Description

These Asian meal bowls are nutritious, high in fiber, and packed with lean protein from ground turkey. With sliced zucchini, sliced carrots, and baby corn on a bed of steamed cauliflower rice, you’re getting a great amount of tender-crisp vegetables. It’s a family-friendly full meal that you can feel good about!

Scale

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided

1 pound extra-lean ground turkey

2 small zucchini, sliced

1 1/2 cups crinkle cut carrots

1 cup baby corn, drained

1/3 cup apple juice

2 tablespoons reduced-sodium tamari soy sauce

2 teaspoons cornstarch

2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger or ginger paste

1 teaspoon sesame oil

16 ounces grated cauliflower rice, steamed

Instructions

Split the tablespoon of vegetable oil between 2 skillets, each over medium-high heat.
To the first skillet, add the ground turkey and brown well, crumbling it as it cooks.
To the second skillet, add the sliced zucchini, cut carrots, and baby carrots. Stir fry until the zucchini is crisp-tender. Reduce the heat on both skillets to medium.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl or cup, whisk together apple juice, tamari, cornstarch, ginger, and sesame oil to create the teriyaki sauce.
Pour 1/3 of the teriyaki sauce into the browned ground turkey and 2/3 of the sauce into the vegetables.
Stirring each, bring up to a simmer and cook until the sauce has thickened and begun to reduce. For the ground turkey, the sauce will begin to coat the meat and caramelize as it reduces. Once the ground turkey is well caramelized and the vegetables are coated in a thick sauce, remove both skillets from the heat.
Fill serving bowls with steamed cauliflower rice and top with an equal amount of the ground turkey and vegetables.

Notes

The most obvious substitutions in place of ground turkey are extra-lean ground beef (sometimes labeled as “ground sirloin”), ground chicken, or plant-based grounds. Ground chicken breast is particularly good as it cooks up tasting just like whole chicken breast, which goes great with the teriyaki sauce. Many of these lean ground meats have a tendency to dry out, however the sauce does a great job of keeping them moist.

Topping steamed cauliflower rice is merely a suggestion and you should feel free to fill your bowl with brown or white rice, farro (be mindful that this contains gluten), quinoa, or your favorite grain.