Ground Turkey Recipes Rachael Ray Food

GREAT GOULASH: GROUND TURKEY PAPRIKASH AND MACARONI

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to boil for pasta. When it comes to a boil, add pasta and salt to season the cooking water. Cook pasta 6 minutes to al dente.
• While water comes to a boil and pasta cooks, heat a deep skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil then butter then ground meat. Break up meat and crumble, 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic, onions, red bell peppers and seasonings to the turkey. Cook 5 or 6 minutes then add chicken stock and sour cream to the pan. Bring to a bubble and reduce heat to low. Add cooked pasta and stir. Let pasta absorb some sauce, a minute or so. Adjust seasonings and serve. Garnish the prepared dish with chopped parsley and dill.

NUTTY TURKEY LOAF WITH CRACKED CRANBERRY AND ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the cranberries in pot with the sugar, orange peel and juice and 1/2 to 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat a bit and let it bubble away until the cranberries burst and form a sauce; remove the orange peels. Let cool to room temperature or chill.
• Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat and cook the celery, carrot and onion until very tender, 10 minutes. Add the sherry and cook to evaporate, then turn off the heat and let cool.
• Place the turkey in a bowl and season with the cloves, nutmeg and some salt and pepper. Moisten the breadcrumbs with the milk and squeeze off the excess, then add to the meat along with the egg. Add the hazelnuts, pine nuts, parsley, rosemary, thyme, sage and cooled vegetables and mix to combine. Form 4 miniature loaves and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Serve individual meatloaves with the cranberry sauce on the side.

SLOPPY TURKEY JOES

Steps:

• Have a GH (grown helper) place a big skillet over medium high heat for you. Use some kitchen scissors to cut the turkey package open. Add some extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan in a nice, slow stream. Have the GH add the ground turkey to the pan, in case it spatters. Break the turkey up with a big wooden spoon as it starts to cook. If anyone touches the raw turkey, they should go wash their hands.
• If you are a really good chopper, using a small, sharp knife chop up some red onion. Remember when you are chopping to keep the fingers that are not holding the knife all tucked in and curled under. Have a GH help you. You need half a red onion chopped up small. Pull the seeds and white membrane and the top out of a half red bell pepper and chop that up small too. Add the veggies to the cooking meat and stir it all together.
• Next, mix in a small bowl: grill seasoning blend, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce and the tomato sauce. This will make your special sauce. When all the ingredients are combined, pour the sauce evenly over the meat and stir everything together really well. Turn the heat down to simmer and cook the sloppy mixture for 10 minutes. Blow on a spoonful until cool and taste it to see if you need to adjust the seasoning.
• Have the GH help you serve. Place a bun bottom on a plate. Use a big ice cream scoop to get a pile of sloppy meat onto the bun. Put bun top in place and serve with vegetable sticks on the side and Cheese Fries.
• 1 sack frozen French fries, any brand or shape - crinkle cut, thin cut, steak cut, waffle fries - prepared to package directions
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 2 1/2 cups, (10-ounce) sack shredded yellow Cheddar
• 3 squirts ketchup, about 1/4 cup
• Have your GH (Grown Helper) put fries in oven on a cookie sheet. While fries are baking in the oven, have a GH place a sauce pot on the stove and heat it over medium heat. Add butter and melt it. Add the flour and stir. Cook butter and flour together for 1 minute or so. This is called "roux" (like Tiger and Roo with Pooh Bear) and it helps to thicken up sauces. Use a whisk to stir as the milk goes into the pot. Keep stirring until the milk gets thicker. Use a wooden spoon or heat-safe spatula to stir in the cheese. When all of the cheese melts, take the sauce off the heat and stir in 3 squirts of ketchup. This is your SECRET ingredient. When everyone asks what you put in your cheese sauce that makes it taste so good, just say milk and cheese, you can NEVER tell what secret ingredients you add! Tell your GH to keep the secret, too or they can never help you again!
• Pour the sauce over the fries or serve the sauce on the side if you like to dipping better.
• Yield: 4 to 6 servings
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 12 minutes
• Ease of preparation: easy

TURKEY AND CHORIZO CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the chorizo and brown. Add the turkey and break up with a potato masher, then season with some black pepper. When the turkey is browned, add in the corn.
• Place the reserved corncob in a small pot and add the stock and a little water to cover. Bring to a bubble and simmer.
• To the meat and corn, add the chipotle puree, stirring until fragrant. Add the cinnamon, garlic and onions, and partially cover to soften, 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Remove the cob from the corn stock, then add the stock and beans to the chili, and stir to combine. Cool and store the chili for a make-ahead meal.
• Reheat over medium heat, adding a little more stock or water if necessary.
• To serve, top with cilantro and the juice of a wedge of lime and some crushed corn chips.

TURKEY, MUSHROOM AND CORN MEXICAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• For the sauce: In a blender or food processor, combine the peppers with the stock, garlic, onions, cilantro and some salt and pepper, then puree. In a saucepot over medium heat, melt the butter, then whisk in the flour. Add the milk and cream and raise the heat a bit. Add the poblano puree and simmer to thicken and cook the sauce, 20 to 25 minutes.
• For the casserole: Heat the EVOO in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add the butter and melt into the oil. Brown the mushrooms, about 10 minutes. Then add the corn and shallots, and cook to lightly brown the corn and soften the shallots, about 5 minutes more. Add the turkey and stock and heat through.
• Char the tortillas over an open flame on a gas burner, or in dry skillet.
• Layer half the turkey, mushrooms and corn in a casserole dish, and top with half the sauce, cheese and a shingled layer of 3 tortillas. Top the tortillas with the remaining turkey, mushrooms and corn, tortillas, sauce and cheese. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal, or bake to serve. Bake at 400 degrees F from room temperature until heated through and brown and bubbly.

SICILIAN SPAGHETTI WITH CHERRY TOMATOES AND PISTACHIOS

Steps:

• Step 1Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the pasta.Step 2If the nuts aren't roasted, in a small skillet, cook the nuts over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Let cool. Finely chop the nuts. (Or place the nuts in a food processor and pulse a few times until finely chopped.)Step 3In a large deep skillet with a lid, heat the olive oil, about four turns of the pan, over medium. Add the tomatoes. Cover and cook, shaking the skillet often, until the tomatoes slump, 10 to 15 minutes; season with salt and pepper.Step 4On a work surface, chop or grate the garlic. To make the gremolata, pile the mint, parsley, and lemon zest on top of the garlic. Finely chop everything together until evenly incorporated.Step 5Salt the boiling water and add the pasta. Cook until 1 minute shy of the package directions. Reserve 1/2 cup of the cooking water and drain the pasta.Step 6Stir half the nuts, all the gremolata, and the chile paste into the tomatoes; season with salt. Add the pasta and about 1 cup cheese; toss, until evenly incorporated, about 1 minute. Add the cooking water if the pasta seems dry.Step 7Serve in shallow bowls and top with the remaining nuts. Serve with EVOO for drizzling and more cheese for sprinkling.

THAI TURKEY BURGERS (RACHAEL RAY)

Steps:

• Heat nonstick skillet or griddle pan over medium-high heat.
• Combine turkey, ginger, soy sauce, curry powder, salt, and scallions.
• Form 4 patties and cook on skillet, 4 minutes on each side.

RACHAEL RAY'S SPANAKOPITA BURGERS

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• To one side, add a little extra-virgin olive oil and a tablespoon of butter.
• When butter melts, add the chopped garlic and chopped red onion and cook 5 minutes. Transfer the onions and garlic to a bowl to cool.
• Return pan to heat.
• Squeeze all the water out of the thawed spinach.
• Separate the spinach as you add it to the bowl with cool onions, garlic and season with 1 teaspoon of oregano.
• Add in feta crumbles then chicken or turkey, grill seasoning and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.
• Mix and form into 4 patties, 1-inch thick.
• Raise heat on pan to medium-high.
• Add patties and cook 6 minutes on each side.

CORDON CROQUETTES - RACHAEL RAY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the turkey, celery, thyme and paprika.
• In a small bowl, combine the ground bread and milk and then squeeze the crumbs as you transfer them to the meat mixture.
• Mix in the egg, parmigiano-reggiano and parsley and season with salt and pepper.
• Spread a foot-long piece of wax paper on a work surface. Using a rubber spatula, spread half the meat mixture on the wax paper to form an 8-inch-square. Top with the ham and swiss cheese, then the remaining meat mixture, forming the same square shape.
• Seal the edges to enclose.
• Cut into 4 square patties and coat each in the bread crumbs.
• In a large skillet, heat 1 inch olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the patties and fry turning once, until browned, about 10 minutes.
• Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt.

GROUND TURKEY PAPRIKASH AND MACARONI

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to boil add pasta and salt.
• Cook pasta 6 minutes to al dente.
• Heat a deep skillet over medium high heat.
• Add extra-virgin olive oil then butter then ground meat and brown.
• Add garlic, onions, red bell peppers and seasonings to the turkey.
• Cook 5 or 6 minutes then add chicken stock and sour cream to the pan.
• Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.
• Add cooked pasta and stir.
• Let pasta absorb some sauce, a minute or so.
• Adjust seasonings and serve.
• Garnish the prepared dish with chopped parsley.

GROUND TURKEY SLOPPY JOES RECIPE

Steps:

• Brown ground turkey in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add pepper and onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, vinegar, steak seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and tomato sauce.
• Add sauce to skillet, reduce heat to medium and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 8-10 minutes.
• Serve warm on hamburger buns.

RACHAEL RAY'S HARVEST TURKEY BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients in a bowl and form into 4 large patties.
• Brush with olive oil and cook 7 minutes each side over medium high heat in nonstick pan.
• Serve on split buns with lettuce, tomato and ranch dressing.