Wondering what I was going to do next for my blog and was scanning some of my old recipes and came across one for picadillo. I knew I had a couple of pounds of ground turkey handy so it was time to update that old recipe. I came up with this fusion of the Latin American, Spanish, and Philipino versions. By no means is this version a traditional one.
Usually, rice is served on the side. I decided to make my version a soup and cauliflower rice was substituted for regular rice. I am using green olives and capers with no raisins. I’m also using some Asian ingredients including shitake mushrooms, fish sauce, black vinegar, and black soy sauce.
Traditional? Maybe not. The result is a healthy soup that will warm the cockles of your heart!
As always, thanks for Spending Time In My Kitchen!
Turkey Picadillo Soup
4 – 6
servings15
minutes45
minutesIngredients
2 lbs ground turkey
16 oz cauliflower rice
32 oz chicken bone broth
3 Tbl tomato paste
1 white onion, slices
3 small fresh tomatoes, large dice
2 Tbl capers
4 oz pitted green olives, slice in half
2 Tbl fresh chives, minced
2 green onion, sliced
6 Fresh shitake mushrooms, sliced
2 Tbl fish sauce
2 Tbl black soy sauce
2 Tbl black vinegar
1 fresno chili, cut into slices
1 small red bell pepper, cut into slices
1 Tbl garlic, minced
32 oz low sodium chicken stock
- Seasonings
2 Tbl chili powder ( See note below)
1 Tbl cumin
1 Tbl jalapeno powder (can substitute canned or fresh to taste)
1/2 Tbl white pepper
1/2 Tbl Mexican oregano
Directions
- Cauliflower Rice
- Cut white onion in half. Cut the half onion into slices
- Add 1 Tbl butter and a drizzle of olive oil into a saute pan
- Add 1/2 sliced white onion, green onion, and cauliflower rice and cook on medium heat. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Take off heat and set aside when you start to get a little color.
- Picadillo
- Add 2 Tbl of butter to a large saute pan.
- Add ground turkey to pan. Crumble meat and cook on medium heat.
- Push meat to the side, add garlic and tomato paste. Cook for a minute. Combine meat, garlic and tomato paste.
- Add Seasonings, capers, olives, the other 1/2 onion sliced, shitake mushrooms, bell peppers, fresno pepper. Stir and combine all.
- Add chopped tomatoes to meat mixture. Cook mixture to lightly browned.
- Add meat mixture and onions, cauliflower to a medium soup pot.
- Add chicken broth, fish sauce, heavy black soy sauce, black vinegar to pot and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Presentation
- Laddle picadillo into soup bowl.
- Garnish bowl with minced chives.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Commercial chile powders typically have more ingredients than just chile. They usually include salt, pepper, cumin and various other spices. You are better off buying a specific chile powder such as ancho, guajillo, or jalepeno so you can control the amount and type of spice you want to use. I used Ancho and Jalepeno chile powder in this recipe.
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