Healthy Turkey Mince Pilaf - Real Recipes from Mums

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Ingredients

500 grams Ingham's Chicken Breast Mince
1/2 cup Cranberries, dried
100 grams Persian feta
1 cup Pistachio, shelled
1/2 bunch Mint, freshly & roughly chopped
1/2 Red onion, finely sliced
2 cups Brown rice, cooked
2 cups Quinoa, cooked - use tri-coloured or normal if you have it
3 Lemons (juice 2 & zest 1)
Olive oil, for cooking
Season Salt & pepper

Method

Heat pan on medium heat. Add olive oil. Brown turkey mince off in a pan.
Once mince is cooked, add cranberries, sliced red onion (don't overcook - we want crunch!) and stir through. Squeeze the juice of 2 lemons into the mince. Season with salt & pepper. Remove from heat.
Cook your brown rice and quinoa then stir through your cooked grains to the mince mixture. Toss in 3/4 of the feta and 3/4 of the pistachio nuts. Ensure ingredients are tossed and combined through the dish.
Pour into a large serving bowl (or mini ones if serving individual portions) or onto a serving platter.
Roughly slice the mint leaves and toss onto the pilaf. Lightly stir through. Roughly chop the last 1/4 of nuts and sprinkle on top. Sprinkle the remaining feta on top with a drizzle of oil oil. Grate lemon zest. Enjoy!

Notes

Double the quantity of rice if you don't like quinoa or can't find it in the health food idea of your supermarket. This recipe is great for lunchboxes or summer picnics! If you can't have nuts in your house, simply omit from the recipe - it will still be delicious!

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33 Comments

- - mom160270 said
  - 22 Sep 2024
    12:50 pm
Great recipe. Thanks for sharing.

- - TraceyGail said
  - 30 Jul 2024
    7:47 am
I was going to say I’m not keen in turkey but it actually uses chicken.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 20 May 2024
    10:31 am
You lost me on the brown rice…

- - 3kidmumma said
  - 31 Aug 2023
    3:39 pm
This looks great. I would love to try this for lunch one day. Yum

- - honeydewtry said
  - 10 Sep 2022
    1:26 pm
Turkey mince is so lean and I am forever wanting to try different recipes using it. Thank you so much for sharing it looks super delish

- - mom489747 said
  - 25 Aug 2022
    2:16 pm
I didn’t have any cranberries or pistachios so instead I threw in some cherry tomatoes, sultanas and pepitas. I also threw in some chickpeas, silverbeet and broccoli to bulk up the veggies, and added some turmeric. I think next time I’d reduce the amount of rice/quinoa and add in more finely chopped broccoli/silverbeet. Tasted great, especially with the lemon (I’m trying to use up lemons from my grandma’s garden atm!), and very easy to put together.

- - cassy26 said
  - 02 Jul 2022
    10:51 am
Oh yum. Love turkey mince and this looks like a great way to use it.

- - mom103778 said
  - 09 Apr 2021
    9:09 am
I am going to try this recipe, It was great to be able to watch a video on how to make the Turkey Mince Pilaf

- - mom112217 said
  - 30 Jan 2021
    5:15 pm
A healthy picnic meal that tastes good! Thanks!

- - mom111059 said
  - 30 Jan 2021
    3:51 pm
Looks so very healthy. Thanks

- - BellaB said
  - 08 Oct 2020
    3:46 pm
I’ll have to omit the cranberries, but it looks great.

- - Stace said
  - 03 Mar 2020
    1:57 pm
This looks amazing and so healthy. This is one I might have to try. Would be great as a lunch or even as a side for dinner.

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 06 Jan 2020
    7:55 am
this looks fabulous and the video makes it look so easy to make. I might have to try this for the next time we have guests for dinner as i’m sure they will be impressed by this. Turkey is very underrated

- - mom19782016 said
  - 26 Nov 2019
    12:56 pm
This sounds like a wonderful meal!

- - mom371543 said
  - 19 Aug 2019
    7:47 pm
I can’t wait to try this I love Turkey mince

- - mom129591 said
  - 09 Jul 2019
    11:07 pm
Oh yummy! This looks like a tasty and delicious recipe I will have to try,

- - mom19782016 said
  - 11 Mar 2019
    9:06 am
Great idea, I’ll have to remember this next timeI’m at a loss for dinner

- - mom81879 said
  - 10 Mar 2019
    9:25 am
Turkey pilaf, I’m intrigued! Sounds absolutely delicious and doesn’t look too complicated to make either

- - curlytops said
  - 03 Jan 2019
    11:09 pm
You could also do this with left over Christmas turkey.

- - mom325811 said
  - 03 Jan 2019
    8:09 pm
i want to make this one! ???? looks so good and healthy !!