Teriyaki Turkey with Jasmine Rice

Recently I have been eating a lot of ground turkey instead of hamburger meat. It is a little leaner and I really like the taste. This recipe is great since the majority of the ingredients I already have on hand in the pantry. I only needed to buy the turkey and green onions! It is also really quick and easy to make with minimal cleanup (so that is a major plus in my opinion).

Ingredients:

1 cup Jasmine rice

For turkey mixture
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 small onion (diced)
2 minced cloves of garlic
ground turkey (1 package = roughly 1 pound)

For sauce mixture
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
4 cloves garlic (minced) to mix with sauce
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water

Added vegetables
1 head of broccoli chopped
1 bag of baby carrots chopped (i just put them in the food processor)
1/4 cup water

Garnish
2 green onions diced (green part only)

Directions:
1. Follow directions on package and cook 1 cup of jasmine rice
2. Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat and add sesame oil.
3. Add diced onion and cook about 6 minutes.
4. In a small saucepan mix together soy sauce, water, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, granulated sugar, garlic and ground ginger on medium heat
5. In a small bowl mix together cornstarch and water until thickened
6. While stirring sauce,  slowly add in cornstarch mixture and stir frequently until sauce is thickened (you can add water if it becomes too thick)
7. Add minced garlic and ground turkey to diced onion in saucepan and stir frequently until mostly browned.

8. Add broccoli, carrots and 1/4 cup water to a microwaveable bowl with microwave lid and cook on high for two minutes.
9. Add vegetables to turkey mixture and stir for about 5 minutes so meat is completely browned.

10. Mix in sauce with turkey mixture.

11. Spoon over cooked rice.
12. Garnish with green onions and serve.

I think you could also add some peas or green beans if you have those on hand!

Thanks,
Kristin