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Easy Teriyaki Ground Turkey Stir Fry Recipe for Quick Meals

October 11, 2018 By Sharon Garofalow 3 Comments

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Quick meals are a necessity in our household. Not only are we running to and from activities, but my work hours don’t often fall when the kids are in school. This Easy Teriyaki Ground Turkey Stir Fry Recipe is one of our favorite go-to meals. It’s pretty darn healthy and the kids love it! I’m partnering with Foster Farms to share this fast, easy recipe for you to make for your family too. White table with a wood tray and ground turkey stir fry in a bowl.

This post was sponsored by Foster Farms. Thank you for supporting the brands that allow me to run a small business and help make life a little easier for you and yours. 

Easy weeknight dinners usually mean popping something premade in the oven and ignoring it. While that is helpful because I don’t have to be so hands-on, I know those types of meals are full of preservatives and sodium.

Instead, I look for or create recipes that utilize items that are fresh but versatile (or forgiving, which means they stand up to overcooking if I get distracted…) and come pre-cut. This Teriyaki Ground Turkey Stir Fry is SO easy and, luckily, the kids love it.  
The ingredients to make a ground turkey stir fry including foster farms ground turkey.

How to Make Teriyaki Ground Turkey Stir Fry

This easy recipe for teriyaki ground turkey stirfry uses just a few ingredients, most of them fresh, and can be made even more “clean” by making your own teriyaki sauce. For the days when I’m extra pressed for time, I use a bottled version.

This is one of those awesome recipes that you can tailor make to your families preferences. You can really load it up with a bunch of types of veggies or use family favorites as I’ve done here.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp Olive Oil

  • 1 TBSP frozen chopped onion (or 1/4 – 1/2 small fresh white onion, chopped)

  • 1 package 1 lb Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey

  • 1 package 10 oz bag shredded carrots

  • 1 package 12 oz bag frozen shelled edamame

  • 1 cup shaved Brussels sprouts

  • 1/2 cup water

  • 3/4 cup teriyaki sauce

The base for this recipe is the ground turkey. Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey is nutritious and a lean source of protein. It’s 100 % natural with no added hormones or steroids. Which is awesome!

As busy moms, we have so many different things to focus on. It’s nice to know that Foster Farms is making sure that I can serve my family a healthy meal, fast. I plan on adding many more easy ground turkey recipes to my menu plan.

For this ground turkey dinner recipe, I also used fresh, shredded carrots and shaved Brussels Sprouts. I recently found out that Brussels Sprouts, with a little soy sauce, taste a lot like bok choy or cabbage which are flavors my kids like.

I decided to add them to this recipe since I’m always looking for ways to include more veggies and I’m hoping it will help both kids learn to like the flavor more so I can serve Brussels Sprouts more ways. So far they only like them roasted with bacon and maple syrup – not so healthy.

Bowl of frozen edamame for recipe with ground turkey

Time Saving Tips

One of the ways that this meal is able to come together so quickly is the veggies I choose. While I always try to use local, fresh ingredients when I can, frozen edamame are a favorite of the kids, cook up quickly and are also full of protein.

I also keep frozen, chopped onions on hand, that help me to layer flavors. Keeping those two things in the freezer means that I can have a flavorful, healthy meal on the table faster.

If you want to take the time to make your own teriyaki sauce, you totally can. It’s a great way to control how much sugar you’re consuming. But for busy weeknights, sometimes you just have to grab a pre-made bottle. 

And you would never ever ever catch me grating carrots or shaving Brussels sprouts. Ain’t no one got time for that. Buy them prepped for you.

Ground turkey, edamame, shredded carrots and green onions in a pan for a teriyaki ground turkey stir fry.

Instructions:

  1. In a large non-stick skillet, add the oil and frozen onions and saute until translucent.
  2. Add ground turkey and brown, cooking thoroughly.
  3. Add carrots, edamame, Brussels sprouts and water.
  4. Cover and let veggies steam until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
  5. Remove lid and let the excess water cook off.
  6. Add teriyaki sauce and mix well.
  7. Cook for 2 minutes to let the sauce warm through and marry with the turkey and vegetables.
  8. Serve over rice, riced cauliflower or as lettuce wraps (don’t forget the water chestnuts!)

One of the reasons I love this recipe is that it is pretty much hands off. Once you get everything in the pan, you can just walk away and it does it’s thing. The sauce gets warmed through, thickens up a little and adds that sweet teriyaki flavor to all the ingredients.

Boom. I love quick meals!Small white bowl of a teriyaki ground turkey stir fry recipe for a family dinner.This ground turkey stir fry can be made in under 30 minutes! We make this so often I don’t even need to look at a recipe anymore. To keep things interesting for the kids I swap out the types of veggies I use from time to time.
White bowl of riced cauliflower on a wood tray next to a bowl of ground turkey teriyaki stir fry for dinner.We eat this easy stir fry in a variety of ways. Often we eat it over rice (or brown rice if I can sneak it in) and sometimes we try riced cauliflower. That isn’t a favorite for the kids yet but I love it that way. And don’t even think about steaming your own rice. Microwave that ish, yo.

Riced cauliflower is a great way to add in another veggie! The teriyaki ground turkey makes this meal super kid friendly! I haven’t met a kid yet that doesn’t love teriyaki! Small bowl of teriyaki ground turkey stir fry recipe served over riced cauliflower.I love that this ground turkey dinner recipe makes plenty to feed our family and we end up with leftovers too. Since my kids don’t love sandwiches, they often take this in their school lunches.

While it’s delicious served hot as a quick, easy dinner recipe, this ground turkey teriyaki stir fry is also really great cold for lunch! So versatile! 
Wooden tray with plate of lettuce leaves next to a bowl for a ground turkey dinner recipe.Once in a while, we really shake things up and turn this recipe into filling for lettuce wraps. We grab some lettuce leaves and water chestnuts (they add the most amazing crunch) and wrap away.

Even my youngest, who doesn’t love lettuce, likes these. This is usually how I eat the leftovers, because, yum.
A lettuce leaf with teriyaki ground turkey stir fry next to a wood tray with the rest of dinner.Feeding your family can be hard. Coming up with a meal plan each week, that they’ll enjoy and is also healthy, is a daunting task. I always want to make good food choices and serve my family something healthy but sometimes I feel like my schedule makes that extra difficult.

I’ve been really taking a look at our diet over the last month and know that making small changes is the best way (at least for me) to create new habits.Close up of Foster Farms Ground Turkey packaging for a ground turkey stir fry recipe.Locally grown in California’s Central Valley, Foster Farms Organic Ground turkey is raised free-range, on organic land, and fed an organic, vegetarian diet. And no antibiotics. Ever.

I know that if my #TurkeyTuesday meal starts off with this lean protein, at least one meal that week will be something I feel really good about and push me to feed my family better the rest of the week.

Head to the Foster Farms website to learn even more about the only California grown organic turkey. And give this ground turkey stir fry recipe a try this week!

Easy Teriyaki Turkey Stirfry Recipe

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Yield: 4

Teriyaki Ground Turkey Stir Fry

Small white bowl of a teriyaki ground turkey stir fry recipe for a family dinner.

This is one of our go-to weeknight dinner recipes! It's fast and easy and the kids love it! 

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp Olive Oil
  • 1 TBSP frozen chopped onion (or 1/4 - 1/2 small fresh white onion, chopped)
  • 1 package 1 lb Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
  • 1 package 10 oz bag shredded carrots
  • 1 package 12 oz bag frozen shelled edamame
  • 1 cup shaved Brussels sprouts
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3/4 cup teriyaki sauce

Instructions

  1. In a large non-stick skillet, add the oil and frozen onions and saute until translucent.
  2. Add ground turkey and brown, cooking thoroughly.
  3. Add carrots, edamame, Brussels sprouts and water.
  4. Cover and let veggies steam until crisp tender, about 5 minutes.
  5. Remove lid and let the excess water cook off.
  6. Add teriyaki sauce and mix well.
  7. Cook for 2 minutes to let the sauce warm through and marry with the turkey and vegetables.
  8. Serve over rice, riced cauliflower or as lettuce wraps (don't forget the water chestnuts!)

Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

4 Servings

Amount Per Serving Calories 395Total Fat 22gSaturated Fat 6gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 120mgSodium 2186mgCarbohydrates 15gFiber 3gSugar 10gProtein 35g

Nutrition information isn't always accurate.

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© Sharon Garofalow
Cuisine: American / Category: Main Course

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What ground turkey recipes do you make? Leave a comment below! 

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This delicious ground turkey sitr fry is one of our go-to weeknight meals. The kids love it and it’s packed with veggies! Add this to your meal plan right now! 

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About Sharon Garofalow

Sharon lives in Southern California with her adorable family. She loves to share ideas to make mom life easier and encourage busy gals to make time for themselves too! Sharon's "me" time often includes watching Hallmark Channel movies, sipping sauvignon blanc, trying not to eat Salt and Pepper potato chips, and planning girlfriend getaways.

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Comments

  1. techlazy.com says

    May 5, 2017 at 2:11 am

    I’ve been a meatball love my whole life! I’ll take ’em any way I can get them, and I love this simple, turkey version — classic with a twist!

    Reply
  2. AmyBI says

    October 13, 2016 at 2:04 pm

    I am shopping for this tomorrow and making next week. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Sharon Garofalow says

      October 14, 2016 at 5:30 pm

      Do it! You won’t be disappointed!

      Reply

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