Best Ground Turkey Tacos Recipes

GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. When oil shimmers, add onion and cook until onion becomes translucent. Add turkey and cook, breaking up meat with the side of a spoon, just until meat is cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir in chili powder, salt, and tomato paste and cook 1 minute. Add broth and simmer, stirring occasionally, until liquid becomes thick and clings to meat.
• Divide meat mixture, cheese, lettuce, and tomato among taco shells and serve immediately with optional sour cream, pico de gallo, and avocado.

TASTY GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add turkey; cook and stir until browned, about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce, water, green chile peppers, onion, taco seasoning, and garlic; simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Spoon turkey mixture over tortillas. Top with lettuce, Cheddar cheese, tomatoes, green onion, cilantro, and sliced olives.

CAMERON'S GROUND TURKEY SALSA RANCHERA FOR TACOS AND BURRITOS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) on the Saute setting. Add ground turkey; cook and stir until mostly browned, about 5 minutes. Add salsa ranchera and stir to combine.
• Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 15 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove lid.

SOUTHWESTERN-FLAVORED GROUND BEEF OR TURKEY FOR TACOS & SALAD

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet until shimmering. Add onion; saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, chili powder, oregano and cumin; saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add beef or turkey and cook, stirring often, until it loses its raw color. Stir in tomatoes; simmer to blend flavors, about 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in cornmeal; cook, stirring constantly, until it thickens, almost instantly. Cool and refrigerate (or serve warm for dinner as tacos or taco salad).

SPICY GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• In a non stick pan add the turkey and onions, cook over medium heat until the turkey has browned and onions are translucent, drain. Add spices and stir to mix.
• To serve, place 1/4 cup of the turkey in each tortilla. Top with 1 tablespoon cheese, 1/4 of the tomatoes, 1/2 cup lettuce, and 2 tablespoons salsa.
• Caloies 340, fat 13 gm, fiber 7gm.

CORN TORTILLA TACOS WITH GROUND TURKEY

Steps:

• In a deep saute pan over medium-high heat, add enough oil to completely coat the bottom of the pan. When the oil is hot, add the onion and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the ground turkey and season with cumin, salt, and pepper. Cook until the turkey browns and is cooked through. Remove the turkey mixture from the pan and wipe out the pan. Divide the turkey mixture among the tortillas and fold in half. Add more oil to the pan, and then brown both sides of the filled tortilla, in batches. Once the tacos are cooked place the cheese in the tacos, followed by the shredded romaine lettuce, and diced tomatoes. Top each tortilla with a dollop of sour cream and guacamole, if desired.

GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook turkey in oil until no longer pink; drain.
• Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 to 10 minutes or until thickened.
• Spoon filling into taco shells. Add toppings.

GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook turkey in oil until no longer pink; drain.
• Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 to 10 minutes or until thickened.
• Spoon filling into taco shells. Add toppings.

GROUND TURKEY AND SALSA TACOS

Steps:

• Fry ground turkey over medium heat with salsa, chopping up well with spatula.
• Chop tomatoes, lettuce well.
• Warm taco shells and fill with meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and top with sour cream or avocado.
• Or warm tortillas in frying pan (or microwave) with shredded cheese and add ingredients and roll up.

CORN TORTILLA TACOS WITH GROUND TURKEY

Steps:

• Chop the red pepper and onion.
• Brown the chopped red pepper and onion in some olive oil for about 5 minutes. Add the ground turkey, breaking up as you brown it.
• Add the salsa, chili powder and garlic powder mixing til seasonings are combined.
• Place some of the mixture down the middle of soft corn tortilla, top with some of the shredded cheese and roll up.
• I used a George Foreman grill for the next step, I imagine you could use a frying pan but the grill works nicely to seal up the tortilla. Spray some cooking spray on a preheated grill and grill the rolled tortilla until slightly crispy and cheese has melted.
• You could serve this with sour cream and additional salsa if you wish.

GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• take each tortilla shell and spray with cooking spray.
• bend the tortillas around the edges of a large, oven-proof plate to create a taco-like shape.
• Place in the oven for 10 minutes or until the tortillas have become rigid, then let them rest at room temperature, still around the plate.
• Saute the ground turkey in a frying pan with 1/2 the packet of taco seasoning and Worcestershire sauce.
• Dice the pepper, red onion, and mushroom, and mix with the turkey in the pan.
• Cook until turkey is completely cooked and peppers are not brittle.
• Set the mixture aside.
• prepare a baking dish (rectangular) by covering it with tin foil and greasing it (I like to use 1 calorie spray).
• Remove the shells from the plate and spoon the turkey mixture into the shells (it should only go up about 1/3 of the way of the taco).
• Sprinkle cheese on top of the turkey mixture.
• Place each stuffed taco into the baking dish. They should stand up on their own, supported by the others.
• Bake for 7 minutes or until cheese has partially melted.
• Take out of oven and add lettuce and tomato on top of the cheese.
• Top with special sauce (recipe below).
• Sauce:.
• Mix sour cream and salsa together in a small bowl.
• Add the taco seasoning to taste.
• Serve on top of the the tacos.

EASY GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• Prepare all the toppings and set aside.
• Place a skillet or frying pan over medium high heat and add grape-seed oil or other cooking oil. Add ground turkey to the skillet and break apart using a large spoon. Seasonally liberally with kosher salt and pepper and continue to brown until meat is no longer pink (DO NOT OVERCOOK). After browning, place browned turkey meat on a clean plate. Set aside.
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GROUND TURKEY TACOS

Steps:

• In large skillet on stovetop brown ground turkey in 1T olive oil.
• Add diced onion & peppers and saute until softened.
• Add green chiles, garlic, seasonings, tomato sauce & mustard and let simmer for 15 minutes. *I use 1/2 taco seasoning & 1/2 cumin.
• Fill tortillas or crispy taco shells with mixture. Top with taco fixings of your choice. Shredded cheese, black olives, lettuce, tomato, salsa, guacamole, sour cream