Fluffy rice and seasoned ground turkey come together for one delicious dinner, made in under 30 minutes! These ground turkey rice bowls are easy, comforting and can be garnished to taste with your favourite toppings!
Rice bowls. I’m obsessed. Why? It’s quite simple, actually. I love carbs! Bread, rice, buns and pizza, it’s all my foodie love language.
And pair those said carbs with lean ground turkey that’s seasoned with things like soy sauce, ginger and sesame oil? Oh yeah, delicious!
Plus, I just love recipes where I can just pile the ingredients in a bowl and customize it with toppings according to what I feel like on any given day.
Why We Love These Ground Turkey Rice Bowls
- These rice bowls come together in under 30 minutes (depending on which variety of rice you use).
- They can be customized to taste with toppings.
- Lunch or dinner, this bowl works great.
- Of course, they taste so delicious!
How To Make Turkey and Rice Bowls
Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:
Basically, you cook the rice according to package instructions. While the rice is doing its thing, start cooking the ground turkey.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet, add the ground turkey, then cook until it’s fully cooked through.
Once done, just add garlic, soy sauce, ginger, chili paste, sesame oil and fish sauce, then cook for another minute or two.
Then it’s just a matter of dividing the rice between a couple of bowls, topping with the cooked ground turkey and garnishing to taste. Easy, right?
Variety of Rice To Use
Use what you enjoy best, really! I enjoy jasmine rice, but other delicious options are brown rice, white rice, basmati rice and a wild rice blend. Heck, you could even use a parboiled or instant rice if you like (definite time-saver if you are pinched for time).
Do I Have To Use Rice?
Note at all! While I do love rice here (and they are “rice bowls”), you can totally use cauliflower rice or quinoa instead of the rice.
Make Things More Substantial
To add more substance, heartiness and oomph to your rice bowls, try adding a fried egg (a sunny-side up egg, like I used in this egg and rice bowl recipe would be perfect)! The yolk creates a sauce component which works lovely in these turkey rice bowls.
Add in some veggies! Sautéed baby bok choy, simple steamed or roasted broccoli, shredded carrot, corn or sliced cucumber would all be lovely additions to this bowl.
Rice Bowl Garnish Ideas
- Chili oil (a must for me, so good!)
- Kimchi
- Sesame seeds
- Sliced green onion
- Sliced chili pepper
- Hot sauce
- Soya sauce
- Chopped peanuts
More Easy Ground Turkey Recipes
If you make this ground turkey rice bowl recipe, be sure to leave a comment below!
Ground Turkey Rice Bowls
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup uncooked rice, you'll need about 2 cups of cooked rice for this recipe
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ pound ground turkey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1.5 tablespoons less sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste, or minced fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon chili paste
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
Garnish Ideas (optional)
- Sesame seeds
- Chopped peanuts
- Chili oil
- Hot sauce
- Sliced green onion
- Sliced chili pepper
Instructions
- Cook rice according to package instructions.
- Meanwhile, to cook turkey, heat olive oil in a 10-inch or 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add the ground turkey and cook, breaking it into small pieces and stirring occasionally, until it's fully cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- To cooked turkey, stir in garlic, soy sauce, ginger, chili paste, sesame oil and fish sauce. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Divide the rice between two bowls, then top with the turkey mixture and garnish (if desired) to taste. Serve and enjoy!Note: To make things even more substantial, top with a fried egg and/or your favourite veggies.
Notes
- Cook time includes time to cook your rice. Mine took about 22 minutes. Depending on the variety of rice you use, your cook time may differ.
- Nutritional information (estimate only) does not include optional garnish ideas.
Nutrition (estimate only)
Nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and should be considered an estimate only. Ingredients can vary and Girl Heart Food makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
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Tried this recipe?
If you do make this recipe, thank you!! It would mean so much if you could leave a comment below. Love to know how you enjoyed it, and it helps other readers too!
Janice Delahunty says
Loved it! I didn’t have any fish sauce (okay I misread it) and used rice vinegar. No problem! I used Sriracha sauce and it was delicious! This is so fast to make I was waiting for the rice to finish cooking. At some point I will use ground pork. I’m betting it will be just as good! Thanks for the recipe
Dawn | Girl Heart Food says
Thank you very much, Janice! I’m delighted to hear that you enjoyed it!
Kathryn Erickson says
So simple to make and packed with flavour.
This will be on my short list for a quick meal.
Dawn | Girl Heart Food says
Thank you very much for trying the recipe, Kathryn! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
C. Erwin says
It was delicious, had to substitute a few things because I didn’t have them, but it turned out great! Easy, quick delicious dinner! Highly recommended this recipe! Going to buy the substitute ingredients and see just how more amazing it is!
Dawn | Girl Heart Food says
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you kindly!
elle says
Easy to make after work and delicious!
Dawn | Girl Heart Food says
Thank you so much, Elle! That’s wonderful to hear!
Cyndi says
6/9/24 this was absolutely amazing and deliciious and beginner friendly as it’s a first time for me making this type of dish. Thanks so much
Dawn | Girl Heart Food says
Thank you for trying the recipe, Cyndi! I’m so delighted you enjoyed it!