Recipe
Asian Turkey Meatballs
Asian turkey meatballs are the best easy recipe for a weeknight meal. Throw them on top of pasta or spaghetti squash, it’s so flavorful!
Prep: 10 minsCook: 20 minsTotal: 30 mins
Servings: 16 1x
Ingredients
Meatballs:
- 1 lb. ground turkey
- 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon tamari (or soy sauce)
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 egg
- handful cilantro, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons refined coconut oil, for cooking
- additional sesame and chopped cilantro for topping
Sauce:
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
- 2 tablespoons tamari (or soy sauce)
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Instructions
- First, in a medium bowl, smash your ground turkey with a fork so it’s broken up.
- Then, add the onion, garlic, tamari (or soy sauce), hot sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and egg.
- Use your fork to mix everything together.
- Fold in the cilantro.
- Place a few tablespoons of coconut oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- Make golf-sized balls from the meatball mixture and place them into the coconut oil.
- Fill the entire pan with balls, and turn down the heat to medium.
- Use tongs to flip the balls after about 5 minutes.
- Cook another 3 – 5 minutes and flip again.
- Continue to turn the meatballs until they are cooked through, another 5-10 minutes. Turn down the heat a bit if they are too brown when you turn them.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the avocado oil, tamari (or soy sauce), agave nectar (honey or maple syrup works), hot sauce, and sesame oil.
- When you only have a few minutes left for cooking, pour the sauce over the meatballs and cook the remaining 2-3 minutes, until the sauce reduces a bit.
- Serve over noodles, zoodles, in a lettuce wrap, the list goes on!
- Sprinkle with additional sesame seeds and cilantro as wanted.
Nutrition Info:
- Serving Size: 4 meatballs
- Calories: 369
- Sodium: 2464mg
- Fat: 22.7g
- Saturated Fat: 6.6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8.8g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Protein: 37.3g
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