Flavorful Ground Turkey Pasta
Looking for ground turkey recipes? This simple ground turkey pasta recipe is a filling dinner ready in 30 minutes that’s made with a ground turkey red sauce and shell pasta.
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“Delicious! This recipe was super easy to make but felt kind of fancy. I was skeptical about the anchovy paste but used it anyway, and I’m glad I did. This recipe has great flavor!” – Nicole
If this doesn’t scream dinner, I don’t know what does. We’ve been all about the easy ground turkey recipes lately and this one tops our list! And my toddler’s 😀 This ground turkey pasta is so filling, savory, and crowd-pleasing. It’s made with macaroni shells and the most delicious ground turkey red sauce that has a bit of cream added right at the end. It’s served with parmesan cheese and fresh parsley.
PS: if you love this recipe, try our Ground Chicken Bolognese, but swap the chicken for turkey!
What You Need for Ground Turkey Pasta
Noodles: It wouldn’t be ground turkey shells without the shells! But, you’re more than welcome to use your favorite noodle. Some favorite include spaghetti, rigatoni, pappardelle, and elbows.
Onion and garlic: onion and garlic are our holy grail when making a red pasta sauce. Feel free to use more or less of each.
Ground turkey: you’ll need 1-lb. of ground turkey for this recipe. We suggest buying your meat directly from the butcher, but if you can’t, any kind will work.
Italian seasoning: we were feeling a little extra and used our homemade Italian seasoning for this recipe. It a mixture of all the right spices that will make this pasta taste delicious.
Tomato products: since this is a red sauce, you’re going to need tomato sauce and tomato paste.
Anchovy paste: hear us out. Anchovy paste adds such a wonderful flavor. If it’s not your jam or you can’t find it, feel free to omit it.
Heavy cream: a little bit of cream really brightens up the ground turkey pasta recipe!
Parmesan cheese: it wouldn’t be pasta without the parm!
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