How To Make Ground Turkey Taste Like Ground Beef

This tutorial, on making ground turkey taste like beef, is the most viewed post on this blog. Seems people like healthy eating, and that is a good thing! While I've used that recipe for many years, I have now changed it.

Why the change? I was poking around on my pinterest boards, when I noticed someone pinned the original recipe. She tried it, then posted it under one of her boards, titled something to the effect, recipes that were not that good. Right away, I knew I had to improve it. I mean, I can't have someone not like my recipes.

I am not one to get sensitive over criticism. Back in high school, a dear classmate taught me that it was okay to accept constructive criticism. From that, we learn to better ourselves. It was a lesson well received. You see, this lady wasn't saying I was a bad person, or that she didn't like me. What she was saying, was the recipe wasn't great. So with that in mind, I set out to make this recipe the best that it can be. I hope you like it as much as I do.

I only use lean ground turkey. I think this brand is readily available, but I happen to find the best price at Sam's Club, at  $2.39 per pound!

All you have to do, is add 1 tablespoon of Kitchen Bouquet Browning & Seasoning Sauce per 1 pound of ground turkey.

Then incorporate the Kitchen Bouquet into the meat. Now, this is to give the turkey the flavor of beef. So, before you begin any recipe, you will do this, then continue on with your recipe, by adding the required seasoning ingredients.

To crumble, just give your cooking surface a coat of oil.

And cook up, as you would ground beef. You are going to need to season it, as you would beef. So if you just want ground beef, add a little salt and pepper. Or better yet, follow the recipe that you intend on making.

I like the coloring and caramelization that the Kitchen Bouquet gives to the meat. I really could not tell that it was ground turkey.

* I've been tinkering with the recipe, and have tested this out for the last 6 months. If you want to make your ground turkey taste even beefier, do this:

Head on over, to your local Asian grocery store. If you don't have one, then try Amazon. Pick up a package of dried mushrooms.

Using your spice blender, grind the dried mushrooms, to a fine powder. Use 1 Tablespoon ground mushroom powder, per pound of meat. 

So there you have it. Two great beef tasting options. If you don't have the mushroom powder, no worries. The ground turkey will still taste like beef. If you really want to amp the beef flavor, just add the powder. 

HOW TO MAKE GROUND TURKEY TASTE LIKE GROUND BEEF (REDO)

INGREDIENTS:

1 Pound ground turkey

1 Tablespoon Kitchen Bouquet Browning & Seasoning Sauce

HOW TO MAKE GROUND TURKEY TASTE BEEFIER

1 Tablespoon ground mushroom powder 

DIRECTIONS:

In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine Kitchen Bouquet Browning Liquid into the ground turkey. Use this meat mixture as you would ground beef, per your recipe instructions. 

Now that you know how to season the ground turkey, to taste like ground beef, let me direct you to a great tasting Sloppy Joe recipe, using this technique. Just click the link. Catherine's Hamburger BBQ. 

If a burger is more to your liking, learn how to make Turkey Burger Patties. No more bland, dry turkey burgers!

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