Asian-Inspired Ground Chicken (or Turkey)...for Easy Asian Chicken Bowls
This super easy Asian-inspired ground chicken or turkey is the perfect weeknight meal...packed with flavor, healthy, & only takes a few minutes to whip up. Eat it wrapped in lettuce leaves, in an Asian chicken rice bowl, or any other way you want!
Servings: 3 -6 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- These are starting point amounts but adjust to taste:
- Optional: 2 tablespoons of coconut oil for cooking
- 1 pound of organic ground chicken or turkey
- 3 tablespoons of tamari or low-sodium soy sauce
- 2-3 tablespoons of fish sauce I recommend Red Boat
- 1 teaspoon of ground ginger paste
- 1-2 cloves of garlic finely minced (or paste)
- Juice of half a lime
- 1/2 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil
- A drizzle of sriracha
- Himalayan sea salt to taste
- Optional: jasmine rice roasted vegetables, scallions, avocado, etc.
Instructions
- Assemble all your ingredients ahead of time, since you'll need to add them all at once.
- Heat your skillet and add the coconut oil (if using), melting it. Then add the ground chicken or turkey.
- Cook, stirring and chopping up occasionally, and add a bit of salt as you go (you'll salt more later as well).
- Once the chicken is almost completely cooked, you may need to drain some of the liquid off into the sink.
- Then add all the other ingredients. Start with the amounts here, but stir together and taste. You'll almost certainly need to add more of some things to balance it for your tastes--if it needs more umami, try more fish sauce. If more acidity, add more lime juice. More spice add more sriracha or some red pepper flakes. Etc.
- Make sure it's fully cooked, then remove from the heat. Serve by itself, or as part of an Asian chicken bowl with rice, vegetables, scallions, avocado, and kewpie mayo!
Notes
- As mentioned above, adjust any of those ingredients as needed for your taste. Start small, it's always easier to add more, then take away when you've overdone it on soy sauce :)