South American Turkey Hash

By Florence Fabricant

Updated October 11, 2023

Total Time
1 hour 5 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
45 minutes
Rating
4(20)
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Ingredients

Yield:4 to 6 servings

  • 1 ½ pounds ground turkey

  • ½ cup dry sherry

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 cup chopped onion

  • 1 cup chopped green pepper

  • 1 fresh green chili pepper, seeded and minced

  • 2 large cloves garlic, minced

  • ½ cup sliced, pitted black olives

  • 1 tablespoon capers

  • ½ cup golden raisins

  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin

  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano

  • Cayenne pepper to taste

  • Salt to taste

  • 4 tablespoons tomato paste

  • ½ cup toasted pine nuts

  • Cooked white or yellow rice

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Mix the turkey with the sherry and set aside.

  2. Step 2

    Heat oil in a large, heavy skillet. Add onion and green pepper and saute until lightly browned. Add the chili pepper and garlic. Saute a minute longer, then stir in the turkey.

  3. Step 3

    Saute the turkey, stirring for five minutes or so, until it has uniformly crumbled and has lost its color. Stir in the olives, capers, raisins, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper and salt to taste.

  4. Step 4

    Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring from time to time. Stir in the tomato paste and simmer for 15 minutes longer. Sprinkle with pine nuts and serve with rice.

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TLG

This recipe seems off. The instructions say to simmer for 30 min, but there was hardly any liquid with which to simmer. I covered the pan and let it go about 15 min, then added the tomato paste. Knowing this was to be served over rice, I wasn’t happy with the sauces-ness, so I added another 1/4 cup (4 T) tomato paste and about 1/4 cup more wine. That helped, but still didn’t think it had much depth of flavor. Added a chunk of butter to the rice. It tasted good, but not good enough to make again.

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