Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Ground Turkey with Thai Peanut Sauce

This is seriously my favorite recipe ever.  We eat it monthly.  Its fast, and I never have to buy the ingredients for the sauce.  I only have to grab yakisoba noodles, a can of pineapple and some snow peas at the store, and I'm good!  It is not the healthiest of my recipes, but it is very filling and by using turkey, it is a little healthier.  Here's the recipe, seriously its super good! (I think I say that about all of these recipes!) :D 

Ground Turkey with Thai Peanut Sauce:
1 (or 2) packages (or 5 to 6 oz.) of yakisoba noodles (I get the precooked ones in the refrigerated section of Winco, this recipe also works with dried noodles, Chinese egg noodles or even linguine, you just have to precook the noodles before adding them to the pan)
1 1/2 cups snow peas with the tips trimmed
1/2 pound of ground turkey
1 can of pineapple chunks, drained
Sauce:
1/2 cup of chicken broth
4 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons soy sauc
1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper (you can use ground red pepper too)
3 cloves garlic, minced


1.  Put ground turkey into a large saucepan over medium-high heat.  Cook for a few minutes, then drop heat to medium and add snow peas.  Gently saute for a few minutes until tender, then add pineapple and noodles.
2. While the turkey is cooking, take a microwavable cup (you can do this over the stove, but its much faster for me to microwave the sauce) and put chicken broth, peanut butter, lime juice, soy sauce, red pepper and garlic into it and stir.  Heat in microwave until peanut butter is melted (about 2-3 minutes) and whisk until everything is combined.
3. Once the sauce is warmed and smooth, add to saucepan and stir with turkey and ingredients until evenly coated.  Serve! :D

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