Asian Style Turkey Noodles

Asian Style Turkey Noodles - Ground turkey lightens up this typically heavy Asian beef dish.

You guys! I know. The title.  It's awful.  I swear I spent a good amount of time trying to name this dish.  I was stuck.  I don't know enough about Asian cuisine to be comfortable with sub categories.  I mean, I am a total expert on eating Asian food.  I just don't know exactly what makes something a "Hunan" dish or a "Szechuan" dish, so I decided to stick with the less than appealing name of Asian Style Turkey Noodles.  Sorry.

What I am not sorry about is how this dish tastes.  Not one bit.

We order takeout from a local Chinese restaurant all the time.  It's my ultimate favorite take out.  It's just not so healthy all the time.

Now, don't get me wrong.  I am certainly not claiming this dish to be healthy but since I used lean ground turkey instead of beef, I figure that cuts a lot of the fat and calories out.  So I can call it lighter.  Yes I can.  It's my dish and if I say I can, then I can (said in the whiniest voice ever).

I needed something to serve with these noodles so I tried a quick, shortcut cream cheese wonton.  If you want to try something like that, all I did was scoop a little chive and onion cream cheese into the center of a wonton, fold it up and plop it in some canola oil for a few minutes.  Nothing fancy but tasty, for sure.

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Asian Style Turkey Noodles

Christine

Lean ground turkey lightens up this typically heavy Asian beef dish.

4.15 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Cuisine Asian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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• 1 lb lean ground turkey
• 1 T olive oil
• 1 sweet onion diced
• 2 stalks celery diced
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 C beef broth
• 2 T cornstarch
• ¼ C hoisin sauce
• 2 T soy sauce
• 9 oz refrigerated Chinese noodles
• 2 green onions chopped

Instructions

 

• Heat 1 T oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Add turkey and cook until no longer pink. Remove turkey from pan and set aside.
• Prepare noodles according to package.
• Return pan to medium/high heat. If pan seems dry, add another T oil. Add onion and celery, cook just until beginning to soften, about 4 minutes. Add in the garlic, ginger paste, red pepper and cook another minute.
• In a bowl whisk together the broth and cornstarch and add it to pan.
• Stir in hoisin and soy sauce, cook 2-3 minutes, add ground turkey back to mixture.
• Add noodles to mixture and toss well with tongs to incorporate.
• Garnish with green onions before serving.

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