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    Main Course / Meals » One Pot Meal » One Pot Turkey and Rice Bowl

    March 24, 2015 All Recipes

    One Pot Turkey and Rice Bowl

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    One Pot Turkey and Rice Bowl – A great choice for a busy night.  A complete meal in a bowl with lean ground turkey, spinach, black eyed peas and rice with just enough heat.

    Yum

    One Pot Turkey and Rice Bowl

    When I meal plan for the week, I only plan on 5 meals.  I know we will order out at least one night (usually Saturday night) and something else will come up another night where I’ll just be stuck throwing something together.  Usually a Friday night ends up being my “what? it’s 7 PM and I haven’t cooked dinner yet” kind of night.

    Last Friday night was one of those nights.  I looked in the fridge and saw some ground turkey I had to use up.  I figured at first I’d brown it and toss it with some pasta but when I opened my cabinet, I was met with about 12 boxes of pasta……all with about 1/4 of a box left (how the heck does this happen, all the time).  Pasta was out and I really didn’t feel like cooking so I remembered this recipe called Turkey Robinson on The Food Network.  It was a very simple meal of ground turkey, spinach and cannellini beans over rice and I looked at it and decided I could work with that.

    One Pot Tukey and Rice Bowl

    One Pot Meals Are The Best Aren’t They?

    As I mentioned, I didn’t feel like cooking and I definitely didn’t feel like cleaning a bunch of pans so I was turning this into a one pot meal, for sure!  Plus, it gave me one more reason to use my shiny new non stick sauté pan, I told you guys about last week!  I’m still in love with it by the way.

    I was nervous to figure out the ratio of liquid to rice to get it to cook properly.  I know normally it’s a 2:1 ratio but since there were other ingredients that might absorb the liquid, I actually went to a 3:1 ratio and it worked out well.

    Here’s How To Cook It

    This dish is easy, brown the turkey, add rice to the pan with some vegetable or chicken broth (more flavor than water but you CAN use water if you want) and pop a lid on and cook for 20 minutes.  After 20 minutes I added a can of black eyed peas and a few cups of fresh spinach, popped the cover back on and let it cook another 5-10 minutes.  The only seasonings I added were salt, pepper and crushed red pepper flakes.  I went a bit heavy on the crushed red pepper because I like the heat but you really need to adjust that to your own liking.  If heat isn’t your thing, or you think it’s too much for your kids, just skip it.

     

    One Pot Turkey and Rice Bowl  

    This meal ended up being so much better than I imagined it would be.  I thought it would be one of those things I make once and move on, but it’s definitely being moved into the monthly rotation of easy weeknight meals. Tell me, what quick “go to” meals do you make on busy nights?  

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    5 from 3 votes
    One Pot Turkey and Rice Bowl
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    One Pot Turkey and Rice Bowl
    Author: Christine
    Ingredients
    • 1 T olive oil
    • 1 lb ground turkey
    • 1 C white rice
    • 3 C vegetable broth or chicken
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1/4 tsp black pepper
    • 1/8-1/2 tsp crushed red pepper adjust to your preference
    • 4 oz spinach fresh
    • 15 oz black eye peas canned,drained
    Instructions
    1. Heat oil in a large, non stick skillet, over medium/high heat. Add turkey and brown, breaking it up as it cooks (approximately 5 minutes). Season with salt, pepper and crushed red pepper. Add rice and broth, stir. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
    2. After 20 minutes, add spinach and black eyed peas, stir. Re-cover and cook an additional 5-10 minutes until rice is tender and spinach is wilted.
    3. Serve in bowls while hot.
    Recipe Notes

    Adapted from Food Network

     

    Categories: All Recipes Tags: 30 minute meal, easy weeknight meal, one pot meal, turkey

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says

      March 24, 2015 at 6:56 pm

      5 stars
      This looks terrific…I am definitely trying your recipe out! I’m always in need of easy recipes!

      Reply
    2. peter @feedyoursoultoo says

      October 09, 2015 at 3:36 pm

      Love that this can be made in one pot. Makes clean up so much easier. 🙂

      Reply
    3. KC the Kitchen Chopper says

      October 10, 2015 at 11:10 am

      I love so much about this dish…where do I begin? BE Peas, Lean protein, Greens, grains. YUM!

      Reply
    4. Elena says

      October 11, 2015 at 4:25 pm

      I love one pot meals!

      Reply
    5. Jessica says

      October 11, 2015 at 5:40 pm

      Our family loves one-pot meals!!! This looks fabulous.

      Reply
      • foodyschmoody says

        October 11, 2015 at 6:41 pm

        Thanks, us too – just so easy!

        Reply
    6. Divya Prakash says

      October 11, 2015 at 5:53 pm

      I love one pot meals and yes, this looks like a complete meal in a bowl!

      Reply
      • foodyschmoody says

        October 11, 2015 at 6:41 pm

        Thanks Divya

        Reply
    7. Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says

      October 11, 2015 at 8:35 pm

      5 stars
      What a delicious one pot family-friendly dish!

      Reply
    8. Heather says

      October 11, 2015 at 8:46 pm

      I love one pot meals – just so much easier right?

      This looks delicious – my husband would gobble it up!

      Reply
    9. Sandi Gaertner (@sandigtweets) says

      October 11, 2015 at 9:49 pm

      Fabulous dish. I love that it is gluten free 🙂

      Reply
    10. Catherine says

      October 11, 2015 at 11:32 pm

      Dear Christine, this sounds so comforting…what a delicious and easy meal! Perfect for busy week nights. xo, Catherine

      Reply
    11. ijhouston says

      April 25, 2016 at 10:45 pm

      5 stars
      Thanks for this, absolutely delicious and so easy! I used my wok since it’s my only skillet with a lid. Followed the recipe pretty much exact, only added 1 shallot & some minced garlic when cooking the turkey, and black beans instead of black eyed peas since it’s all I had. Turned out perfect! Creamy almost like a risotto! I have a feeling I’ll be making this often

      Reply
      • foodyschmoody says

        April 26, 2016 at 6:12 am

        I used to make it with black beans too! The only reason I switched it up to black eyed peas was because I was sick of black beans, lol. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it!

        Reply

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