Ground Turkey & Rice

Submitted by Bobbie Cat

"My family was tired of the usual Chicken & Rice dish that I make so I came up with this one dish meal that's easy to throw together. They like this more than the Chicken & Rice. If you like more rice you can increase it by another 1/2 cup. You could even experiment using other vegetables i.e., frozen corn niblets, peas, green beans, etc."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed (optional)
• 1⁄8 - 1⁄4 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt
• 1 cup regular long grain rice
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 2 small carrots, diced
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 (13 3/4 ounce) can chicken broth
• vegetable oil cooking spray

directions

1. Sprinkle the seasoned salt and (if using) fennel seed over the ground turkey. Mix well.
2. Spray large skillet with vegetable spray and place turkey mixture in pan. Over medium-high heat cook and stir Turkey until browned; drain well. While the Turkey is draining add the vegetables to the hot pan and saute for about 5 minutes. Add the Turkey back into the pan and mix. Sprinkle rice over mixture and pour in Chicken broth. When broth comes to a boil reduce heat, cover and simmer for approx 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally until liquid is absorbed. When the rice is cooked if there is still too much liquid in the pan remove cover, increase the heat and continue cooking until all liquid is absorbed.

Reviews

[kendallinsd]

I have made this recipe many times, and my whole family (including one picky eater) love it. I add some Mrs. Dash seasoning and put that and the seasoned salt on the the veggies and turkey (which I brown and saute together to save time.) If you have a guest who dislikes black licorice, you can omit the fennel seeds (since they have a strong anise/licorice flavor). I saute 5-8 diced carrots and 4-6 diced celery stalks and use about 2/3 cup rice (so my picky eater will eat LOTS of veggies and not so much rice), and the recipe still works out great. Putting all the uncooked veggies into the pan with the uncooked turkey also adds flavor to the browning turkey, and helps break up the turkey into chunks. We love this recipe!

 

[Dorothy H.]

I really love the simplicity and how very healthy this dish is. I'm trying to get my son to eat healthier and I thought this would work. He still wouldn't try it because of the vegetables and everything being mixed together, but I will keep making it, because we adults like it! I did do it differently, instead of cooking everything in one pot, I made the rice in the rice cooker separately, with the broth as base. My worry was things coming out too mushy. Instead of ground turkey, I used turkey breast cutlets and chopped those up. Then I sauteed the celery and onions, and added frozen mixed at the end with remaining broth. After everything was cooked I through it all in together and reheated slightly. It's really only one step away from being a healthy fried rice, actually, using only olive oil spray. Turned out great! Five stars!

 

[Jonathan Melendez]

I'm a rice fiend and so I'm always looking for new recipes that have rice in it. This one did not disappoint! It was so good and super comforting. I highly recommend it!

 

[Cooking in Cali]

My family DH & 8 year old LOVE this recipe so much it's apart of our weekly menu! Sometimes I use ground beef, but the turkey tastes better. I didn't have fennel seed to add once and it still tastes GREAT.

 

[sroney52]

I just made this fantastic, tasty dish. It's fast, easy and easy cleaning?? Just a pleasing dish sprinkled with broccoli florets.