Taco nights are always a favorite and with this Instant Pot ground turkey and rice taco bowl recipe, you can make it a healthy dinner recipe with great flavor.
If you are looking for a healthy family dinner idea, this truly is it! It doesn’t even seem like you are eating healthy. Plus you can top it with all of your favorite toppings so you can customize it for each family member.
This is an easy meal prep recipe to do during the week since there isn’t a lot of chopping to do ahead of time. Plus since this is an Instant Pot recipe after you brown the meat there isn’t much work to do after that, making it an easy yet favorite family recipe.
For some fun recipes to make along with this Instant Pot recipe, try our Easy Blender Salsa Recipe, Easy Guacamole Recipe, or combine both together and make our delicious Guacamole Salsa.
Ingredients Needed For This Instant Pot Turkey and Rice Taco Bowls Recipe:
- Olive oil
- Lean ground beef
- Diced onion
- Long grain white rice
- Salsa
- Canned corn
- Canned green chilies
- Black beans
- Taco seasoning mix
- Chicken broth
- Mexican cheese blend
How To Make This Instant Pot Ground Turkey and Rice Taco Bowls Recipe:
Pull out your Instant Pot and press the SAUTE button.
Allow the inner pot to heat up. Once it’s hot pour in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add in the ground turkey and diced onion.
Brown the ground turkey for 5 minutes or until the onion begins to soften.
Then, add in the rice and the remaining olive oil. Cook that all together for another minute on the SAUTE function.
Next, dump in the salsa, can of undrained corn, can of undrained green chilies, drained and rinsed black beans, and the taco seasoning mix. No need to stir it yet.
Now, pour in the chicken broth on top, making sure that all of the rice is covered by the chicken broth.
Then, put the lid on and turn the knob to the SEALING position.
Once that is done, press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK button and set the timer for 8 minutes.
When the timer goes off do a quick release by turning the valve to the VENTING position.
After all of the pressure has released, take the lid off and fluff the rice and mix everything together.
Now, sprinkle in the Mexican cheese, and let it sit for a few minutes until it begins to melt.
Then just serve it in bowls and top it with your favorite toppings!
To Make This Ground Turkey and Rice Taco Bowl Recipe You Will Need:
- Instant Pot (I love THIS one!)
- Spatula
- Knife
- Cutting board
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You can customize your taco bowl with your favorite toppings. Here are a few of our favorites:
- Shredded lettuce
- Diced tomatoes
- Sour Cream
- Diced avocado
- Guacamole
- Fresh chopped cilantro
- Shredded cheese
- Tortilla strips
Tortillas for Dipping
You can also dip tortilla chips in this delicious taco bowl. We tend to use it like a dip for the kids since all kids love chips.
If you want to make your own tortilla chips it’s actually quite simple. Take a look at this Homemade Tortilla Chips Recipe from Gimme Some Oven. So easy and you cannot beat fresh and hot tortilla chips!
Related Recipe: Looking for more Ground Turkey Recipes?! Try our Slow Cooker Ground Turkey Sloppy Joes!
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Instant Pot Ground Turkey and Rice Taco Bowls Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cups long grain white rice uncooked
- 16 ounces salsa
- 15 ounces canned corn undrained
- 4 ounces canned green chilies undrained
- 15 ounces canned black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 ounce taco seasoning mix 1 packet
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese
Optional Toppings
- shredded lettuce
- diced tomatoes
- sour cream
- diced avocado or guacamole
- Fresh chopped cilantro
- shredded cheese
- tortilla strips
Instructions
- Press the SAUTE button.
- Once hot, pour in 2 Tablespoons of olive oil and add the ground turkey and onion. Cook for 5 minutes until onion starts to soften.
- Add the rice and the remaining Tablespoon of oil and toast uncooked rice for 1 minute.
- Dump in the salsa, canned corn, canned green chilies, black beans, and taco seasoning mix.
- Pour the chicken broth on top and make sure all the rice is covered by liquid.
- Lock the lid into place and turn the knob to sealing, not venting.
- Press the MANUAL (or PRESSURE COOK) button and set timer for 8 minutes.
- When done, do a quick release of the pressure by turning the knob to venting.
- When pressure has been released completely, open the lid and fluff the rice and mix everything together.
- Sprinkle the cheese on top of the ground turkey and rice mixture and let sit for a few minutes until it melts.
- Serve in bowls and top with your taco favorite toppings.
Notes
- Toppings are not calculated in nutritional information.
- You can customize your taco bowl with your favorite toppings. Here are a few of our favorites:
- Shredded lettuce
- Diced tomatoes
- Sour Cream
- Diced avocado
- Guacamole
- Fresh chopped cilantro
- Shredded cheese
- Tortilla strips
Nutrition
Equipment
- spatula
- Knife
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