Stir-Fried Turkey Breast With Snap or Snow Peas and Chard

Stir-Fried Turkey Breast With Snap or Snow Peas and Chard
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
About 7 minutes
Rating
3(80)
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Turkey cutlets are easy to prep and cook quickly, and young snap peas can be almost as tender as the more traditional snow peas for stir-fries. Shopping for ingredients for this week’s recipes in my farmers’ market, I found young, tender snap peas that were almost as delicate as snow peas. I had part of a bunch of Swiss chard and used both vegetables. I like using turkey breast cutlets in stir-fries; they’ve already been cut to a uniform thickness, so all you need to do is slice them across the grain to get even pieces that cook in minutes.

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Ingredients

Yield:Serves 4
  • 1pound turkey cutlets, cut across the grain in thin (¼ to ½-inch) slices
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 1 to 2tablespoons soy sauce (to taste)
  • 1tablespoon Chinese cooking sherry (Shaoxing rice wine) or dry sherry
  • ¼cup vegetable stock or water
  • ¼ to ½teaspoon salt (to taste)
  • ¼ to ½teaspoon sugar (to taste)
  • 1teaspoon cornstarch or arrowroot dissolved in ½ cup vegetable stock, chicken stock or water
  • 2tablespoons peanut, canola, sunflower, or grape seed oil
  • 1tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1tablespoon minced ginger
  • ¾pound sugar snap peas or snow peas, strings and stems removed
  • 1bunch scallions, white and green parts separated, minced
  • ½pound Swiss chard, stemmed, leaves washed in 2 changes of water and chopped (about 3 cups), stems diced
  • ½cup chopped cilantro
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

311 calories; 15 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 7 grams polyunsaturated fat; 13 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 5 grams sugars; 30 grams protein; 749 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Season sliced turkey cutlets with salt and pepper. In a small bowl or measuring cup combine soy sauce, rice wine or sherry, and stock or water. Put salt and sugar in another container, and place it and the other ingredients near your burner.

  2. Step 2

    Heat a 14-inch flat-bottomed wok or 12-inch steel skillet over high heat until a drop of water evaporates within a second or two when added to the pan. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to the wok or pan and swirl to coat the sides, then add sliced turkey cutlets in one layer. Let sit untouched for about 30 seconds, then stir-fry until lightly colored and no pink is visible, about 2 to 2½ minutes. Remove to a plate.

  3. Step 3

    Swirl in remaining oil, add garlic and ginger and stir-fry for no more than 10 seconds. Add sugar snap peas and white parts of scallions and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add chard, salt and sugar and stir-fry for about 1 minute, until chard wilts. Return turkey to wok and add soy sauce mixture. Stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes, until vegetables are crisp-tender and turkey cooked through. Add cilantro, scallion greens, and cornstarch slurry. Stir until mixture is lightly glazed, and remove from the heat. Serve with hot grains or noodles.

Tip
  • Advance preparation: You can prepare your ingredients and refrigerate several hours ahead.

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Not bad, ended up tasting too salty (which is never a problem to me, but ended up being the only real flavour). Agree to add some chilli flakes to liven it up a bit.

Made it tonight. It was nice. I did not have chard available and replaced it with radiccio which worked perfectly as well. With all the slicing aso it took way more than 7 minutes though.

This isn't exactly a dish to knock your socks off. But as a super quick weeknight meal that's also healthy it will do nicely. You could certainly some red pepper flakes to give a bit of oomph.

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