Everything to do with a pound of ground turkey — sloppy joes, turkey meatballs, stuffed peppers, Korean rice bowls — for busy weeknights at home.
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A cheeseburger, if you will - but more on the lean side. Turkey meat is a great substitute for beef when you want to cut back on the cholesterol, fat, and calories. Trust me when I say you won’t be missing it after you make these delicious, tangy, mediterranean turkey burgers.
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Open in Pepper →Ground turkey is lean, cheap, and cooks in about ten minutes, but it needs help. Onion, garlic, a little fat in the pan, and a sauce with some backbone turn it from plain to something your family asks for again.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on the nights the freezer has one pound of turkey in it and nobody has decided what dinner is yet.
Every recipe here starts with that pound: Ground Turkey Sloppy Joes, Turkey Meatballs, Mediterranean Turkey Burgers, Korean Ground Turkey & Rice Bowls, Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers, and skillets with zucchini or sweet potato.
Add fat to the pan
Ground turkey has little fat of its own, so heat 1 to 2 tablespoons of olive oil before the meat goes in to keep it from sticking and drying out.
Leave it alone to brown
Press the turkey flat and let it sit 3 to 4 minutes before stirring so you get browned edges instead of gray crumbles.
Keep burgers and meatballs moist
Mix in an egg and something soft like diced mushrooms or finely chopped onion; handle the mix lightly and stop once it just comes together.
Cook to 165 degrees
Check the thickest spot with a thermometer and pull it at 165°F, usually 8 to 10 minutes for burgers and about 20 minutes for baked meatballs.