Healthy Turkey and Vegetable Stir Fry

Healthy Ground Turkey Stir-Fry — 🥕🥦🧡 An EASY, flavorful, FLEXIBLE stir fry that takes advantage of lean protein and your favorite veggies that you have in your produce drawer! Ready in 25 minutes and perfect for meal-prepping!

Easy, Healthy Stir-Fry Recipe

If you’re looking for a new dinner or meal prep recipe that is ready in 25 minutes, easy, and made in one skillet, look no further than this ground turkey stir fry.

It’s made with ground turkey, which I feel takes a backseat in the limelight department to ground chicken, although you can use ground chicken here. 

It’s healthy, full of flavor from the soy and chili garlic sauces, and has plenty of hearty crisp-tender veggies in every bite. 

Even better, it’s such a flexible recipe that you can adapt based on what you have on hand and what you enjoy. Whether you order a stir fry from a healthy delivery service or cook on your own, it’s definitely worth trying.

Ingredients in This Ground Turkey Stir-Fry

I made this stir fry ground turkey at a time last spring when we were all scrambling to the grocery stores looking for anything useful that was still on the store shelves.

This recipe was born from what I could find at the store in combination with what I had in my produce drawer.

Here’s an overview of what I used:

• Olive oil
• Sesame oil
• Ground turkey – Feel free to substitute ground chicken, ground beef, or ground pork sausage
• Onion – Use either yellow or white onion
• Orange and yellow bell peppers – Use green or poblano peppers for a bit more heat
• Carrots
• Soy sauce – Substitute tamari or coconut aminos to keep this recipe gluten-free
• Chili garlic sauce
• Zucchini
• Broccoli 

Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.

How to Make Ground Turkey Stir-Fry

Like all good stir-fries, this recipe is incredibly easy to prepare! Here’s a broad overview of how this ground turkey dinner idea comes together: 

1. Add the onion and oils to a high-sided, large skillet or wok, and sauté over medium-high heat just until softened.
2. Add the ground turkey, carrots, and peppers, and continue cooking until the veggies are crisp-tender.
3. Add the soy sauce and chili garlic sauce, and stir to incorporate and create a stir fry sauce.
4. Add the zucchini and broccoli, stir to combine, and cover the skillet with a lid to encourage the broccoli to steam.
5. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately over Basmati or Jasmine rice.

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Healthy Ground Turkey Stir Fry

By Averie Sunshine

🥕🥦🧡 An EASY, flavorful, FLEXIBLE stir fry that takes advantage of lean protein and your favorite veggies that you have in your produce drawer! Ready in 25 minutes and perfect for meal-prepping!

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 14 minutes minutes

Total Time: 24 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 servings

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Equipment

• 1 large high-sided skillet

Ingredients 

• ▢ 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more if necessary
• ▢ 1 to 2 tablespoons sesame oil, or as desired
• ▢ 1 large sweet Vidalia onion, diced small
• ▢ 1 pound ground turkey, ground chicken, ground pork sausage, or ground beef may be substituted
• ▢ 1 orange bell pepper, seeded and diced small
• ▢ 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced small
• ▢ 1 ½ cups baby carrots, halved
• ▢ ⅓ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce, or as desired
• ▢ 1 to 2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce, or as desired (start with 1 teaspoon if you’re sensitive to heat and work up from there)
• ▢ 1 large zucchini, diced into bite-sized piece
• ▢ 1 broccoli crown, diced into bite-sized florets
• ▢ kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

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Instructions 

• To a large and high-sided skillet, add the oils, onion, and saute over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes, or until onion is beginning to soften; stir frequently.
• Add the turkey, peppers, carrots, and cook over medium-high heat for about 7 minutes, or until turkey is cooked through and vegetables are crisp-tender. Crumble and stir the turkey as it cooks to ensure even cooking.
• Add the soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, and stir to incorporate evenly.
• Add the zucchini, broccoli, stir to combine, and cover the skillet with a lid to encourage the broccoli to steam. Cook for about 3 minutes, or until broccoli is as tender as desired.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.

Notes

Storage: Recipe will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 233kcal, Carbohydrates: 13g, Protein: 22g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 0.01g, Cholesterol: 42mg, Sodium: 747mg, Potassium: 736mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 5131IU, Vitamin C: 148mg, Calcium: 68mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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