We had some oranges that needed using up, so I decided to combine them with some turkey and spices then serve them with rice to make a meal that we could eat with the chopsticks we bought in Taiwan and hadn’t used yet. It was so tasty that I decided to make it again at the weekend, and this time I took photos for the blog. So here’s my recipe for spicy orange turkey with rice.
Ingredients (serves 2)
Olive oil
1 clove garlic
2 spring onions
400 g turkey breast, chopped into bite-sized pieces (you can also use chicken – the supermarket I went to only had turkey left)
2 oranges
2 carrots
About 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
1-2 tsp powdered ginger
About 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Basmati rice, prepared according to the package instructions
Method
1. Heat some olive oil in a pan. While it’s heating, chop the spring onion then, once the olive oil is hot, fry the spring onion and some dried chilli flakes in it for about 1 minute.
2. Add the turkey (or chicken) to the frying pan and fry, stirring occasionally, until it’s starting to go brown. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
3. While the meat is frying, cut the oranges into thin, shortish slices, then add the sliced carrots to the frying pan and fry for a further 1-2 minutes. We still had purple carrots so I used them because they look pretty.
4. Peel the oranges and roughly chop them, making sure to keep as much of the juice as possible. Add the oranges and their juice to the frying pan and stir everything together
5. Add powdered ginger to the frying pan (I used quite a lot but you can use less) and roughly half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
6. Serve with Basmati rice, prepared according to the instructions on the packet (the rice should have been cooking while you did the above steps)
That’s it. Easy peasy! Also, check out my pretty chopsticks 😀
That looks really yummy – I think I know what I’ll be cooking for dinner tonight…
Thanks 🙂 I hope you like it.
Glad to report success! 🙂
YAY!
Ooo looks nice! Is it very spicy or very tangy?
The first time it was more tangy, the second time I must have used more chilli as it was more spicy, but not very spicy. It had just the right amount of spiciness combined with citrusy sweet/tanginess from the orange, if that make sense. And the ginger is more of a warming spicy than hot spicy.
Sounds lovely! I always shy away from using fruit in savoury dishes, but you’ve inspired me! x
For me it depends on the fruit. Combining cheese and pineapple is just wrong! Anything else is fair game. I have a lovely recipe for a potato salad with pears in one of my cookbooks.
This looks and sounds so yummy! I love the flavour combination of sweet with savoury. I’ll definitely have to give this a try. I wonder if it would work just as well with chicken? Turkey is quite hard to find here!
I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with chicken. That had been my original plan but the supermarket I went to had sold out of chicken breasts and I was too lazy to go elsewhere.
Yum! This looks really good. I never cook with turkey but I really should start, makes it nice and healthy 🙂 x
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We eat a lot of turkey because it’s cheap 😉 (And also healthy, of course).
Oooh this sounds yummy! *notes it down*
Hehe, thanks 🙂
This is so inventive, it sounds amazing! I’ll definitely be giving it a try as I love turkey and oranges so it sounds pretty perfect 🙂
Thank you! I had no idea how it was going to turn out the first time, but when my boyfriend said I could make it again I knew I was onto a winner 😉
Ooh I might try this in my slow cooker!
I’m jealous you have a slow cooker!