the pan on medium/high heat until they start to release their juices and get golden and begin to brown and carmelize with the butter. About 10 or 15 minutes. Set aside. Note: Be sure not to slice mushrooms but rather quarter them into small chunks. They hold up better in the sauce and during cooking.
- Once the ground turkey sauce is done simmering uncover it, taste it for seasonings and adjust it if needed. Now add the browned mushrooms to the sauce and give it a stir. Optional: Leave halfway uncovered and reduce it for another 10 or 15 minutes to thicken it. It will make a chunkier sauce and the flavors will intensify and become richer. It's a little extra step that makes a delicious difference!
- Once finished, add in the roughly chopped spinach, stir it in and serve over freshly cooked thin spaghetti pasta. Serve with a sliced baguette and top with fresh ground parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 419kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 28gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 573mgPotassium: 448mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 519IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 2mg
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