Simple Low-Fat Turkey Meatballs

Submitted by Nomi232

"An adaptation from my boyfriend's Greek grandmother's recipe. So simple, even I (a non-cooker) can make them and they still taste great!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8-12

ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb all white meat lean ground turkey
• 1⁄2 yellow onion (finely chopped)
• 1⁄4 cup parsley (finely chopped)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 cup dried Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• olive oil (for browning meatballs, not in mixture)

directions

1. Beat egg in large bowl.
2. Add all remaining ingredients.
3. Mush together well using your hands.
4. Form into 1/2 inch balls.
5. Heat small amount of olive oil (about 1 tsp to keep this recipe low-fat) in skillet.
6. Put half the balls into the skillet and cook until browned evenly on outside.
7. Remove and add remaining balls.

Reviews

[robinson.heather]

Was good but too many onions. I recommend using 1/2.

 

[Tina L.]

Very fast and easy to make

 

[girl1125]

Quick! Easy! Tasty! :) I've used this recipe about five times in the past four months and its a hit every time. I've also tried by mixing in 1/2lb. sweet Italian turkey sausage and its even better with that added. (Taking the sausage out of the casing and mixing it up with the ground turkey and doubling everything else.)

 

[jaded4life087]

This was a very quick and easy recipe. The meatballs came out great and my family didn't even notice the difference, I normally use ground beef, they ate them all up. Next time I am going to make a double batch!!!

 

[lvonurff]

I tried this recipe and it was pretty easy. I used a very small ice cream scooper to make the balls. Also, I made it teenage freindly. My daughter doesn't like visually seeing anything green, nor green spices, so I skipped the parsely, just added a dash of oregano, skipped the salt and used both olive and canola oil spray to cook. She went up for seconds.