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Instant Pot ground turkey teriyaki rice bowls is the best Instant Pot recipe! It has all of those delicious Asian teriyaki flavors we all love and is paired with ground turkey. You can make this dinner in no time and still enjoy the great flavor that the Instant Pot develops. This has quickly become one of our favorite family dinners to make.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our turkey teriyaki rice bowls, you need the following ingredients:
- Low sodium soy sauce
- Water
- Rice vinegar
- Brown sugar
- Sugar
- Minced garlic
- Ground ginger
- Cornstarch
- Olive oil
- Onion
- Ground turkey
- Chopped broccoli
- Carrots
- Red bell pepper
- Green onions
- Sesame seeds
- Cooked rice
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Turkey Teriyaki Rice Bowls Recipe
- Get out your Instant Pot. Add in the soy sauce, water, rice vinegar, brown sugar, sugar, garlic, and ground ginger to the inner pot.
- Press the SAUTE button on the Instant Pot and mix everything together with a whisk as the sauce heats up.
- While that is heating up, mix together the cornstarch and water in a small mixing bowl.
- When the sauce begins to bubble, add in the cornstarch and water mixture and whisk it together until the sauce begins to thicken.
- Once the sauce is thickened, pour it in a small bowl and set it aside. Be sure to use an oven mitt as the inner pot will be HOT!
- Carefully rinse out the metal bowl (or use another one if you have an extra one to use) and put it back inside the Instant Pot and let the pot warm back up. The SAUTE function should still be on at this point.
- Add in some olive oil and the diced onion, minced garlic, and ground turkey and cook it all together until the ground turkey is no longer pink.
- This should take about 5-6 minutes, also make sure to break up the turkey as it cooks.
- Add in the broccoli, shredded carrots, and red bell pepper and mix it in with the ground turkey mixture.
- Pour in the teriyaki sauce on top and mix it into the ground turkey and vegetables so that everything is coated in sauce.
- Now pour in ½ cup of water on top but do NOT mix it in.
- Place the lid on top of the Instant Pot, and turn the valve to the SEALING position .
- Press the CANCEL button to turn off the sauté function and then press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK button and set the timer for 2 minutes.
- When the timer is finished, move the valve to the VENTING position to do a quick release of the pressure.
- After the pin drops down, remove the lid and serve the ground turkey mixture over rice and garnish it with green onions and sesame seeds if you’d like.
Recipe Notes
This recipe will use olive oil to sauté the vegetables in and it is delicious! However, if olive oil does not work for you that is okay too! Take a look at the list that A Couple Cooks created for the Best Olive Oil Substititutes and you can use in place of the olive oil in this recipe.
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Turkey Teriyaki Rice Bowls Recipe
Enjoy our turkey teriyaki rice bowls in the Instant Pot for a delicious, Asian-inspired weeknight meal, prepared in minutes.
Serving servings
Ingredients
Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
- ¾ cup low sodium soy sauce
- ⅓ cup water
- 3 Tablespoons rice vinegar
- 4 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 ½ Tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 Tablespoons water
Ground Turkey
- 1 ½ Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 Tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 ½ pounds ground turkey, (can also use ground beef)
- 1 cup finely chopped broccoli
- 3 large carrots, peeled and grated
- ½ red bell pepper, diced
- ½ cup water
- green onions, diced (optional topping)
- sesame seeds, optional topping
- 4 cups cooked rice, (we love jasmine rice, but white rice and brown rice also work great)
Instructions
- Add soy sauce, water, rice vinegar, brown sugar, sugar, garlic, and ginger into the pot in the Instant Pot.
- Press the SAUTE button and mix together with a whisk as it heats up.
- White waiting, mix together cornstarch and water in a small bowl.
- As soon as the sauce starts to bubble, add in the cornstarch and water mix to the sauce in the pot. Whisk for a few seconds until the sauce starts to thicken.
- Pour sauce into a bowl and set aside (I used oven mitts to remove pot from Instant Pot and carefully poured it into a bowl. The pot will be hot)
- Rinse out pot and return to Instant Pot.
- Let the pot warm up again (the SAUTE function should still be on) and add in olive oil. Then add in onion, garlic, and ground turkey. Cook until the ground turkey is no longer pink (about 5-6 minutes), breaking up the turkey as it cooks.
- Add in the broccoli, carrots, and red bell pepper and mix in the ground turkey.
- Pour the teriyaki sauce on top and mix with the ground turkey and vegetables so everything is coated in sauce.
- Pour 1/2 cup water on top (but don’t mix in).
- Place the lid on top and move the valve to SEALING.
- Press the CANCEL button to turn off the saute, then press MANUAL (or PRESSURE COOK) and set timer for 2 minutes.
- Once the timer is finished, move the valve to VENTING and do a QUICK RELEASE of the pressure.
- Remove the lid and serve over rice. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
Notes
This recipe will use olive oil to sauté the vegetables in and it is delicious! However, if olive oil does not work for you, you can substitute another with another oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 414 kcal · Carbohydrates: 56 g · Protein: 34 g · Fat: 6 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 62 mg · Sodium: 1161 mg · Potassium: 608 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 16 g · Vitamin A: 6131 IU · Vitamin C: 53 mg · Calcium: 79 mg · Iron: 2 mg
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What if I already cooked some ground beef but want to make this recipe? Should I just make sauce and set aside and then sauté onions and add my precooked meat once they are almost done?
Cook everything as it says, but add in the cooked beef later since it has already been cooked. It should still work out great.
Can I use a prepared or store-bought teryaki sauce, rather than preparing all of these ingredients? If so, how much should I use?
You should be ok with store bought teriyaki sauce. Maybe need about 1 1/2 cups.
This was a big hit at our house for dinner. And I made some of the sauce for myself, and put TVP in it instead of the ground turkey and I loved it as well. We added broccoli and guacamole on top of the rice too, soo delicious.
Hi, I’d love to try this recipe but don’t have an Instant Pot. Do you have directions using another method? Thanks!