Description
A comforting and quick weeknight dish featuring lean ground turkey, tender potatoes, fresh spring peas, and aromatic spices simmered together in a savory tomato sauce. This hearty skillet meal is simple to prepare and perfect served over rice.
Ingredients
Scale
Produce
- 1 medium tomato
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- 4 medium scallions, chopped
- 1 cup fresh peas
- 1 large potato, peeled and diced into 1/2 inch cubes
Meat
- 20 oz 93% lean ground turkey
Pantry
- 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp cumin (or to taste)
- 1 tsp kosher salt (plus more to taste)
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Prepare the fresh ingredients: Using a mini food processor or a knife, finely chop the tomato, garlic, and cilantro until well mixed and finely minced.
- Brown the ground turkey: Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the ground turkey, and cook until browned and cooked through, breaking it up with a spatula. Season with kosher salt and cumin to taste during cooking.
- Add vegetables and liquids: To the browned turkey, add the chopped scallions, the tomato, garlic, and cilantro mixture, fresh peas, diced potatoes, canned tomato sauce, water, additional cumin, kosher salt, and the bay leaf.
- Simmer the mixture: Cover the skillet with a lid and reduce the heat to medium-low. Let the mixture simmer gently for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking and promote even cooking. Add more water if the mixture looks too dry.
- Finish and serve: Once the potatoes are tender and cooked through, remove the bay leaf. Serve hot over cooked rice if desired for a complete meal.
Notes
- Spring peas, ground turkey, cumin, cilantro, and potatoes combine to create a quick and flavorful weeknight dinner.
- Add more water as needed during simmering to avoid dryness or burning.
- Serve over rice or your favorite grain to make it a more filling dish.
- Adjust salt and cumin to suit your personal taste preferences.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 209
- Sugar: 1.5 g
- Sodium: 332 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 3.5 g
- Protein: 21 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg
