The delicious, sweet teriyaki sauce and the semi-hidden veggies in this Teriyaki Turkey Rice Bowl makes this a healthy dish your whole family will love!
I love Asian inspired dishes, and Teriyaki is a family favorite. The sweet and savory richness of the sauce really compliment the flavors of the meat. You can pair this with steamed rice or noodles, or even in a Lettuce Wrap.
My kids are not fans of vegetables. Well, quite frankly that is an understatement. They hate them. So I have had to get clever with how I add veggies to our meals. For this particular dish, I grated a few carrots and chopped several stalks of broccoli very fine, and tossed them in with the meat as it was cooking.
Once the sauce is added, the veggies blend in nicely. I’m happy. My kids are happy. It’s a win-win!
My kids loved this dish, asking for seconds and if they could take it for lunch the next day in their thermoses. I’d call that a success.
Teriyaki Turkey Rice Bowl
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 pound Ground Turkey
- 1 cup finely chopped broccoli
- 2 large carrots, peeled and grated
- 2 green onions, diced, for garnish
Instructions
- Mix soy sauce, 1/4 cup water, red wine vinegar, sugars, garlic and ginger in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir with a whisk until sugar is dissolved.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons warm water and cornstarch until cornstarch is completely dissolved.
- Heat sauce over medium high heat. Slowly whisk in cornstarch mixture and simmer until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add diced onions and cook until soft.
- Crumble ground turkey and garlic into the pan and cook until turkey is about half cooked. Add grated carrots and chopped broccoli and continue to cook until turkey is no longer pink.
- Pour teriyaki sauce over cooked turkey and vegetable mixture and stir. Simmer for about five minutes to combine the flavors.
- Spoon meat over rice or noodles. Garnish with green onions and serve immediately.
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This sounds delicious and will be a meal (with leftovers for work lunch) this week! I know just how you feel about trying to sneak veggies into your kids…mine were the very same way! Thanks for sharing!
My husband & I enjoyed this recipe – great as leftovers too! Thanks for sharing.
Made this for my daughter yesterday for dinner and she said, “mommy this is the best meal in the world!” It was pretty tasty if I say so myself.
That’s great!!
this seemed a little overwhelming, but it wasn’t!! easy to prepare, and so yummy!! will make again!
I know it looks like a lot of ingredients, but that’s just for the sauce – you could always use a bottled teriyaki sauce if you wanted! But I’m glad you gave it a shot. It’s one of my favorite meals to date!!
Just made this for dinner and am in heaven! It so good!!! I like a little heat so I added some cayenne pepper to it.
This will be going into rotation. Thanks!
Oh what a great idea! Glad you enjoyed it!! It’s one of my all time favorites. 🙂
Just made this for dinner and my family of 6 loved it! I want to share it with my mom who follows weight watchers. She needs to know the calories, fat, fiber, etc. info. Any idea on the specs of this delish dish?
Hi Amber,
Unfortunately I am not a nutritionist so I hesitate to attempt to give out nutritional information. However there are many nutrition calculators available online. Good luck!
Ok, thanks!
Made this for the family tonight and it was a hit! It is now going to be added to our rotation. The only change was that I used less sugar and I omitted the carrots simply because we didn’t have any! Both my kids devoured it with rice and husband and I loved it, too! Loved that it was a meal that gave you low carb/yes carb choices. Many thanks!
I’m looking forward to making this but I was wondering why you had two sets of minced garlic in the recipe? When do I use the 2 teaspoons and when do I use the 2 tablespoons?
The teaspoons is for the sauce and the tablespoons are for the meat mixture. Sorry that wasn’t more clear! 🙂
This is delicious! Made it for dinner tonight, and it was even better than I expected. It’s very filling, so I have plenty for leftovers. Keeping this on my regular dinner rotation. Thank you for posting this!
So glad you enjoyed it! The meat mixture is delicious in lettuce wraps too, which is perfect for leftovers!
Made this tonight, used beef instead!! Was awesome! And easy! My new favourite sauce!!
I’m just wondering, around how long does it take to make this? 20 mins? And I bet this would taste delicious with ground chicken!
Yes, 20 minutes is about right – hope you enjoy!
I’ll admit, I started out thinking I wouldn’t like this. Because, in the past I haven’t like ground turkey. But this was DELICIOUS! My kids inhaled it and I wasn’t far behind them. I might have to change my mind about ground turkey. 🙂
I love how easy it is and that it’s a homemade teriyaki sauce. Super delicious and I’m excited about the leftovers for lunch!
So glad you liked it! Ground turkey is like chicken in that it takes on any flavor you give it!
I just made this tonight. It was delicious. I didn’t have any broccoli in the house but did have half a red, half a yellow, and half a green pepper. So I did onion and peppers and left out the carrots and broccoli. It was absolutely amazing and my boyfriend loved it. Asked for leftovers for lunch and to add to the rotation in our meals for sure!! Thanks for sharing.
That’s great! It’s super versatile and you can definitely swap out different veggies or even proteins!
This was very delicious but I cut the sugar drastically! I use 2T or brown and1T of white. It was still really sweet. My kids loved it too. Thanks!
Hi!
I was just wondering how this does with freezing (if you’ve tried that) for making make ahead meals?
I love this recipe, it is so good!
I haven’t tried that, but I think it would freeze fine.
How Manny servings dose this make please?
It makes 3-4 servings.
I made this tonight and it turned out great. I reduced both sugars by half and it was still sweet enough for us. We are attempting to reduce our sugar intake. Most recipes I reduce the sugar content in half.
I don’t have red wine, could we substitute with white wine?
The Red Wine Vinegar has a distinct flavor, but in a pinch you could swap for white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
I have both, thank you. Already prep everything about to start making it 😁
This is such a great, simple recipe ~ thanks! It’s in regular rotation at our house.
So glad you enjoyed it Kim!
I searched “ground turkey recipes” because it was late and I needed we make something quickly to keep my boyfriend and friends from the urge to buy takeout and this was a huge hit! Not only was the food great, but we have fun doing it together. We subbed broccoli for peas and all agreed that water chestnuts or cashews would be a great add-in for next time (because we’re totally making it again). Thanks for helping us create a great meal!
Thank you for sharing your success Ariana! So glad you enjoyed it and I love your idea for adding cashews!
Kids and family love this.
This is a new family favorite. Made it last week, and my hubby is already asking for it again. I may need to double so there are enough leftovers for both of us! 😉
Hello!
If i’m using store bought teriyaki sauce, how much should I use for the same amounth of meat/veggie?
Thanks!
Yes, just adjust the amount of sauce to your desired taste.
Made tonight but didn’t have broccoli. Served with LoMein noodles and snow peas for a side. Will definitely make again and use for lettuce wraps. Added crushed red pepper flakes to give it that kick! Thanks for the easy directions!
Hello,
I was just thinking 1lb wiukdnt be enough for my Family. If I use 2lbs ground Turkey would I must double everything else?
Yes you would want to double the sauce.
This was an amazing very healthy meal. I prepared this for my fiance’ and she absolutely loved it! Very simple to make and easy with time. Thank you so much for sharing.
So glad you both enjoyed it Robert!
I love this recipe – I have made it almost weekly since I found it. I just tried it with spaghetti squash instead of rice and it is delicious!
So delicious!! Worth the time!!
I like this recipe, I was looking for something different to try with ground turkey. I added some napa cabbage that I needed use up – I liked it with and without the cabbage. I used truvia brown sugar blend and stevia for the sugars and used less than called for as I did not want it to be too sweet. I also used fresh ginger.
Made this tonight! My boys and husband loved it! No leftovers! Thanks
So happy to hear that!
Found this last minute, happened to have all the ingredients on hand, so I whipped it up. Family loved it, I added diced water chestnuts for little extra texture. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
I tried this tonight, using 1/2 the sugar it called for, and my family loved it! My 3 very picky kids ate all of it and no leftovers. Will have to double recipe next time.
Glad to hear it!
Made this last night and my husband and I loved it! It’s going in our regular dinner rotation. I loved the addition of vegetables, and I think it’s a great recipe to swap out different veggies we have on hand that week. Thanks for a great recipe!
So glad to hear it Kristen!
Both my boys- the 3yr old and the 40 yr old – just asked me if I would make this again next week. Score!!!
Thank you Kristin this was a hit in my home, everyone loved it!
I used less sugar -3 tbsp of coconut sugar- total
I only had regular soy sauce ;(… it was in the salty side so if you don’t have low sodium I recommend you use less soy sauce and replace with some water maybe?
I double the veggies including the onions.
And by mistake I tripled the garlic. It was amazing even with all my changes and mistakes;)
THANK YOU !
I ran out of soy sauce just before I started cooking, so I used Sriracha teriyaki sauce instead. I also used more carrots and onion to add more crunch. The result was amazing! Thank you the great idea!