Ground Turkey and Sweet Potato Skillet is stuffed with clean eating ingredients. Ground Turkey (or ground chicken), sweet potatoes, black beans and more. Perfect meal prep and easy to prepare.
This beautiful skillet dish came together when I was scouring the cupboards for something satisfying. The down side about living in two places is you are constantly in fridge clean out mode. This could break ya or make ya and I go creative!
I notched up the flavor with cumin and chili powder for a taco flavored masterpiece that goes with everything. We serve it with steamed veggies, in a tortilla or over lettuce.
How to make this Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet –
Cube and cut up your sweet potato in about 1/2 to 1 inch cubes.
Cut up a pepper and some onion. I used a poblano because they are my fave and give a little kick. You could use red, green, hatch…whatever you love.
This is a poblano. Remove the seeds and the veins and you have a mildly spicy pepper that the whole family would love!
We cooked up the pepppers and onions in a bit of olive oil. We then tossed in the ground turkey and cubed sweet potatoes. A true one pan healthy dinner.
Stir in the black beans and spices. Heat through and serve straight from the skillet!
Can I use ground beef or ground chicken in this Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet?
- Yes! In fact I love ground chicken and use it much more than ground turkey.
PRO TIP: We prefer 93/7 ground turkey or chicken. Fat free ground turkey is dry. It is and you can’t change it. Unless you smother it with butter…
TASTE FOR SEASONING. More cumin? Spices vary by brand, you may need more. Salt, pepper?
Spicy Yogurt Dip –
- A blend of fat free plain yogurt and Franks Red Sauce It’s a new fridge staple and I’ve been dipping it in everything! One cup of yogurt to 2 tablespoons of hot sauce. A squirt of ketchup if you like.
- TIP: I put everything in these squeeze bottles.…I like to play chef. Sometimes I make my husband call me ‘chef’. CHEF! whats for dinner!
And on day three….we turned it into brekkie, The meal that just keeps on giving!
What else could I toss into this Ground Turkey and Sweet Potato Skillet?
- lean sausage
- zucchini – toss in later in the cooking process so it doesn’t get mushy
- carrots
- broccoli
- white potatoes in lieu of sweet potatoes
- corn – gonna try that next time!
- cheese
- avocado
- season with oregano and basil in lieu of mexican spices for an Italian flare
- whatever you find in your crisper will probably be good to toss in !
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Clink!
Kathi
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Ground Turkey and Sweet Potato Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground turkey or chicken 93/7 fat content
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 1 poblano pepper chopped, seeds and veins removed
- 1 cup black beans
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- sliced green onion for garnish
Spicy Yogurt Sauce
- 1 cup fat free plain yogurt something smooth like Chobani brand
- 2 tablespoons Franks Hot Sauce
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet to medium high heat. Add the chopped onion and pepper. Saute until just tender.
- Add ground turkey and cubed sweet potatoes. Continue to cook and crumble the ground turkey until potatoes are tender and meat is cooked through.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add black beans and spices to the pan. Continue to cook for another couple minutes. Taste for spices. More salt? More cumin?
- Sprinkle with chopped tomatoes and green onions and our Greek Yogurt Hot Sauce.
Greek Yogurt Hot Sauce
- combine yogurt and hot sauce. Drizzle over skillet.
- Serve with fresh green salad for a complete meal!
Notes
Nutrition
Cecilia says
This was excellent! Easy, healthy dish to make!
Tami says
This looks appealing. I would like to note if one of the first steps is to roast the sweet potato for 20 minutes how is prep time 10 mins and bake time ten mins ? At a glance seems quicker than the actual steps.
Kathi & Rachel says
Ya got me! Should be 10 min prep, 20 min cook time. Brown the potatoes in oven while cooking the turkey. Alternatively you can add the cubed potatoes to the turkey when browning to save a few minutes.
Jamie says
Go you mean to use two types of onion!
Kathi & Rachel says
Hi Jamie, yes, two types of onion. One for the skillet and green for garnish.
Andi says
So easy to make and absolutely delicious!
LaughingSpatula.com says
Thank you Andi! We are so glad you loved it!