Recipe for fried turkey breast
Is it the end of the month? Are you short on time? Or is it just one of those days when you feel extra lazy and unmotivated?
Fear not – here you have a remarkably easy and dirt-cheap dinner ready in less than 15 minutes! So go ahead and skip the pasta with ketchup.
When a friend and I both moved out of our parents’ homes in the early 2000s, culinary excellence was not a top priority. I had learned the basic techniques of traditional home cooking from my grandmother, and my roommate had barely set foot in a kitchen before.
As students, our finances were tight, and the local supermarket had fresh turkey breast for 34 DKK/kg every other week, so this dish quickly became a favorite in our small apartment!
It typically consisted of 125 grams of dry pasta, 1 onion, 1 clove of garlic, and 400 grams of turkey breast. On a luxury day, the dish was enhanced with either red bell pepper or a splash of cream, which I’ve also included in this recipe.
Today, we live in different parts of the country, so when he invited himself over for dinner at my place, it was the perfect opportunity to introduce our wives to this dish, giving them a sense of what we lived off 15 years ago – and what turned us into the big, strong men we are today 😉
Turkey breast is something that can easily become dry and bland, but with this preparation method, it has never gone wrong for me.
Fried turkey breast
Ingredients
- 2 pcs. Onion
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 500 gram Turkey Breast
- Salt
- Pepper From grinder
- 100 gram Cream
- Oil Neutral taste. For frying
- 500 gram Pasta
Instructions
- Start by bringing the water to a boil in a pot.
- Add the pasta along with a little salt when the water is boiling.
- Cook the pasta according to the package instructions. This typically takes 8-12 minutes.
- Finely chop onion and garlic and fry them for 1 minute in a sauté pan over medium-high heat.
- Meanwhile, cut the meat into cubes of about 2x3 centimeters.
- Season with a little salt and pepper.
- Add the meat to the pan with the onion and turn up the heat. The meat should have a sear on each side. This takes a few minutes.
- Reduce to low heat and add the cream.
- Let it simmer for a couple of minutes.
- When the pasta is done, drain the water and pour the pasta into the pan.
- Stir well for 2 minutes and season the dish with plenty of freshly ground pepper.
- If desired, add a little lemon juice and a little more salt to taste.
- Serve and enjoy the world's easiest student-friendly gourmet meal 😉
