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Wondering what to make tonight? Quickly throw together this hearty one pot meal of turkey and potatoes! Serve over roasted veggies, traditional rice, or cauliflower rice for a healthy and satisfying dinner.
This Ground Turkey & Potato Skillet was loosely inspired by a classic picadillo. It has very different flavors – a picadillo includes olives and raisins. That’s not going to fly with my children. Or my husband, if I’m being honest. But I wanted to take that general idea and make it family friendly with very simple ingredients. We all need hobbies and that’s mine.
This meal is an accurate reflection of my favorite kind of meal to make at home. It may not be the prettiest, but it’s tasty. The addition of potatoes keeps it hearty. And it’s just so easy! This is exactly the sort of comfort food I need in my life right now. How about you?
To create this meal, you’ll start by seasoning and browning the ground turkey. Set aside. (Of course you can easily use a lean ground beef if that’s what you have on hand or prefer.)
Then the potatoes go in the pan to get a little color. Now incorporate the turkey, garlic, tomato sauce, water, and more seasonings. Reduce the heat, cover, and let it all simmer until your potatoes are tender.
It’s next to impossible to screw this up. It’s just that easy!
What potatoes are best to use?
I prefer yellow or gold potatoes. But russet, sweet, or red would all work beautifully too!
How to serve this skillet meal?
Oh there are so many ways to serve up this easy meal. You can clearly enjoy it as is and it’s just perfect. Flavorful. Healthy. Satiating thanks to those potatoes.
But perhaps you want to add something to stretch this dish a bit further? I know I always like something green on our plates! Pile this delicious combo of turkey and potatoes over roasted veggies like my Spicy Roasted Broccoli or Easy Roasted Broccoli (if you don’t like heat). That will give you an added boost of vegetables! This is also crazy delicious over traditional or cauliflower rice!
Other veggies that work beautifully either layered under or just served beside this skillet meal are Garlic Green Beans, Simple Sautéed Cabbage, or Roasted Green Beans with Almonds.
Want to add a salad to your meal? My Blueberry Citrus Salad or my Berry Avocado Salad have a hint of sweetness which will balance out the strong flavor of this popular dish!
No matter how you choose to serve this, you’re going to love it. This recipe earns rave reviews on Instagram for good reason!
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Ground Turkey & Potato Skillet
Ingredients
Ground Turkey
- 1 lb lean ground turkey, I use 93/7. You can use ground beef if you prefer.
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
Potatoes
- 2 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- 4 cups diced potatoes, Dice small to ensure they cook quickly.
- 8 oz canned tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tsp garlic, minced
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Add your ground turkey (or beef) to a skillet on the stovetop. Use your spatula to crumble the meat. Cook on medium high, stirring occasionally, until browned. Stir in salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, and oregano. Remove from pan and set aside.
- Add the oil to the skillet. Once the oil is hot, add the diced potatoes. Sauté on medium high heat, stirring occasionally until sides of potatoes have browned. This can take 5 to 10 minutes depending on your stove and the size of your potatoes.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add your cooked ground turkey, tomato sauce, water, minced garlic, oregano, basil, parsley, salt, pepper, and onion powder to the skillet with potatoes. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
- Taste and add more salt or pepper if desired.
- Serve over roasted vegetables (I recommend my Spicy Roasted Broccoli or Easy Roasted Broccoli), traditional rice, or cauliflower rice.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This came out AMAZING! Super easy, super flavorful, perfect over rice. A simple yet satiating meal. Love it. I substituted in rosemary and thyme instead of the oregano, basil and parsley as I did not have those in my kitchen. It still turned out delicious!
Very yummy for a healthy alternative.
This was simple and a winner dinner at our house! I think I am putting it in the rotation. Thanks so much for sharing.
It’s so delicious.
I’m obsessed with all your recipes, they’re all so practical and easy to put together. This one is a new fave, thank you!!
My family loves this dish! I added diced zucchini the last time I made it.
I had a pound of ground turkey on hand and no clue what to make so a quick google search brought me to this gem of a recipe. Luckily I had all the ingredients on hand and made it. WOW!! It was incredibly delicious. I have made this 2 more times since that initial google search and my family really enjoys this meal just as much as I enjoy making it. It is hearty, filling, and love that it’s mostly pantry items we already have. I will say that the third time making this, I sautéed onions and mixed that with the cooked ground turkey because I needed onions in this meal.Instead of tomato sauce, I used fire roasted diced tomatoes because that was all I had and it was even better. I added chopped fresh parsley at the very end (instead of dried) for the beautiful pop of green. This is a great meal for autumn/winter as it is such a lovely comfort meal. Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic and super easy to make! All the seasoning and spices give it so much flavor!
I made this today using sweet potatoes. I doubled the recipe and used our food saver to bag up most of it so that hubby has premade food for out of town meals. (He works for the railroad.) The only change I made was that I added a small can of Ortega mild green chiles. I had to try this as it smelled so good when cooking! I ate this with a fried egg and some monterey jack cheese for breakfast and it was PERFECT! Thank you for a great recipe!
Yum Yum Gimme Some – More!!! This was a huge hit tonight! Easy to make and so flavorful! I was really surprised and can’t wait to have leftovers for lunch tomorrow! Another great one Christina!