Turkey Taco Meal Prep Bowls (2024)

By: Denise Bustard127 Comments
Posted: 11/5/19Updated: 1/4/21

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These turkey taco meal prep bowls are made with juicy turkey taco meat, corn, pico de gallo and brown rice and are simple, but filling. Make them ahead for four delicious lunches.

Meal prep is the best way to ensure that you avoid wasting a whole bunch of money buying your lunch...some of my favorites include these honey sesame chicken bowlsand these caprese chicken salad bowls. These turkey taco lunch bowls are perfect if you are craving Mexican food!

These meal prep bowls are not only one of the most popular meal prep recipes on Sweet Peas & Saffron, but one of my personal faves as well!

Inspired by a burrito bowl, but with turkey taco meat, brown rice, corn and a quick pico de gallo for a pretty and delicious meal.

Think of this as a really loose recipe that you can adapt with your favorite toppings.

Reasons you'll ♡ this recipe

so tasty!
they are simple to prep and make 4 lunches
the recipe is easily adaptable

Recipe Video

These meal prep bowls are super simple to prep, but it always helps to have a visual. Watch the video below to see exactly how this recipe comes together. You can find more of my recipe videos on my YouTube channel.

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Which ingredients do we need?

This recipe is highly adaptable and are loosely based on a burrito bowl. Here are the components:

turkey taco meat- swap the turkey for ground beef, crumbled tofu, or your favorite protein. I used my homemade taco seasoning.
brown rice- cooked in my rice cooker. See How to Cook Brown Rice. Swap with long grain white rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice.
corn- from a can, frozen or fresh corn work as well
pico de gallo- normally I don't love tomatoes in my meal prep but since it's meant to be somewhat 'juicy', it works well in this one!
cheese- optional but recommended. I used shredded mozzarella!

Other toppings that would be great in this recipe?

roasted sweet potato
avocado slices (add just before serving)
salsa
black beans
bell peppers

Are these served hot or cold?

They are meant to be served cold, however you can certainly heat them up! If you do plan to heat, I might store the pico de gallo separate and add it in after heating through.

Can I use chicken?

Yes, you certainly can. I would cut the chicken into small pieces, sautee until cooked through, then add the taco seasoning + water to make the sauce.

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Turkey Taco Meal Prep Bowls

4.95 from 73 votes

Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 50 minutes mins

Total Time: 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

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These turkey taco meal prep bowls with turkey taco meat, corn, pico de gallo and brown rice are simple, but filling. Make them ahead for four delicious lunches.

Ingredients

Rice

▢ ¾ cup brown rice (uncooked; may be swapped for quinoa or long grain white rice)
▢ ⅛ tsp salt
▢ 1 lime (zested)

Turkey

▢ ¾ lb lean ground turkey (beef or chicken may be swapped)
▢ 2 tablespoons homemade taco seasoning
▢ ⅔ cup water

Salsa

▢ 1 pint cherry tomatoes (halved)
▢ 1 jalapeno (finely chopped)
▢ ¼ cup red onion (finely chopped)
▢ ½ lime (juiced)
▢ ⅛ teaspoon salt

Other:

▢ 12 oz can corn kernels (341 mL; drained)
▢ ½ cup mozzarella (shredded)

Instructions

Cook brown rice according to package directions, adding the lime zest and salt to the cooking water. Allow to cool slightly before portioning out.
Add turkey to a medium pan and cook over medium heat, breaking it up with a spatula until no longer pink (approximately 10 minutes).
Sprinkle the taco seasoning over the cooked meat, then add the water. Stir and simmer for a couple of minutes, until sauce has thickened.
Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly before portioning out.
Combine all salsa ingredients and toss together.
To assemble lunch bowls, divide ingredients evenly between four 2-cup capacity meal prep containers.

Storage

Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.
You may serve cold or warm up in the microwave before enjoying (see * notes)

Tips:

* If you plan to warm these bowls up before serving, you may want to store the pico de gallo separate until after warming the rest of the ingredients up.

Video

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1lunch bowl, Calories: 370kcal, Carbohydrates: 52g, Protein: 29g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 58mg, Sodium: 553mg, Potassium: 781mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 900IU, Vitamin C: 41mg, Calcium: 114mg, Iron: 3mg

Author: Denise Bustard

Course: Lunch

Cuisine: Mexican

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Meet Denise Bustard

Denise Bustard is the creator of Sweet Peas and Saffron, a meal prep-focussed food blog. With a PhD in biochemistry, Denise takes a scientific approach to perfecting her recipes. You can find Denise's work featured on Huffington Post, MSN, Self and more.

Reader Interactions

Kaci says
Posted on 5/25/22 at Posted on 5/25/22

Delicious! I add cilantro to mine and I really don’t use cheese because it’s delicious without and less calories! I also freeze the some of the meat and quinoa and use later.
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- Ben | Sweet Peas & Saffron says
  Posted on 5/27/22 at Posted on 5/27/22
  Hi Kaci, I'm so glad you loved our Turkey Taco Meal Prep Bowls, and thanks for sharing your personalizations. Thanks so much for taking time to come back and leave a review!
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