Need to whip up a healthy meal with one pot, minimal effort, and in 20 minutes flat? Then this one’s for you! This teriyaki turkey and vegetable skillet is ideal for a quick family meal, and perfect for meal prep. Ground turkey is sautéed with carrots, broccoli, and snow peas, and then tossed with a flavorful teriyaki stir fry sauce for an all-in-one dish everyone can enjoy.
A little background story
Alena had her first dance class today. Why am I sharing this? Not to be one of those bloggers who talks about unrelated random things on their blog posts; but to explain why I created this dish today.
Meal prep is my thing. We know this. And it happens on Saturday mornings, bright and early. But you know what else happens on Saturday mornings? Alena’s first ever dance class. And soon, Antonio will be starting soccer and t-ball on Saturdays, too.
I am so excited and emotional over seeing my kids starting to take part in extra-curricular activities again. But I am so used to being home all the time, that I realize some things have to change. Since meal prep always happens Saturday mornings, I didn’t necessarily want to throw a wrench in that routine. Instead, I just made sure today’s meal prep was as simple and quick as possible so I could move on with my day.
This dish was created out of a need to have a simple and quick meal prep recipe, so that I could 1) keep my goals in check for the week, but also 2) celebrate a fun milestone for my kid, and be present.
And guess what? I accomplished both! I hope you’ll appreciate this recipe for all that it is; simple, quick, easy, and healthy. So that you can take care of yourself, but also enjoy your family.
What you’ll need to make the teriyaki turkey and vegetable skillet
Feel free to substitute any vegetables you enjoy; I happened to pick this combination of vegetables up at the store because they looked great. But any number of vegetables would work great here; water chestnuts, shredded cabbage, you name it.
- ground turkey breast (you can also use ground chicken)
- scallions
- garlic
- ginger
- shredded carrots
- broccoli florets
- snow peas
- teriyaki marinade and sauce (I use this one, check your labels for a comparable one)
- honey
- rice wine vinegar
- sriracha
- cooking spray
How to cook the turkey and vegetables
I promise you will be done cooking before you even know it!
Grab a large frying pan. When I say large, I mean large. This pan needs to be big enough to hold 2 lbs of turkey and a mountain of vegetables.
Put the frying pan over medium high heat, and add some cooking spray. Here, I used avocado oil spray, but anything will work.
Chop the scallions, and separate the green parts from the white parts. Mince the garlic. When it comes to scallions, the white parts act like onions, and the green parts are pretty, and serve as garnish.
Add the white parts of the scallions, the garlic, and the ginger to the pan with the cooking spray. Sauté for just a couple of minutes until the flavors start to develop, but just enough so that the garlic doesn’t burn.
Then, add the turkey and break it up with a wooden spoon or spatula.
Cook the turkey for just five minutes or so, so that it starts to brown. It will not be cooked through at this point. Next, add the vegetables and the water. Put the lid on the pot and steam the mixture for 10 minutes. Every few minutes, remove the lid, and toss everything together to make sure the vegetables are steaming and the meat is cooking.
How to make the stir fry sauce
Simply combine the teriyaki sauce, the honey, the rice wine vinegar, and the sriracha together. Then, add the mixture to the vegetable and turkey.
Cook everything together for another couple of minutes, or until the vegetables are cooked to your liking, and the sauce has combined with the other ingredients. You really can’t go wrong here!
Perfect for meal prep
This is the ultimate dish for meal prep. From start to finish, this dish takes well under 30 minutes to make.
This dish is filling on its own and is packed with protein and vegetables. If you want to add a side dish here, rice works great. You can also use cauliflower rice. I love the cauliflower stir fry rice from Trader Joe’s. This meal is great on its own, though.
I like to add some extra sriracha on top before serving, for some extra flavor.
Equipment
- large frying pan
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground turkey breast, 99% fat free
- 1 bunch scallions
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp ginger, I use the squeeze tube
- 10 oz shredded carrots
- 9 oz snow peas
- 12 oz broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup water
- 2/3 cup teriyaki marinade and sauce, Kikkoman brand
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp sriracha, adjust according to heat preference
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Add cooking spray to a large frying pan over medium high heat.
- Chop the scallions; separate the white parts from the green parts.
- Mince the garlic.
- Add the white parts of the scallions, the garlic, and the ginger to the pan with cooking spray.
- Cook for a few minutes, just enough so the garlic doesn't burn.
- Add the turkey. Use a wooden spoon to break the meat up. Cook for 5 minutes so that the meat starts to brown.
- Add the vegetables and the water to the pan. Cover the frying pan with a lid.
- Steam the vegetables for about 10 minutes, removing the lid and tossing the vegetables and turkey every so often.
- After 10 minutes, remove the lid and continue cooking the mixture for about 3-5 minutes so that all of the water is absorbed.
- Test the vegetables; they should be tender. Check that the turkey is fully cooked.
- In a small bowl, combine the teriyaki sauce, the honey, rice wine vinegar, and sriracha.
- Add the sauce to the pan and toss to combine.
- Add the green parts of the scallions and more sriracha to taste.
Weight Watchers
Notes
- 5 WW points (green)
- 4 WW points (blue and purple)
Nutrition
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Just made this for dinner and it seriously was so quick and easy. Very generous portions. I had over shirataki ramen “noodles”
Thanks Steph for another good recipe. I made this exactly as stated except it doesn’t say the percent of fat for turkey. I used 93% lean and it came out to 11 points on green using the recipe builder!!! I wish I had calculated that before eating. Still a very quick, delicious, and easy dinner.
This was fantastic for lunch meal prep. SO MUCH FOOD. Very filling and great flavor!
This recipe says 5 ww points but when I added it in the calculator it came out to 9. Do you know why it’s coming up different when I put it into the app?
You can’t use the calculator – ww has zero point foods that the Nutritional facts do not take into consideration (all of the vegetables for instance) so you have to use the ww recipe builder.
This is delicious 🤤 the whole family loved it 🙂
I just whipped this up for meal prep lunches this week and it’s amazing! So easy but flavorful and I needed a big ole pile of veggies in the worst way! Thanks Steph!
Just made this for the second time. Love the versatility to use a variety of vegetables. Healthy. Filling. Tasty.
So yummy and a crowd pleaser! Point counting Mom, super hungry Dad and 2 picky teenagers. Everyone was happy! I prepped all the veggies earlier in the day to save time and it came together so quickly for dinner. Will definitely make again!
I love most of your meal preps but this one was so quick and easy it’s shocking how delicious it is!
Just made this for my family of 4 for dinner. It was a huge hit! Served with rice. I have three servings of leftovers for my lunches. Very easy to make but is there even a pan large enough!? ☺️
I made this with ground pork because I had that in my freezer. My husband LOVED it. I had a normal size portion and he polished off the rest. Not kidding. This will definitely be in my rotation.
I’ve made this for my lunches a few times now and my family wants me to make it for supper because it always smells so great!
This is so amazing. Used ground chicken. Had some frozen broccoli and a yellow onion instead. Ladies and Gents. This recipe will not disappoint. Paired with crispy wonton so good. My mouth is still watering.
I do a meal prep exchange each week with my friends to help us stay on track. I have made this twice now for us and we all absolutely LOVE this!! So flavorful and delicious.
I have made this twice now in two weeks. Once for family dinner and again for meal prep for myself. Its great!
I made this tonight for dinner and it was a hit with the family! I only used 1 pound of turkey and it was still delicious. I also added some shredded cabbage after the initial steaming of the other veggies.
This is delish and so easy to make. I even cheated by 2 frozen bags of stir fry vegetables in!!!
Super easy and SO satisfying!
Made this for dinner last night for the 1st time. Was another hit. Loved this. It was so good. A little more steps than usual but was delicious and will definitely make again. I have enough for dinner tonight and lunch a couple of days. Love you always have enough so you only have to cook every other night or two. Thanks Steph!! I have more spices in my cabinets than I’ve had in my lifetime. My meals are so much more flavorful.
Very easy and so delicious
Made this recipe for my husband who is counting his macros and he loved everything about it! Just a word to wise, make sure you buy the snap peas that are trimmed! That mistake was the only downside to an otherwise amazing dish (but, that was my fault). Will definitely try this again with maybe a few more veggies added.
Do yo7 actually use 2 lbs of ground chicken, seems like a lot for 4 servings?
I’m not sure what I did wrong. But the marinade just sat at the bottom of the pan and I couldn’t coat the ingredients. It’s like a soup. The flavor is good. But I don’t see how I can save it 😞
So flavorful and filling! I didn’t have snow peas so subbed mini bell peppers. Served over brown rice. DELICIOUS THANK YOU!
Yum! Very easy to make and big serving size that was filling. I will definitely add this into my meal prep rotation.
Delicious and fast weeknight meal. Thank you, Steph!
It was ok. 5.5 out of 10. The recipe calls how a great deal of care given to make sure the water you add is cooked away. Then you immediately add a bunch of liquid to it, and stop cooking. It was soupy. And I have a very large pan but it was nowhere near large enough. Had to switch to my large Dutch oven and it almost filled it.