Breaded Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients
- For the Meatball Mix: ⓘ
- 1/4 Onion - Chopped ⓘ
- 1/2 Carrot - Finely Chopped ⓘ
- 1 Garlic Clove - Finely Chopped ⓘ
- 3 tablespoons Olive Oil ⓘ
- 9.1 ounces Ground Turkey (260 grams) ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano ⓘ
- 3 tablespoons Bread Crumbs ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cumin ⓘ
- 1 Egg ⓘ
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil (For Frying) ⓘ
- For the Bread Crumbs Coating: ⓘ
Instructions
- On a frying pan, preheat the olive oil over medium heat and add in the chopped onion, chopped carrot. Saute while stirring for about 3 minutes. Add the chopped garlic and stir for another 30 seconds. Remove from heat.
- Place the fried onion mix in a medium bowl and add all the other meatballs ingredients, except for the frying vegetable oil. Mix all together until form and even mix.
- For the coating, place 1/2 cup bread crumbs and 1 tablespoon sesame seeds in a small bowl and mix.
- Using your hands, form ping pong size balls from the turkey mix. Flatten the balls just a bit and dip in the coating (bread crumbs) mix until fully coated on both sides. Form coated balls from the whole mix and set aside in a plate.
- Over medium heat , preheat the 1/2 cup vegetable oil in a frying pan (depending on the size of your pan, the oil should be about 1/4 inch or 1/2 cm deep.
- Fry the coated meatballs until brown. About 3-4 minutes on each side.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1250
kcal
62% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).