Ground Turkey Seasoning

Looking for tips on how to season ground turkey? After trying this, you'll never need another ground turkey seasoning recipe, it is so flavorful and easy!

Ground turkey is the base of many easy dinner recipes and it's less expensive than beef. You will love how easy it is to make the BEST ground turkey seasoned to perfection. It's easy to get a healthy dinner on the table when you have this on hand.

I have made this ground turkey seasoning recipe time and time again, and it's foolproof! It tastes delicious alone but can be added to sauces, salads, casseroles, etc.

If you love cooking with ground turkey, a few of our favorite recipes to use this meat in are our Healthy and Delicious Enchiladas. You can find all our favorite dinner recipes here! 

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GROUND TURKEY SEASONING

• Onion (chopped)
• Garlic (minced)
• Paprika
• Black Pepper
• Salt
• Ground Turkey

No fresh onion or garlic around? No problem!

Add 1 teaspoon Garlic powder and 1 teaspoon Onion powder per pound of meat.

Tips for Ground Turkey Seasoning

• Buy ground turkey when it's on sale at the grocery store and cook it with this seasoning. Store in a regular freezer or a deep freezer if you have one.
• Season and cook the meat, let it cool, and then separate it into quart-sized plastic freezer bags. You can also use gallon-sized bags, but I like quart-sized because they hold about one pound of turkey, which is the perfect amount for our family. 
• One secret to getting a really good flavor is to sauté onions and garlic before adding the uncooked meat.
• Using pre-chopped frozen onions works well. Rinse and thaw frozen onions in a colander first to drain the excess water. 
• Ground turkey browns and tastes the best when cooked in a heavy pan like an iron skillet, so I recommend using one if you have it.

HOW TO SEASON GROUND TURKEY

1. Heat olive oil over medium-high, add chopped onion to the pan, and cook until tender.
2. Next, add ground turkey and garlic. Stir. 
3. Add seasonings and mix.
4. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and most liquid has evaporated.
5. Enjoy it in tacos, spaghetti sauce, chili, etc. 

HOW TO FREEZE GROUND TURKEY

1. Let ground turkey completely cool. 
2. Put turkey into a freezer bag and lay it flat on the counter. 
3. Squeeze extra air out of the freezer bag and seal it tightly.
4. Label the bag with a sharpie. (Don't forget to date it.)
5. Cooked ground turkey can be stored in the freezer for up to 4 months.