Want your favorite street cart foods without having to track down your fave truck? Our chefs dreamed up just the thing: these street cart–style rice turkey bowls. Each serving is packed with layers of flavor: buttery turmeric rice with crunchy almonds and scallions, shawarma-spiced ground turkey, fresh diced cucumber, and not one but TWO sauces. We’re talking classic white sauce and hot sauce. And all of that’s served with warmed pita bread. Now all that’s left to do is perfect your dipping technique for the optimal saucy and flavor-packed bite.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
1 teaspoon
Turmeric
½ cup
White Rice
2 unit
Scallions
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Cucumber
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains Milk)
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains Eggs)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
10 ounce
Shrimp
(Contains Shellfish)
1 tablespoon
Shawarma Spice Blend
3 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
½ ounce
Sliced Almonds
(Contains Tree Nuts)
2 unit
Pita Bread
(Contains Sesame, Wheat)
2 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Cooking Oil
Butter
(Contains Milk)
Salt
Pepper
• Melt 1 TBSP butter in a small pot over medium heat. Stir in 1⁄4 tsp turmeric (1⁄2 tsp for 4 servings) until combined. • Stir in rice, 3⁄4 cup water (11⁄2 cups for 4), and a big pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to use in step 5.
• Meanwhile, bring 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) to room temperature. Wash and dry produce. • Quarter lemon. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Trim and finely dice half the cucumber (all for 4).
• In a small bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Add water 1 tsp at a time until sauce reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and cook until fragrant, 30-60 seconds. • Add turkey*, Shawarma Spice Blend, 1⁄2 tsp salt (1 tsp for 4 servings), and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. • Stir in stock concentrates and 1⁄4 cup water (1/3 cup for 4). Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes.
Rinse shrimp* under cold water and pat dry with paper towels or open package of chicken* and drain off any excess liquid. Swap in shrimp or chicken for turkey. (No need to break up into pieces!)
• Fluff rice with a fork; stir in almonds and half the scallion greens. Season with salt and pepper to taste. • Toast pitas, then spread with softened butter. Cut each pita into four wedges.
• Divide rice between bowls. Top with turkey and diced cucumber in separate sections; sprinkle diced cucumber with a pinch of salt. Drizzle turkey with hot sauce to taste. Drizzle white sauce over bowls; garnish with remaining scallion greens. Serve with pitas and remaining lemon wedges on the side. TIP: If you like, scoop up some of the rice, turkey, diced cucumber, and sauces with the pita and eat it all in one bite!
Shellfish is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.