This easy Ground Turkey Stir Fry Recipe with teriyaki sauce is one of our favorite, go-to meals to serve my family. It's pretty darn healthy and the kids love it! This quick dinner recipe is ready in under 30 minutes and is also great leftover!
This ground turkey teriyaki stir fry 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.
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Why you'll love this ground turkey dinner idea
This Ground Turkey Teriyaki Stir Fry is SO easy and, luckily, the kids love it.
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.
This is one of those awesome dinner recipes that you can tailor to your family's preferences. You can really load it up with a bunch of types of veggies or use family favorites as I've done here.
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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 its thing.
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.
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!
Ingredients
- ground turkey
- shredded carrots
- shaved Brussels sprouts
- onions, diced
- edamame
- teriyaki sauce
- for serving: rice, lettuce, cauliflower rice
The base for this recipe is 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!
For this ground turkey dinner recipe, I also use a variety of vegetables. Onions are a great, classic ingredient that adds a layer of flavor that enhances just about any dish.
Fresh, shredded carrots and shaved Brussels Sprouts help to bulk it up. 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.
And the edamame also have protein so they are a great addition. And my kids LOVE the flavor.
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 braised with apple juice.
I like to use store-bought teriyaki sauce to keep things super simple. It's one of my favorite dinner shortcuts.
How to Make Teriyaki Ground Turkey Stir Fry
- In a large non-stick skillet, add olive oil and frozen onions and saute until translucent.
- Add ground turkey and brown, cooking thoroughly.
- Add carrots, edamame, Brussels sprouts and water.
- Cover and let veggies steam until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the lid and let the excess water cook off.
- Add teriyaki sauce and mix well.
- Cook for 2 minutes to let the sauce warm through and marry with the turkey and vegetables.
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.
The teriyaki ground turkey makes this meal super kid-friendly! I haven't met a kid yet who doesn't love teriyaki!
How to Serve
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!
Or you can serve it as lettuce wraps. If you do this, consider also adding water chestnuts. They're found in the Asian food aisle in a small can. They add the most amazing crunch without changing any flavor.
Tips
I keep frozen, chopped onions on hand, which help me to layer flavors and also ensure I don't have to pull out a cutting board to chop them myself.
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.
You can swap in or out any veggies your family doesn't like. Zucchini would be delicious in this. As would bok choi or broccoli.
Don't love ground turkey? You can make this with ground chicken, ground pork, ground beef or a meat alternative.
Skip the teriyaki sauce and just serve with soy sauce.
Why this is a great dinner idea for families
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.
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.
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 recipe is quick to put together and everyone loves it! That's a mom win. And usually there's leftovers for me to eat for lunch the next day. And my youngest used to take some for lunch to school with him too.
Why Foster Farms
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!
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Teriyaki Ground Turkey Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
- 1 tablespoon frozen chopped onion or ¼ - ½ small fresh white onion, chopped
- 1 lb Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
- 10 oz shredded carrots
- 12 oz frozen shelled edamame
- 1 cup shaved Brussels sprouts
- ½ cup water
- ¾ cup teriyaki sauce
Instructions
- In a large non-stick skillet, add the oil and frozen onions and saute until translucent.
- Add ground turkey and brown, cooking thoroughly.
- Add carrots, edamame, Brussels sprouts and water.
- Cover and let veggies steam until crisp tender, about 5 minutes.
- Remove lid and let the excess water cook off.
- Add teriyaki sauce and mix well.
- Cook for 2 minutes to let the sauce warm through and marry with the turkey and vegetables.
- Serve over rice, riced cauliflower or as lettuce wraps.
techlazy.com says
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!
AmyBI says
I am shopping for this tomorrow and making next week. Thank you!
Sharon Garofalow says
Do it! You won't be disappointed!