Turkey Meatballs

To make this a completely healthy meal, serve over spaghetti squash rather than pasta!

Category: Side Dish

Cuisine: italian

24 reviews 
Ready in 1 hour
by morganwood

Ingredients

1 cup oatmeal or unseasoned bread crumbs

3/4 cup Romano or Parmesan cheese finely grated

1/2 cup whole milk

1/2 cup low-sodium beef broth

1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley

3/4 cup Egg Beaters or 3 beaten eggs

2 tbsp dry oregano

1 tbsp garlic minced

1 tbsp kosher salt

1 tbsp black pepper

2 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

1 pinch pinch nutmeg

2 lb. ground turkey

2 cups low-sodium beef broth


Directions

Preheat oven to 450. Stir together oatmeal and next 12 ingredients (through nutmeg). Combine the ground turkey with the bread crumb mixture. Stir together with a fork. Use a cookie dropper, portioning scoop, or two spoons and shape the meat mixture into balls (about 2"). Coat a baking sheet (with sides) with nonstick spray. Space meatballs on tray so they're not crowded or touching. Cover bottom of pan with beef broth. Bake for 25 minutes or until the meatballs are just cooked through.

Reviews


Adding the stock at the end kept the meatballs super moist!

Valerie411

Almost a year later and we make this recipe at least 3 times a month. We make it into Meatballs, hamburgers (husband won't eat any other hamburger now), and meatloaf.

no01idea

I used a cookie dropper to do the portions. The mixture seemed runny but after cooking in the oven they turned out firm and fabulous. Great recipe, I also substituted milk with rice milk and used only breadcrumbs and no oat. Will definitely do it again.

mmajoli

This is my new go to meatball recipe. The first time I made it just as the recipe states, and it was not runny and made perfect meatballs and were nice and juicy, the second time I read reviews and decided to add more breadcrumbs, and to my family they were a little dry. FYI, makes a GREAT turkey burger (just cook in patty shape in oven).

no01idea

I read the reviews prior to making these and I took the advice of others. I didn't add the 1/2 cup of beef broth to the meatballs but I did add an additional 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs. I did not have 2 lbs of turkey so I made mine 1/2 turkey and 1/2 ground beef. They were fantastic! The entire family loved them. The fresh parsley is a must. It added so much flavor. We will definitely make these again.

Mistikaldarkhope

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