The Most Delicious Ground Turkey Red Sauce

Updated at: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:15:30 GMT

Step 1

Season a large sauté pan or sauce pan on medium heat with 1/4 cup olive oil. When the oil is shimmering, add the onion. It should not aggressively sizzle! If it does, your pan is too hot. It should give you a soft whisper sizzle. Season with a pinch of salt. Sauté for 5-6 minutes, stirring often (every 30 seconds-1 minute or so) until the onion is lightly golden in color and translucent.

Step 2

Add the minced garlic to the pan and sauté until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. If the pan seems dry, feel free to add a tiny splash of olive oil to lube up that garlic, but don't do this if it's not absolutely necessary because we're going to add some butter in a lil bit.

Step 3

Add 2 tbsp of butter to the pan and mix together with the garlic and onion until melted.

Step 4

Adjust the heat to high and add the ground turkey to the pan. Season generously with a few pinches of salt and then break the meat up with a spatula until it's dispersed into small chunks (that sounds awful but its truly the only way to describe this.)

Step 5

Let the turkey cook undisturbed for 1-2 minutes at a time, then sauté with a spatula. Let the turkey cook for 10-15 minutes, stirring every 1-2 minutes. You'll know it's done when the meat is no longer pink and there are lots of golden brown bits on the bottom of the pan. The more the merrier! You want as much flavor as possible in this stage and golden browned bits = flavor. If there's water in the turkey, it will begin to cook off (will look like boiling water around the meat) within the first 5-7 minutes, then the turkey will start to caramelize once all the moisture is cooked off!)

Step 6

Adjust the heat to medium. Pour the dry white wine into the pan and scrape the golden browned bits off the bottom of the pan so they combine with the wine. Cook off the wine for 2-3 minutes. Add the dried herbs to the meat mixture and toss together until fully combined.

Step 7

Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar and another generous pinch of salt. Stir until combined. Taste the mixture to make sure the salt levels are where you want them to be. If they aren't, add more salt to taste and mix into the sauce. If you want pepper, this is the time to add it! The mixture should be lightly bubbling. If it's not, raise the heat until it comes to a simmer, then lower the heat to the low setting or "simmer" setting on your stove. Cover and let the mixture sit for 10-20 minutes as you prep whatever you want to serve it with! The longer a sauce sits, the more flavor it gets.

Step 8

As the sauce simmers, bring a pot of generously salted water to a boil. Add the pasta into the water and cook until al dente, according to box instructions.

Step 9

Transfer the al dente pasta to the pan with the sauce. Grate Parmesan over the hot, steaming pasta as it's sitting in the sauce. Then, toss it in the sauce with a large spoon or spatula -- this helps the sauce stick to the noodles, and of course, adds flavor.

Step 10

Plate the pasta with an extra helping of Parmesan on top, or some fresh Parsley or basil. Enjoy immediately!

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