Sommers Spaghetti With Ground Turkey Recipes

BAKED SPAGHETTI WITH GROUND TURKEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish; set aside.
• Bring a large pot of water to boil. Cook spaghetti in boiling water until just al dente, about a minute short of package instructions. Drain. In a large bowl whisk together the butter, parmesan, and eggs. Toss in the spaghetti to coat; set aside.
• In a large skillet or dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add in ground turkey and onion, breaking up turkey with a spoon. Cook until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Add in garlic and cook one minute longer. Pour in tomato sauce and sprinkle on Italian seasoning and kosher salt. Bring sauce to a low boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Place half of the spaghetti mixture into baking dish. Top with half of the ricotta cheese and use a spatula to spread it over top. Sprinkle on half of the mozzarella and top with half of the meat sauce. Repeat layer by adding the remaining spaghetti, then ricotta, then meat sauce, and topping off with remaining mozzarella.
• Cover with aluminum foil. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until the cheese is melted and lightly brown, 10-15 minutes longer. Let rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving.

RICHARD AND SUZANNE'S FAMOUS SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Pour the olive oil into a skillet and place over medium heat. Cook the garlic in the hot oil 1 to 2 minutes; add the onion, bell pepper, basil, green onion, and bay leaf and cook until the bell pepper softens; season with salt and pepper. Stir in the tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes with chiles, water, and sugar; continue to cook 20 to 30 minutes, stirring every 5 to 10 minutes.

ROASTED SPAGHETTI SQUASH WITH GROUND TURKEY AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Coat inside of each spaghetti squash half with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place spaghetti squash, skin-side up, on the prepared baking sheet.
• Roast spaghetti squash in the preheated oven until skin can easily be pierced with a fork, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook ground turkey in a skillet over medium heat until browned. Combine tomatoes, asparagus, onion, basil, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Add to browned ground turkey in the skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Pour in chicken broth and cook until asparagus is slightly tender, about 5 more minutes.
• Remove cooked spaghetti squash from oven and let cool until easily handled. Scrape squash into spaghetti strands using a fork and place into a bowl. Try to maintain the integrity of the squash skin and you can using as a serving vessel.
• Place 1/2 the spaghetti squash into a serving dish or the squash skin and top with turkey-vegetable mixture.

TURKEY SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Heat a large pan over medium heat and add the olive oil, garlic and onion. Cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add the turkey and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until cooked through, about 8 minutes.
• Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste, stirring to combine. Add the sugar, dried basil, oregano, parsley, cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper and stir to combine. Add the bay leaves and 1/2 cup water. Stir well and simmer to infuse the flavors, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile cook the spaghetti in the boiling water according to the package instructions. Drain well.
• Transfer the spaghetti to a platter and ladle the sauce on top. Top with the grated Parmesan and fresh basil leaves.

SPAGHETTI WITH GROUND TURKEY

Steps:

• Brown ground turkey until no longer pink.
• Note: I am editing this recipe to add that lately I've been sauteeing chopped onion, chopped green pepper, and minced garlic along with the ground turkey; usually it's fine to add all these in at the same time and I have never had a problem with the different veggies and the ground turkey getting overdone/underdone.
• Drain any fat.
• Add cooked ground turkey back to the pan, add the can of spaghetti sauce, set aside.
• Boil water for the noodles. Add a bit of salt once boiling, add noodles, cook per package instructions.
• While noodles cook, heat up the sauce/turkey mixture. (Edited to add that my two favorite and best sauces are Prego brand Mushroom Supreme and Prego brand Roasted Garlic and Herb. My fave and steadfast combo is either one of these sauces to which I add the browned ground turkey, chopped onions, green peppers, and minced garlic.).
• Drain noodles. Make sure sauce is heated through.
• Serve! Ground turkey isn't as cheap as ground hamburger, but it's better for you and I've found you can replace ground turkey in nearly every ground beef recipe.
• Try browning the ground turkey with some chopped onions too - that's always a yummy addition. But that's just because bf and I love onions.
• You can also try the spaghetti sauce/turkey mixture over cooked white rice. Ground beef and spaghetti sauce tastes great over white rice, why not ground turkey?.

ONE POT TURKEY SPAGHETTI RECIPE

Steps:

• Over medium heat, brown turkey in bottom of a large (12") braising pan or dutch oven pan.
• Pour 1 jar of pasta sauce and chicken broth into pan. Break spaghetti noodles in half and toss with sauce and broth. Add tomatoes, onion, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Pour other jar of spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of water into the pan and turn heat on high.
• Once it starts to boil, turn heat down to medium heat and let cook for 9-10 minutes (or until the noodles are al dente), stirring every couple of minutes so that the noodles don't stick together and it is evenly cooked.
• Turn heat down to low and stir in mozzarella cheese. Let it cook over the low heat for 2-3 minutes, or until the cheese is completely melted.
• Scoop into individual servings and top with fresh parsley and shredded Parmesan cheese (if desired).

ONE-POT PASTA WITH GROUND TURKEY AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, high-sided skillet or Dutch oven over medium high heat until it shimmers and then add the ground turkey with 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon ground cumin, the oregano, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and the crushed red pepper. Break up the turkey with the spices and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add the onion, red bell pepper, and pressed garlic and cook for another 5 minutes or until the turkey is browned and the veggies soften.
• Add the canned tomatoes with green chiles to the skillet or pot with the rest of the kosher salt, cumin, black pepper, chili powder and stir.
• Add the penne pasta and cover with the chicken broth, bring to a boil, turn down to a simmer, cover and cook until the pasta is just tender, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the cream and fold in the spinach and cook until the spinach wilts, taste for seasoning and top with the shredded cheese.
• Garnish with the chopped cilantro, sit back and watch the forks fly!

SOMMER'S SPAGHETTI WITH GROUND TURKEY

Steps:

• In a large pan, add ground turkey, worcestershire sauce (if using), chopped green pepper, and chopped onion. Cook on med-high heat, breaking up and crumbling turkey, until browned, but pepper and onion are still crisp. If using lean or extra-lean turkey, you may want to use non-stick spray before adding turkey. Drain, if using full-fat ground turkey.
• Return meat mixture to pan, turn heat down to medium and add the entire 26 oz. jar of spaghetti sauce. Stir to combine. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally, then reduce heat to low to keep warm while finishing cooking spaghetti noodles.
• While ground turkey mixture is cooking, fill a large pot full of water. Add in a bit of olive oil, if using. Heat on high to boiling. If using salt, add a small amount of salt to boiling water.
• Break spaghetti noodles in half, if desired. Add to boiling water, turn down to medium-high but make sure water continues to boil. Cook spaghetti to desired doneness or per package directions. Drain.
• Serve hot spaghetti noodles with sauce.