These fresh and filling Asian Ground Turkey Bowls are packed with wholesome ingredients like fresh vegetables, lean turkey, and brown rice, and are tied together with a sweet and savory sauce.
These easy Asian Ground Turkey Bowls are my latest hyper fixation meal! They’re full to the brim with sweet, tangy, savory flavors, and all the textures too. Loaded with a balance of lean protein, healthy fats, carbs, and fiber for a filling meal that keeps me satisfied for hours on end!
Ground turkey gets cooked up with flavorful goodies like onion, garlic, ginger, hoisin sauce and soy sauce. Fresh vegetables get tossed in and the whole thing is served over rice and more fresh veggies for a complete meal.
With plenty of room for customization, this simple dinner recipe is here to fit all your needs and desires.
Let’s chat about the fresh ingredients for this easy ground turkey taco bowl recipe!
Ingredients for Asian Ground Turkey Bowls:
For the Ground Turkey Mixture: Lean ground turkey, avocado oil, hoisin sauce, soy sauce or liquid aminos, carrots, cabbage, red bell pepper, fresh ginger, garlic, and red onion.
For the Bowls: Cooked brown rice (or white rice), cherry tomatoes, avocado, cashews, sesame seeds, and fresh cilantro.
All elements combined add up to a big bowl of every flavor imaginable as well as all the textures!
Recipe Customizations:
- Replace the hoisin sauce with teriyaki sauce. Or, go soy-free and use coconut aminos.
- Add any of your favorite fresh veggies to the turkey meat. Zucchini, green beans, sweet potatoes, bok choy, cauliflower, and broccoli are all great options.
- Top your bowls with any raw vegetables you love. I like the idea of adding my Asian Cucumber Salad or my Quick Pickled Vegetables.
- Swap out the ground turkey for ground beef, ground chicken, or chopped chicken breasts or thighs.
- Make it low-carb by swapping out the brown rice for cauliflower rice.
- Whip up Coconut Rice or Cilantro Lime Rice for extra flavor.
Add red pepper flakes, serranoes, or jalapenos to the turkey for a kick of spice.
How to Make Ground Turkey Bowls:
Cook the Ground Turkey:
Heat the avocado oil over medium-high heat in a large thick-bottomed pot such as a Dutch oven. A large skillet with a deep lip works too.
Add the chopped onion and sauté, stirring occasionally, until it begins to soften, about 3 minutes.
Stir in the fresh garlic, chopped mushrooms and fresh grated ginger and stir well. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms have sweated out much of their liquid. If the vegetables begin cooking too quickly at any point, reduce the stove top to medium heat.
Transfer the ground turkey to the pot and use a spatula to break it into small pieces while you’re browning it. Continue cooking and chopping until the ground turkey is cooked through.
Add in the grated carrots, shredded cabbage, chopped bell pepper, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and rice vinegar. Give everything a big stir and continue cooking until the new vegetables reach your desired level of doneness.
I enjoy leaving them snappy, so this process only takes 2-3 minutes for me. For softer vegetables, cook longer.
Stir in the chopped green onions, and you’re ready to make bowls!
Prepare the Ground Turkey Rice Bowls:
Load up large bowls with your desired amount of cooked brown rice, ground turkey meat, halved cherry tomatoes, and sliced avocado. Garnish with raw or roasted cashews, sesame seeds, and fresh cilantro for added pops of flavor and texture!
Give the bowls a drizzle of hoisin sauce, soy sauce, or teriyaki sauce, and enjoy!
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. If you have leftovers of the other ingredients, store them in separate containers. This healthy meal makes great leftovers, which can easily be turned into lettuce wraps.
Recipe Tips:
- Have the bowl ingredients ready ahead of time. Cook the rice up to 3 days in advance and chop any bowl elements while the ground turkey mixture is cooking.
- Chop all of the vegetables for the Asian turkey mixture before you begin the cooking process. This ensures everything is ready to go when it comes time to add it to the pot. If you’re confident in your chopping skills, you can also take a chop-as-you-go approach.
- I find this recipe makes 4 decent sized servings. To increase the number of servings, simply double or triple the recipe and make a big batch.
And that’s it! A nourishing bowl of vibrant color and nutrients that you’ll surely want to keep on constant rotation.
Whip up these healthy bowls on busy weeknights for a balanced meal. Use it as a meal prep recipe too! We have lean meat, whole grains, plenty of fiber, and delicious flavor to make this whole experience extra dreamy.
Love bowl food? Check out these other healthy dinner recipes.
More Bowl Recipes:
- Crispy Bang Bang Salmon Bites Bowls
- Garlic Sesame Chicken Bowls
- Unstuffed Cabbage Bowls
- Sesame Garlic Steak Bites Bowls
- Ground Turkey Egg Roll Bowls
- Moo Shu Chicken Bowls
Enjoy this protein-packed delicious rice bowl!
Asian Ground Turkey Bowls Recipe
Ingredients
For the Ground Turkey
- 2 Tbsp avocado oil
- 1 cup onion finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 8 ounces baby bella mushrooms finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp fresh ginger peeled and grated
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1 cup purple cabbage thinly sliced
- 1 small red bell pepper chopped
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce or liquid aminos
- 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 bunch green onions chopped
For the Bowls:
- 2 to 4 cups cooked brown rice
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 to 2 large avocado sliced
- ½ to 1 cup raw or roasted cashews
- 1 Tbsp sesame seeds optional
- ½ to 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro optional
Instructions
Cook the Ground Turkey:
- Heat the avocado oil over medium-high heat in a large thick-bottomed pot or a 12-inch skillet with a deep lip.
- Sauté the chopped onion until it begins to soften, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in the fresh garlic, chopped mushrooms and fresh grated ginger. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms have sweated out much of their liquid.
- Transfer the ground turkey to the pot and use a spatula to break it into small pieces while you’re browning it. Continue cooking until the ground turkey is cooked through.
- Add in the grated carrots, shredded cabbage, chopped bell pepper, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and rice vinegar. Give everything a big stir and continue cooking until the recently added veggies reach your desired level of doneness, about 2-8 minutes.
- Stir in the chopped green onions, and you’re ready to make bowls!
Prepare the Ground Turkey Rice Bowls:
- Load up large bowls with your desired amount of cooked brown rice, ground turkey meat, halved cherry tomatoes, and sliced avocado. Garnish with raw or roasted cashews, sesame seeds, and fresh cilantro for added pops of flavor and texture!
- Give the bowls a drizzle of hoisin sauce, soy sauce, or teriyaki sauce, and enjoy!
