Description
A creamy and savory skillet dish featuring ground turkey, rice, and a delicious Korean-inspired sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 4 large eggs
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 inch piece ginger, minced
- 1 medium carrot, julienned
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 2 tablespoons gochujang
- 1.5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/3 cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream or coconut cream (optional)
- 3 cups cooked short-grain rice (preferably day-old)
- 2 tablespoons sliced scallions
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
- Kimchi (optional for serving)
Instructions
- Prepare jammy eggs: Bring water to a gentle boil in a small saucepan. Carefully add eggs and simmer for 7 minutes to achieve jammy yolks. Transfer eggs to an ice bath, then peel and set aside.
- Sauté aromatics: Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, and ginger; sauté until softened, approximately 3 minutes.
- Brown ground turkey: Add ground turkey to the skillet. Cook while breaking apart with a spatula until browned and cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain excess fat if necessary.
- Add carrot: Stir in julienned carrot and cook for 2 minutes.
- Build sauce: Lower heat to medium. Add gochujang, soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, and broth. Stir to coat turkey evenly and bring to a simmer.
- Incorporate cream and spinach: Add heavy cream if using and baby spinach. Cook until spinach wilts, approximately 1 minute.
- Combine rice: Fold in cooked rice, mixing thoroughly until rice is hot and well incorporated with the sauce.
- Adjust seasoning: Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
- Finish and serve: Slice jammy eggs in half. Serve rice skillet in bowls, topping each with a halved egg, scallions, sesame seeds, and kimchi if desired.
Notes
- Day-old rice works best for this recipe.
- Feel free to adjust the spiciness of the dish by altering the amount of gochujang.
- Enjoy with a side of kimchi for added flavor.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Skillet
- Cuisine: Korean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 680mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 210mg