Post-Practice Turkey Burger Bowls

Ingredients

For post-practice turkey burger bowls, expect serves 4 and 12 minutes (rice cooked earlier) from start to finish.

• 1 1/4 pounds ground turkey
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups cooked rice
• 1 cup shredded lettuce
• 1 cup diced tomato
• 1/2 cup dill pickle slices
• 1/2 cup burger sauce (mayo, ketchup, and relish stirred together)

How to Make It

Start post-practice turkey burger bowls with the part that takes longest, because practice night will not wait.

• Mix the ground turkey with the garlic powder, onion powder, and salt, then cook it crumbled in a skillet over medium-high until it reaches 165F.
• Warm the rice if it is cold.
• Build each bowl with rice on the bottom, then the seasoned turkey.
• Top with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and a generous drizzle of burger sauce.

Do the Slow Part Early

Cook the rice ahead and stir together the burger sauce so the after-practice work is just browning the turkey and building bowls. Everything cold goes on at the end.

• Cook the rice in the morning or use microwave rice
• Stir together the burger sauce and refrigerate it
• Dice the tomato and prep the toppings into bowls ahead

Store and Reheat

Reheat only the turkey and rice and keep the cold toppings fresh. The sauce and pickles go on after, never in the microwave.

• Microwave the turkey and rice together 2 minutes with a splash of water
• Add lettuce, tomato, pickles, and sauce after reheating
• Cooked turkey keeps 3 days in the fridge
• Serve with: sweet potato fries, apple slices

Parent Tip

A squeeze of yellow mustard in the burger sauce makes it taste exactly like a drive-thru burger.