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In my opinion, the best turkey stew recipe is the one with influences from Hungarian cuisine, with paprika and mushrooms, and served with pasta. You lick your fingers so good and delicious it is!

Turkey meat can be healthier than chicken if you buy quality meat. You can get turkey stew as tasty as chicken stew, but with a special texture.

It is an easy recipe and is prepared in a relatively short time.

I Only Used a Few Ingredients

I chose turkey breast, from which I used a beautiful piece of about 700 g.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Turkey Breasts

But know it can be made just as well from boned turkey thighs.

The other ingredients were a piece of leek and about 500 g of white mushrooms.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Mushrooms and Leak

And so, from these three ingredients, we will make a delicious turkey stew.

Prepare the Ingredients For the Stew

I cut the turkey breast into cubes, not too big, to cook faster.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Cut in Cubes Turkey Breast

I cleaned the mushrooms and chose to slice them, but I left the little ones whole.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Slicing Mushrooms

And, of course, the leek, after I cleaned it, I cut it in half, then I sliced it thinly.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Chopped Leak

How to Cook the Best Turkey Stew Recipe?

Fry the Leak

Very simple, like any other stew, in a stockpot, heat about four tablespoons of sunflower oil (or goose fat) and in which we will fry the chopped leeks.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Frying Chopped Leak

Fry for about two to three minutes, then add two tablespoons of sweet pepper paste. If you don’t have one, you can put a red bell pepper, finely chopped, or two tablespoons of sweet paprika powder.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Add Paprika Paste on Frying Chopped Leak

Add the Meat

Stir and fry for another minute, after which we can add the turkey meat.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Add Turkey Breast on Fried Leak

You will see how the meat will change colour, turn white but not fry, and start to boil in its own juice that will leave it.

Season with two teaspoons of sea salt and a teaspoon of ground pepper.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Seasoning the Stew With Ground Pepper

I added a glass of warm water (about 200 ml), put the lid on and let it boil for about 20-30 minutes over medium heat.

Now we can put the sliced mushrooms.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Put the Mushrooms in the Stew

Stir, put the lid on and boil everything for another 15 minutes. The mushrooms will also leave water in them, but I added a glass of warm water to have more juice.

Make the Thickener

During this time, we start to make the thickener. For this, we put in a bowl two tablespoons of wheat flour.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Wheat Flour in the Bowl

I added half the amount of 300 ml of single cream to this.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Wheat Flour and Single Cream in the Bowl

Mix well with a spoon or a whisk, not to make lumps, and pour the rest of the single cream.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Stew Thickener in the Bowl

Thickening the Turkey Stew

With this sauce, we will thicken our stew. But for this, we have to equal the temperatures by putting a ladle of hot stew stock over the thickener.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Stew Thickener With Stew Stock

Mix and pour everything into the pot in the stew.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Thickened Stew

Boil for another five minutes to cook the wheat flour in the thickener, put a tablespoon of chopped green parsley and be ready, and this is my best turkey stew recipe, ready to serve.

Serving the Stew

We can serve the stew with side dishes like mashed potatoes or polenta, but I chose fusilli pasta, which I boiled about 250 g.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Served on Plate With Pasta

If you want, you can make and consume a summer salad with stew, as I did.

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Served on Plate With Paste and Summer Salad

I also recommend other stew recipes such as:

Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Served on Plate With Fusilli Paste

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Best Turkey Stew Recipe-Served on Plate With Fusilli Pasta

Best Turkey Stew Recipe

Timea
In my opinion, the best turkey stew recipe is the one with influences from Hungarian cuisine, with paprika and mushrooms, and served with pasta.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dinner, Stew
Cuisine Hungarian
Servings 4 portions
Calories 816 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Dutch oven pot 

Ingredients
 
 

From Stew

  • 700 g turkey breast cut in cubes
  • 500 g mushrooms white champignon mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 piece leak sliced
  • 4 tbsp sunflower oil or goose fat
  • 2 tbsp sweet paprika paste or sweet paprika powder
  • 2 teaspoon sea salt kosher
  • 1 teaspoon ground pepper freshly ground
  • 2 tbsp wheat flour
  • 300 ml single cream or sour cream
  • 1 tbsp parsley chopped

From Serving

  • 250 g fusilli pasta

Instructions
 

  • Cut the turkey breast into cubes, but not too big, to cook faster. Clean the mushrooms and slice them, but left the little ones whole. The leek, after cleaned it, cut it in half, then sliced it thinly.
  • Heat about four tablespoons of sunflower oil in which we will fry the chopped leeks. Fry for about two to three minutes, then add two tablespoons of sweet pepper paste. Stir and fry for another minute, after which we can add the turkey meat. Season and add a glass of warm water, put the lid on and let it boil for about 20-30 minutes, over medium heat.
  • Add the mushrooms, stir, put the lid on and boil everything for another 15 minutes. The mushrooms will also leave water in them, but I added a glass of warm water to have more juice.
  • Make the thickener from wheat flour and single cream. We have to equality the temperatures by putting a ladle of hot stew stock over the thickener. Mix and pour everything into the pot, over the stew. Boil for another five minutes to cook the wheat flour in the thickener, and put a tablespoon of chopped green parsley.
  • Serve with boiled fusilli pasta.

Video

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Nutrition

Serving: 1gramsCalories: 816kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 52gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 178mgSodium: 1566mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6g
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Joy

Monday 13th of July 2020

hello awesome post you have here this really caught my attention i just had to read this till the end you talked about the best turkey stew recipe and you mentioned Hungarian cuisine, with paprika and mushrooms, and served with pasta. and you also told us how to make this trust me only looking at the dish you will know its tasty trust me am going to  try it after now thanks for sharing this important information with us 

Timea

Monday 13th of July 2020

Thank you Joy, for the comment, and yes, believe me, the dish is tasty.

Lesley

Monday 13th of July 2020

hello, thank you for this post. It is going to be really helpful for me and my family 😄 and some other foodies out there. I also agree with you that the best turkey stew recipe is the one with influences from Hungarian cuisine, with paprika and mushrooms, and served with pasta. It's very delicious. You all would end up licking your fingers after the meal.

Timea

Monday 13th of July 2020

Thanks, Lesley for the appreciation, I invite you to try some recipes from the blog.

Sherry

Monday 13th of July 2020

Wow! This looks awesome and delicious. I have always reserve a special spot for making special cuisines and recipes and being a food lover, I love cooking altogether too. This is really superb to see here and I must say that I would love to give this a trial too. Though I have never tried this before but ti actually makes sense. Thanks

Timea

Monday 13th of July 2020

Thank's Sherry, believe me, it's worth trying the recipe, it's delicious.

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