20 mins: ground turkey marinara sauce pasta. This ground turkey pasta makes an excellent weeknight dinner that the whole family will love! If you felt like it, you could add a splash of cream to this ground turkey. A tangy, thick, non chunky marinara sauce.
Add the onion and garlic and cook until softened.
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You can use any kind of pasta in this recipe.
You can cook 20 mins: ground turkey marinara sauce pasta using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of 20 mins: ground turkey marinara sauce pasta
- Prepare 1 pack of Spaghetti.
- It's of (1 bottle, ~ 25oz) marinara sauce (mine is tomato and basil).
- Prepare 1 lb of ground turkey (I used 99%fat free).
- It's 3 tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare 1.5 tbsp of cooking wine.
- It's to taste of Salt, pepper.
- You need of Optional (I like a little bit spicy):.
- Prepare of Diced onion.
- You need of chopped garlic.
- Prepare of Ginger powder.
- You need of Red pepper flakes.
- It's of Red pepper powder.
You can also substitute any kind of meat you prefer for the ground turkey. If you would like to support. Ground turkey - I like to use the ground turkey thighs but turkey breast would work just as well. Pick the right pasta for the right sauce.
20 mins: ground turkey marinara sauce pasta instructions
- Cook the pasta following the instruction on the package..
- (While waiting for water to boil/cooking the pasta) add 1.5 tbsp olive oil on a big saucepan over medium high heat. Add garlic and onion and cook for 2 minutes..
- Add olive oil and ground turkey and all the rest of the ingredients to the sauce pan. Stir fry until the turkey is fully cooked (start to brown/golden brown), usually 6 to 8 minutes..
- Turn the heat down to low and add the bottle of sauce. Continue to stir for a minute or two..
- Mix with the cooked pasta and dinner (lunch) is served :D.
- Adding some cheese on top would be great too (I cannot as I have diary intolerance). So obviously this picture is not my dinner plate..
For example, long pasta such as spaghetti for oil and tomato-based sauces, or penna and Marinara Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes. This lean Bolognese is made with ground turkey instead of ground beef and the result is just as delicious! Plus, finely chopped mushrooms are incorporated into the sauce (undetected Serve this healthy, hearty sauce with your favorite pasta, or over polenta with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese. For the quick marinara sauce: Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, salt, pepper and garlic to the Dutch oven and stir. Combine some of the sauce with the cooked spaghetti.