Turkey Meat Balls. Although it's a lean meat, ground turkey is perfect for making delicious meatballs. Combine all the ingredients together except for the Melt®; stir well in a bowl. Put them on a broiler pan coated with the melted Melt.
For the meatballs: In a large bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, Parmesan, basil, parsley, milk, ketchup if using, tomato paste, salt, pepper, eggs, garlic and onions.
Using a wooden spoon, stir to.
Spray a nonstick pan lightly with veggie oil.
You can cook Turkey Meat Balls using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Turkey Meat Balls
- It's 1 lb of Ground Turkey.
- You need 1 cup of Club cracker crumbs or Panko /bread crumbs.
- You need 1 of Egg.
- It's 1 tsp of Garlic salt.
- You need 1 of Salt & Pepper.
In a large bowl, stir ground turkey, bread crumbs, Parmesan (if using), onion, egg, garlic, parsley, chives, and milk until combined. Put the turkey mince into a mixing bowl with the chopped onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, beaten egg and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Mix everything together until thoroughly combined. The grated parmesan, breadcrumbs, fresh basil, and tomato paste in these baked turkey meatballs give them an authentic Italian taste.
Turkey Meat Balls step by step
- Put 1/2 C of bread crumbs seasoned with 1/2 garlic salt into a small bowl... Put the ground turkey in large mixing bowl add 1/2 C of the bread crumbs, egg and seasoning, mix with hands or large fork, do not over mix... Separate in half, then half then half until you have size you want to make balls... Either 1 or 2 bite size... Hint: smaller the ball, quicker they cook up).
- Roll these balls in the breadcrumb/garlic salt mix till well covered....
- Heat a pan over medium heat with a bit of olive oil or oil of your choice with high heat tolerance....
- Once oil is heated put in your meat balls, keeping separated don't over crowd your pan... Cook till cooked through and outside is well browned and crispy!!!.
A quick fifteen minute bake in the oven means dinner gets on the table in time and you can be sure your meatballs are cooked to perfection without standing over the stove. The mushrooms give the turkey meatballs a meaty flavor. The mayonnaise, which is just an emulsion of oil, egg, and vinegar, not only adds some needed fat but a bit of egg to help as a binder. So the meatballs are tender, have more flavor, and on top of that are gluten-free! Serve these easy turkey meatballs with or without sauce.