Chinese Style Turkey Meatballs Recipes

ASIAN TURKEY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Add turkey, breadcrumbs, garlic, green onions, egg, sesame oil and soy sauce. Mix with your hands until combined.
• Grease a baking sheet with oil. Portion out 12 meatballs. (Working with slightly wet hands helps)
• Place meatballs on the oiled baking sheet and cook for 15 minutes or until fully cooked, flipping halfway through.
• Take out of the oven and toss with the Asian sauce.
• Serve immediately and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.

CHINESE INSPIRED TURKEY MEATBALLS W/ DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F. Mix ground turkey, panko, egg, salt, scallions, ginger, cilantro, soy sauce, and 2 tsp oil and mix with your hands until combined well. Shape 1 heaping tablespoon meat mixture into a ball and transfer to a baking dish. Repeat with remaining mixture. Bake until cooked through, about 12-15 minutes.
• For the dipping sauce mix together soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar and water in a bowl. Add scallions. Transfer meatballs to a serving dish. Stir sauce, then drizzle meatballs with 1 tablespoon sauce. Serve meatballs with remaining sauce.

CHINESE-STYLE TURKEY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
• To make the meatballs: Gently mix together the meatball ingredients (hands are best for this), then form meatballs by rolling tablespoon-sized scoops between your palms.
• Arrange on a lightly oiled or parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes, until well-browned and cooked through. Serve with toothpicks for dipping.
• To make the dipping sauce: In a small pot, stir all the sauce ingredients together over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves.
• Simmer 3 or so minutes, stirring frequently, until the sauce thickens a bit.
• Fish out the ginger and serve in small cups for dipping.

TURKEY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta. In a bowl mix together; green onion, garlic, egg, bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. With a fork stir in ground turkey or chicken and season to taste with salt and pepper. (You can crumble some in a skillet, cook, taste, and then adjust seasoning). Shape mixture into small meatballs. In a large skillet heat olive oil. Add meatballs in a single layer and let them cook for 2 to 3 minutes a side, without disturbing. If they stick, loosen with a slotted spoon. Stir in tomato sauce into the skillet, cover and simmer 10 to 15 minutes (while spaghetti is cooking) to reheat sauce and cook meatballs through. Drain pasta and then return to the pot and toss with remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Dish out a portion of pasta on each plate and spoon some meatballs and sauce in center.