MISS COOKBOOK
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Category Index
    • A-Z Index >
      • A to Z Index List
  • Beverages
  • Appetizers
  • Breads
  • Soup & Salads
    • Soup
    • Salads >
      • Salad Dressings
  • Seafood
  • Meat & Poultry
    • Beef Recipes
    • Chicken
    • Pork Recipes
  • Vegetables
  • Pasta / Pizza
  • Desserts
    • Cakes >
      • Cake Frostings and Icings
    • Cookies, Brownies, and Bars
    • Pies and Pastries >
      • Six Cookie Crumb Crusts
    • More Desserts
  • Sauces
  • Cuisines
    • German Food
    • Tex-Mex Cooking
    • Southern Cooking
    • Asian Cuisine
    • New Orleans Favorites
    • Irish Recipes
  • Menus & Meals
    • Holiday Recipes >
      • Valentine's Day
      • Mardi Gras Recipes
      • Happy Pi Day
      • Saint Patrick's Day
      • Sixty Easter Recipes
      • Mother's Day
      • Chocolate Chip Day
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas Holidays >
        • Holiday Fun in the Kitchen
        • Holiday Menus
        • Winter Holiday Recipes
      • New Year Recipes
    • Special Occasions >
      • Backyard Fun
      • Brunch
      • Cocktail Party
      • Cozy Nights
      • Elegant and Easy
      • Fiesta
      • Football Fun
      • Happy Birthday
      • Kids Celebrate
      • Ladies Luncheon
      • Picnics
      • Tea Time
    • Breakfast
    • Recipes for the 4 Seasons
  • Fun
    • Kitchen Fun
    • Kids Cook
    • Cooking Quotes
  • Tips
    • Kitchen Tips
    • Garden
  • Gluten Free
  • Vegan
  • About
  • Cookies and the Ladies
    • First Ladies - 1789 to 1800
    • First Ladies - 1800 to 1850
    • First Ladies - 1850 to 1900
    • First Ladies - 1900 to 2000
    • First Ladies - 2000 to 2025

Turkey Tacos

Poultry Recipes
One of the first recipes on MissCookbook.com - all the way back to 2008 and still one of the favorites!  Necessity is the mother of all cooking! I created these on the fly as a quick and easy breakfast when I had no eggs in the Fridge. They've since migrated onto dinner. You can also substitute or add ingredients like sausage, olives, just about anything!
View / Print Recipe Card
Serves 2 - 3
Ingredients
​1 tomato, chopped
1 hot pepper, chopped fine (Put on some gloves and don't rub your eyes!)  (Use a red bell pepper, if you don't like spicy.)
1/4 to 1/2 onion, chopped chopped fine
1 small clove garlic, minced
(If you don't have all the above ingredients, just grab 1/2 cup of salsa, it will be just as good, or better.)
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 lb ground turkey
salt and pepper to taste
1 Tablespoon olive oil
4 - 6 soft flour tortillas
2 Tablespoons tomato paste or 2 Tablespoons ketchup
Topping:  1/2 cup shredded cheese
handful of cilantro or parsley, chopped fine
(Want it really spicy? Add some cayenne pepper or a couple drops of hot sauce. I do it all the time.)
Picture
Steps
  1. Add olive oil to frying pan and cook turkey until about halfway done over medium high heat. Be careful, if it's really lean it will stick, despite the oil. When turkey is half-done, add onions, hot pepper, garlic, salt, and pepper.
  2. Lower heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until turkey is cooked through and onions and pepper are slightly browned. (If you used salsa, cook the turkey with salt and pepper until browned and then lower heat and continue.) Add tomato and tomato paste or ketchup. Cook through until warm.
  3. I heat my tortillas on a plate covered by a paper towel for about 35 seconds in the microwave for 4 tortillas. You can also just heat them up on a skillet - be careful not to burn.
  4. Serve It:  Put turkey on top of tortilla; add shredded cheese and cilantro topping.  Roll up.

Recipe Card

© 2002 - 2026 - P.  S. Ricker - MissCookbook
A-Z Recipe Index
Picture
Category Index
Home 
Recipes  
Fun   
About  
A - Z  Index
Menus ​
Tips 
Gluten-Free

Garden        ​
Picture
Picture
Visit our sister website:
Big Coffee Cup.com
Picture
Picture
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Category Index
    • A-Z Index >
      • A to Z Index List
  • Beverages
  • Appetizers
  • Breads
  • Soup & Salads
    • Soup
    • Salads >
      • Salad Dressings
  • Seafood
  • Meat & Poultry
    • Beef Recipes
    • Chicken
    • Pork Recipes
  • Vegetables
  • Pasta / Pizza
  • Desserts
    • Cakes >
      • Cake Frostings and Icings
    • Cookies, Brownies, and Bars
    • Pies and Pastries >
      • Six Cookie Crumb Crusts
    • More Desserts
  • Sauces
  • Cuisines
    • German Food
    • Tex-Mex Cooking
    • Southern Cooking
    • Asian Cuisine
    • New Orleans Favorites
    • Irish Recipes
  • Menus & Meals
    • Holiday Recipes >
      • Valentine's Day
      • Mardi Gras Recipes
      • Happy Pi Day
      • Saint Patrick's Day
      • Sixty Easter Recipes
      • Mother's Day
      • Chocolate Chip Day
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas Holidays >
        • Holiday Fun in the Kitchen
        • Holiday Menus
        • Winter Holiday Recipes
      • New Year Recipes
    • Special Occasions >
      • Backyard Fun
      • Brunch
      • Cocktail Party
      • Cozy Nights
      • Elegant and Easy
      • Fiesta
      • Football Fun
      • Happy Birthday
      • Kids Celebrate
      • Ladies Luncheon
      • Picnics
      • Tea Time
    • Breakfast
    • Recipes for the 4 Seasons
  • Fun
    • Kitchen Fun
    • Kids Cook
    • Cooking Quotes
  • Tips
    • Kitchen Tips
    • Garden
  • Gluten Free
  • Vegan
  • About
  • Cookies and the Ladies
    • First Ladies - 1789 to 1800
    • First Ladies - 1800 to 1850
    • First Ladies - 1850 to 1900
    • First Ladies - 1900 to 2000
    • First Ladies - 2000 to 2025