Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Ground Turkey Pasta Sauce
Ground Turkey Pasta Sauce brings together ground turkey, onion, and diced tomatoes. Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 75 min
- Total
- 90 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 13 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Turkey
- Cuisine
- Italian
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
- Dish type
- Pasta
A few quick notes
1. Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
2. Give the simmer its place
Keep the simmering stage in the sequence when planning the meal. Follow the heat and texture checks in that step rather than rushing straight to the finish.
3. Keep the first boil and the next step together
Read what happens once the mixture comes to a boil. Have the next ingredient or heat adjustment ready, and continue with the sequence the recipe gives.
Get to know the ingredients
Ground turkey
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Brown ground turkey with onion and garlic until no pink remains. (Drain fat if needed).
Onion
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Brown ground turkey with onion and garlic until no pink remains. (Drain fat if needed).
Diced tomatoes
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add remaining ingredients (except parsley & basil) slightly breaking up the tomatoes.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 4 steps completeMake room for Ground Turkey Pasta Sauce
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Serve over hot pasta. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Read the first preparation step before you get going: Brown ground turkey with onion and garlic until no pink remains. (Drain fat if needed).
Which little step is worth remembering?
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Serve over hot pasta.
How do I plan the ingredient amounts?
This version serves 4. Use the ingredient amounts listed for that yield. If you change the number of portions, check equipment and the full method as well as the shopping quantities.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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