Skip Chipotle, this homemade Tex Mex Turkey Bowl with a Queso Cream Sauce has all the flavor and nutrients and then some! Feel like sharing the love? This recipe is perfect for hosting a “build your own bowl” night!
SERVING SIZE: 2
THE RECIPE:
Sauté ground turkey on a pan over medium heat on the stove with a little oil in the pan.
Cook the ground turkey alone for 4-5 minutes and then add 1 tbsp taco seasoning and 1/4 cup water so the taco seasoning combines evenly throughout the meat. Stir.
Continue to cook for another 3-4 minutes, stirring throughout.
Now is a perfect time to start the homemade queso cream sauce! Add the cottage cheese, Mexican blend cheese, taco seasoning, and water to a blender. Blend.
Cook rice according to the instructions of whatever package you have. Once cooked, mix ½ cup salsa of your choice into the rice.
Drain and rinse black beans.
Dice red onions.
Split between 2 bowls, add in the salsa-mixed rice, black beans, diced red onions, and cooked ground turkey.
Optionally, add avocado and cilantro on top of each bowl. Then drizzle on your homemade queso cream sauce.
Dig in to your delicious Tex Mex Bowll!
Tex Mex Turkey Bowls with a Queso Cream Sauce
Ingredients
For the bowl:
- 8 oz ground turkey
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1 tbsp taco seasoning
- 1/4 cup red onion diced
- 1 cup black beans drained and rinsed
- 3/4 cup rice uncooked (or around 2 cups cooked)
- 1 tbsp cilantro optional
- 1 avocado optional
For the queso cream sauce:
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup Mexican cheese
- 1 tbsp taco seasoning
- 1/4 cup water to blend
Instructions
- Sauté 8 oz ground turkey on a pan over medium heat on the stove.
- Cook the ground turkey alone for 4-5 minutes and then add 1 tbsp taco seasoning and 1/4 cup water.
- Continue to cook for another 3-4 minutes, stirring throughout.
- Now is a perfect time to start the homemade queso cream sauce! Add 1 cup cottage cheese, ½ cup mexican cheese, 1 tbsp taco seasoning, and ⅓ cup water to a blender. Blend.
- Cook rice according to the instructions of whatever package you have. Once cooked, mix salsa of your choice into the rice.
- Drain and rinse the black beans and dice up your red onions.
- Split between 2 bowls, add in the salsa-mixed rice, black beans, diced red onions, and cooked ground turkey.
- Optionally, add avocado and cilantro on top of each bowl. Then drizzle on your homemade queso cream sauce.
- Dig in to your delicious Tex Mex Bowl!
