Middle Eastern Turkey Meatballs With Couscous
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- cooking spray
- 236.59 ml onion, chopped
- 236.59 ml chicken broth
- 157.80 ml whole wheat couscous
- 2.46 ml salt, divided
- 236.59 ml Baby Spinach
- 340.19 g lean ground turkey
- 59.14 ml egg substitute
- 14.79 ml steak sauce
- 3.69 ml cinnamon
- 3.69 ml ground cumin
- 1.23 ml black pepper
- 118.29 ml water
- 29.58 ml tomato paste
directions
- Spray large skillet with cooking spray. Sauté 3/4 cup onion until tender.
- Bring broth to a boil in small saucepan over high heat, stir in couscous and 1/4 tsp salt. Cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in onion and spinach. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, combine turkey, egg substitute, remaining 1/4 cup onion, steak sauce, cinnamon, cumin, remaining salt and black pepper in medium bowl. Mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls (makes approximately 24).
- Spray skillet with cooking spray. Over medium high heat, add meatballs and cook until no longer pink, roughly 7 minutes.
- Add water and tomato paste to skillet, whisk until blended. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Add meatballs. Cook until meatballs are hot.
- Serve meatballs and sauce over couscous mixture.
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Reviews
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Fabulous recipe!! The spices mixed with the turkey and then the flavor of the sauce after the meatballs are cooked...wow! I went for a walk after supper and when I came back in the house the smell of dinner was still intoxicatingly delicious! The couscous went perfect and I made a spinach salad to go with it.
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MechanicalJen
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For starters, my name is Jen. ?West Virginia transplant living in Knoxville, TN. ?I'm a mechanical engineer and I serve as the principal facilities mechanical engineer to a large automotive manufacturer.