30-Minute Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet

A quick and easy 30-minute meal made in a skillet! This ground turkey and sweet potato skillet meal comes together lightning fast and easily for a nutritious, paleo or whole30 dinner worthy of putting on repeat.

This quick and easy ground turkey and sweet potato skillet features wholesome ingredients for a balanced meal. Packed with lean protein and complex carbohydrates, it is the ideal clean dinner!

The main ingredients in this simple recipe are ground turkey, sweet potato, onion and garlic, broth. Toss in additional vegetables like baby spinach or kale for added nutrients!

In real life, a good 70 – 90% of my meals that I don’t make for the blog come out of a skillet. No lie. This is how much I enjoy skillet meals!

Just have a look at the Salmon Stir Fry with Vegetables, Butternut Squash Ginger Chicken Stir Fry, and 30-Minute Vegetable and Ground Beef Skillet I posted recently.

Easy skillet meals featuring protein and vegetables is all I need to be completely nourished and happy!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe:

1. Versatility – You can use all sorts of in-season fresh produce, spices, sauces, and animal proteins to mix up flavors and nutrients.
2. Quick and Simple – Meals made in a skillet usually require hardly any time at all! The majority of my meals take under 30 minutes to prepare. Plus, there is very little technique involved, so even the novice cook has great success with skillet meals.
3. Minimal Cleanup – The only tools I use for whipping up a skillet meal are a cutting board, knife, vegetable peeler, skillet, and spatula or wooden spoon. BOOM! Low-fuss, no stress, goof proof.

Let’s discuss the healthy ingredients for this easy recipe.

Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet Ingredients:

• Ground Turkey – The lean protein of choice here.
• Sweet Potato – Great source of complex carbs, antioxidants and Vitamins.
• Yellow Onion and Fresh Garlic – Flavor makers!
• Chicken Broth – Steams the potato to speed up the cooking process.
• Chives – Bright refreshing flavor.
• Cherry Tomatoes – A little pop of tangy sweetness.
• Dried Oregano – Some herby flavor.

How To Make Ground Turkey and Sweet Potato Skillet:

The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below, but here is what I did as an easy overview. I simply cooked up a sweet potato, and added in some ground turkey, spices, and broth.

I covered the skillet to allow everything to cook through, then stirred in some chopped cherry tomatoes and chives.

SO easy, so simple, definitely a lazy-human’s meal, but we won’t judge ourselves for eating well, will we?

Julia’s Tips:

1. Keep close watch on the sweet potato. If you over-cook it, it will turn into mush once you the ground turkey is added in. Sweet potato mush is non-sexy. We’ve all been there, but we prefer our taters taut, know what I’m sayin’?
2. Get saucy! If you love a lot of flavor in your meals, add in teriyaki sauce, coconut aminos, or even pesto sauce to elevate the flavor.

I kept this ground turkey sweet potato skillet simple for a reason – to inspire you to get crazy with your add-ins! Here are some…

Recipe Customizations:

• Add other vegetables, like broccoli, zucchini, carrot, bok choy, spinach, kale, cabbage, etc.
• Use any kind of ground meat, such as ground beef, ground chicken, or ground Italian sausage instead of turkey.
• Mix up the spices and dried herbs, or add fresh herbs.
• Incorporate a sauce! Add coconut aminos (or liquid aminos), teriyaki sauce, or curry paste and coconut milk  if you’re feeling frisky.
• Make it Low-FODMAP by omitting the onions and garlic.
• Make it AIP by omitting the tomatoes.

Let this be your base camp to all the skillets! A blank canvas, if you will.

Go forth and skillet to your heart’s desire.

More Healthy Skillet Recipes:

• 30-Minute Mexican Chicken and Zucchini Skillet
• Eggplant, Chickpea and Chard Shakshuka
• 30-Minute Ground Turkey Skillet with Vegetables
• Mediterranean Shrimp Skillet
• 30-Minute Teriyaki Beef Skillet with Vegetables
• Mexican Vegan Black Bean Sweet Potato Skillet
• Crispy Skillet Salmon with Lemon Dill Caper Sauce

My work here is done.

Ground Turkey and Sweet Potato Skillet

4.53 from 120 votes

By Julia

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 30 minutes mins

Servings: 3 to 4 people

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Ground Turkey and Sweet Potato Skillet is an easy 30-minute meal that is paleo and whole30

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 2 Tbsp avocado oil
• ▢ 1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped*
• ▢ 1 large sweet potato, chopped
• ▢ 4 cloves garlic, minced*
• ▢ 1 pound ground turkey
• ▢ 2 tsp dried oregano
• ▢ 1/2 tsp sea salt, to taste
• ▢ 1/4 cup chicken broth, or water
• ▢ 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• ▢ 3 chives, chopped

Instructions 

• Heat the avocado oil in a large cast iron skillet. Add the onion and saute, stirring occasionally, until onion begins to sweat, about 3 minutes. Add the sweet potato, cover, and cook for 5 minutes.
• Remove cover, scoot potatoes to the side, add meat and seasoning. Brown on each side 2 minutes. Stir to mix sweet potato and turkey together. Add broth. Cover and cook 5 minutes.
• Remove cover, cook 2 minutes.
• Add chopped tomatoes and chives and cook just until everything is warm. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

*Make it Low-FODMAP by omitting the onion and garlic. You can replace them with 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar or mustard if tolerated.

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 3, Calories: 364kcal, Carbohydrates: 13g, Protein: 32g, Fat: 21g, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 4g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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