This Ground Turkey Skillet Recipe is so easy to make! Made in one pan in under 30 minutes, this healthy turkey skillet is the perfect dinner!
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It’s time I finally share one of my favorite easy weeknight meals with you: Turkey Skillet!
This is something I’ve been making for years, and finally took the time to write out a post with an official recipe to share with you!
Why We Love This Ground Turkey and Vegetables Skillet
In addition to being delicious, this turkey veggie skillet is:
- Veggie loaded – this recipe has a TON of veggies in it! you can add whatever extra veggies you like!
- Easy to make – this recipe couldn’t be any easier to make
- Done in under 30 minutes – if you’re looking for something quick – this is for you!
- Paleo/whole30 friendly – this recipe is perfect for whatever diet you follow paleo, keto, whole30, gluten free, etc. Anyone can enjoy it!
- Budget friendly! – you can get everything you need for this dinner for 4 for under $20 at Trader Joe’s!
Once you try it, you’re gonna love it too! It’s the epitome of simple weeknight dinners – which is what I’m ALL about. This Spicy Ground Turkey Stir Fry is a similar recipe that is delicious and easy to make!
For another easy one pan meal, try these Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls!
Ground Turkey Skillet Recipe Ingredients
- olive oil
- ground turkey
- lime zest/juice
- Trader Joe’s Healthy 8 Chopped Veggie Mix
- garlic powder, pepper, onion powder
- coconut aminos
- cauliflower rice or regular rice
- sesame seeds (optional)
You can find substitutions for all of these ingredients below in the green shaded substitutions box.
The star of the show here is this Trader Joe’s Healthy 8 Chopped Veggie Mix, which is seriously one of my favorite things to buy from TJ’s!
(You can check out The Best Whole30 Trader Joe’s Shopping List to see some of my other favorite things to get there too!)
The mix is a combo of broccoli, carrots, cabbage, jicama, peppers, radish, and celery – and while I would’ve never thought to pair those things together on their own – they’re seriously delicious!
How To Make a Ground Turkey and Veggie Skillet:
Making healthy turkey skillet is not difficult at all! Here’s how to do it:
- Heat olive oil in a pan. Brown turkey until thoroughly cooked.
- Once turkey is cooked, stir in veggies + spices. Cover and cook until veggies have softened, about 10 minutes.
- Serve over steamed cauliflower rice or regular rice + enjoy!
Ground Turkey Skillet Substitutions
Turkey: You can sub ground turkey with ground beef or ground chicken.
Vegetables– If you can’t get this Healthy 8 mix from Trader Joe’s you can use a mix of your own veggies! Chop Carrots, peppers, celery, and cabbage and you should be good. Or you can follow this tutorial on how to make your own at home.
Cauliflower Rice: You can sub cauliflower rice with regular rice or quinoa. I like to do a mix of half cauliflower rice, half regular rice
Spices: If you like spicy food add a dash of red pepper flakes
Coconut Aminos: You can sub coconut aminos for low sodium soy sauce or bragg’s liquid aminos. If you use liquid aminos, use half the amount as they are extremely salty.
Ground Turkey and Veggies Skillet FAQ
Ground turkey needs to cook in a skillet for at least 10 minutes. Cook the turkey until there is no pink, it’s dry crumbly and around an internal temp of 165 degrees. It will usually take about 15 minutes.
To avoid cooking dry turkey, simply add liquid to it! Adding a 1/4 cup of chicken broth or even water can help ground turkey maintain moisture and a good texture!
Yes, you need to grease the pan for ground turkey. A little bit of olive oil is all you need for cooking ground turkey. Turkey has no fat, so it will stick to a pan without oil.
Storing Ground Turkey and Vegetables
Storing: This will last in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container
Freezing: You can freeze this recipe for up to 3 months. We like these Souper Cubes containers for freezing – code CLEANEATINGCOUPLE works to save $$ on our favorite silicone molds!
Reheating: You can reheat this recipe in the microwave, toaster oven, oven or on the stove.
Other healthy turkey recipes you’ll love:
Cooking with ground turkey is quick, easy, and delicious. I made a whole list of Ground Turkey Recipes for you!
Ground Turkey and Veggie Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 package Trader Joe’s Healthy 8 Chopped Veggie Mix
- ½ tablespoon lime zest (zest of about 2 limes)
- 2 tablespoons lime juice (juice of about 2 limes)
- 1/2 teaspoon grated ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/3 cup coconut aminos
- 1 lb cauliflower rice
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (for garnish)
Instructions
- In a large pan heat olive oil. Add turkey to the pan and brown the turkey until almost completely cooked, about 10-12 minutes.
- Once turkey is browned, stir in chopped veggie mixture, lime juice, coconut aminos and spices and sauté until combined. Cover and stir occasionally, until veggies start to soften, about another 10 minutes.
- Serve over steamed cauliflower rice or a salad if whole 30, brown rice/quinoa if not or just eat as is!
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Notes
- Turkey: You can sub ground turkey with ground beef or ground chicken.
- Vegetables– If you can’t get this Healthy 8 mix from Trader Joe’s you can use a mix of your own veggies! Chop Carrots, peppers, celery, and cabbage and you should be good. Or you can follow this tutorial on how to make your own at home.
- Cauliflower Rice: You can sub cauliflower rice with regular rice or quinoa. I like to do a mix of half cauliflower rice, half regular rice
- Spices: If you like spicy food add a dash of red pepper flakes
- Coconut Aminos: You can sub coconut aminos for low sodium soy sauce or bragg’s liquid aminos. If you use liquid aminos, use half the amount as they are extremely salty.
Logan says
This was SO yummy and so easy to make! It will for sure be added to my weekly dinner list! Thank you for an awesome recipe!
The Clean Eating Couple says
I’m so glad you liked it Logan!! We agree, it’s super easy to make and delish!! It’s in our weekly dinner rotation too!!
Kristina says
Easy and quick! The family loved it.
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Kristina!!
Hayley Navey says
A new favorite from Liz! We don’t have Trader Joe’s, so we just switched that mix for a super food mix from Walmart! This was such a quick recipe and so flavorful—we will definitely make this one again!
The Clean Eating Couple says
I’m so glad you liked it, Hayley!! It’s one of our favorite meals too. I’m going to have to look for that mix at Walmart next time I’m there!
Hannah says
This is one of my top favorite recipes!! I didn’t have coconut aminos so I used soy sauce and quinoa as mentioned in the notes and it turned out amazing!! Will definitely be making again! Thanks for sharing!
The Clean Eating Couple says
I’m so glad you loved it, Hannah!! And glad your substitutions worked out great 🙂
Jo says
Delicious, healthy and easy! My favorite type of recipe. I substituted chicken and will be eating as is. The mix of lime, ginger and aminos is so good. Thank you!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it!! Makes me so happy to hear 🙂
Casi says
I made this tonight for the first time, and it’s so easy and so delicious! One question i have is what is the measurement for one serving size?
The Clean Eating Couple says
Hi Casi -the serving size is 5.5 oz! It’s in the nutrition facts 🙂
Melissa Levato says
I love this recipe for meal prepping. So easy and delicious at the same time. I will make a double batch and either freeze half, or send half to my parents house. I could eat this every night for a week.
The Clean Eating Couple says
How have I never frozen this?! That is a genius idea!! I’m so glad you’re loving it!
Juliana says
SO easy to make and very flavorful. Its great on a diet – filling, healthy and tastes just like take-out! i love it!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Juliana! Thanks for trying it!
Courtney says
We made this for a lunch meal prep and it’s SO delicious! We subbed beef instead of ground turkey but other than that kept everything the same. This will definitely be a new staple in our house!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you like it, Courtney! It’s one of our favs too and it’s great with beef or even ground chicken!
Christine says
I FINALLY made this stir fry for lunch today and loved it!! Came together very quickly which was perfect for my busy day. I’m not a strict whole30/paleo person so I used low sodium soy sauce instead of the coconut aminos and I added 1/2 a cup of cooked Trader Joe’s Organic Frozen Brown Rice…..so delicious and I’m excited I also now have lunch for the rest of the week . HIGHLY RECOMMEND this recipe!!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Christine! We love to serve it over brown rice too 🙂 Thanks so much for trying it!
Annette says
The whole family loved this. It will definitely be a regular. Trader Joe’s is far so I did carrots and mushrooms. Want to add more veggies next time. What really made the flavor awesome was all the lime and ginger. Yum!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Annette! You can easily swap basically any veggies in there. Enjoy!
Kristina says
So tasty and easy to make! Highly recommend trying this recipe!
The Clean Eating Couple says
Thanks, Kristina! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Christine says
Made this tonight with ground chicken. It was so yummy and easy to make! Going to make it often!!
The Clean Eating Couple says
Thank you so much, Christine!! So glad you liked it!
Sydney says
This is SO easy and one of my favorites! I found this about a year ago and still make it often!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you like it, Sydney! This makes me so happy to hear!
Tamara says
This is one of my favorite recipes and so easy to make!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Tamara! Thank you so much!
Nicolette says
Just made this and it was super quick/easy and obviously super healthy! Totally making again. Would be great for meal prep. I only am sad I didn’t double this. Thanks for this awesome recipe, will make again and again, especially busy weeks.
Tamara Hagerty says
This is my favorite recipe! It is the perfect blend of spices/coconut aminos, veggeis and ground turkey. I use 2 packages of Trader Joe’s Healthy 8 Chopped Veggie Mix. That adds more veggies and I add a few more splashes of coconut aminos. Yummy!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Tamara! Thank you!
Kelly M says
Tried this recipe tonight for dinner – and what a great choice if you’re going low carb! I did tweak a couple of things with mine. Did a little less of each of the seasonings because #kids and they are very sensitive to spices. But did all the ginger and lime and it was delicious! Also, I used my cast iron skillet, which I love, and it doesn’t have a lid so to get some steam to help get the veggies a little more tender, I added some orange juice. Delicious! Probably 1/3 to 1/2 cup. Orange ginger is just yum in my opinion, so it worked beautifully! For the kids and hubby I made brown rice pad thai noodles from Thrive Market for it to go with and I made myself cauliflower rice and had some leftover spaghetti squash that I also used. OVERALL DELISH AND SO FREAKING EASY! I’ll add this to rotation for sure!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Kelly! Love those changes too!!
Amy B says
This is such a delicious and easy recipe. I’ve made it over a dozen times with ground turkey and ground pork. Both are fantastic. I’ve made it with Trader Joe veggies, bagged slaw, and cauliflower rice. I’ve make it with whatever I have on hand: it fresh ginger, frozen ginger cubes from Trader’s, and ground ginger. I also cook the meat with sesame oil instead of olive oil. No matter what you do with this recipe, you cannot go wrong. Makes weekly meal preparation a breeze! It’s a crowd pleaser too!
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it, Amy! Thank you so much!
Leslie says
Love how easy and versatile this recipe is! We made it with ground chicken – think I’ll use ground pork next time. Veggies weren’t my daughter’s fav, so if I make it with her favorite meat, I might convince her to give it another try 😉 Husband and I both loved it! They ate it with regular rice; I paired it with cauliflower rice.
The Clean Eating Couple says
So glad you liked it!
Kenzie says
The first recipe I’ve EVER left a rating for – gosh it was so easy and so so good. I followed exactly other than the ginger (not a favorite flavor for me/my partner) and it is seriously perfect. We splurged on some jasmine rice, too 😍
Kristen Reano says
This recipe is the best. I don’t know what I love the most whether it’s the fact that the two main ingredients can be grabbed at TJ or that I can add all the seasoning by eyeballing and it still comes out amazing! Such a staple!
Lillian wujek says
So easy and so tasty! Perfect for when you are short of time or just want some easy and good 👍
Kjerstin says
We like this meal a lot. It’s quick to throw together and tasty enough for leftovers the next day. I’m eager to make this again soon and do leftovers in some type of wrap/burrito.