The main ingredient of the dish is ground turkey. Thanks to the dietary variety of meat, meatballs are not only tasty, they also contain few calories, but are rich in vitamins, amino acids and microelements.
There are various options for combinations of ingredients used and methods of heat treatment of the finished semi-finished product. Despite the variety of recipes, the standard set of starting products includes onions, carrots, tomatoes, tomato paste or canned juice, table salt and pepper. For breading, only flour is used.
General technological principles of the process of preparing turkey meatballs
1. Preparatory stage. You need to defrost or prepare the minced meat yourself, boil the pre-washed rice until half or fully cooked, peel, finely chop or grate the vegetables.
2. Sauté sliced carrots and onions and place in minced meat, which must be salted, seasoned with spices and be sure to knead well with your hands and beat.
3. Meatballs are only round in shape. Pour sauce or boiling water over the formed meat balls, and then simmer or bake. Usually semi-finished products are pre-breaded in flour and lightly fried on both sides. For children's and gentle therapeutic nutrition, meatballs are steamed.
When serving, garnish the turkey meatballs with fresh herbs and pour over the gravy formed during stewing. As a side dish for a cooked hot main course, you can offer: pasta, potatoes, cereals, vegetable salad or stew.
Recipe No. 1 Turkey meatballs stewed in a frying pan (with boiled rice)
A universal dish: both for a festive table and for a regular home lunch or dinner.
Ingredients:
800 grams of minced turkey pulp;
2 medium-sized chicken eggs;
2 – 3 garlic cloves;
1 tbsp. table salt;
1 tsp khmeli-suneli;
A glass of raw rice (round grain);
2 onions;
3 carrots;
2 tomatoes;
5 allspice peas;
3 large bay leaves;
Basil or oregano optional;
0.5 liters of canned tomato juice.
Cooking method:
1. Add eggs, grated garlic, half the salt, suneli hops and rice, cooked until half cooked, to the minced meat, stir until smooth. Leave for soaking.
2. Fry the vegetables prepared in advance in a deep frying pan with thick walls in oil over moderate heat while stirring: finely chopped onion, coarsely grated carrots, tomato cubes (about 10 minutes in time). Mix half of the roasted vegetables well with the minced meat.
3. Using your hands, roll the minced meat into balls the diameter of a walnut and place in 1 layer on the fried vegetables remaining in the pan. Salt and season with spices: pepper and basil or oregano.
4. Pour juice over the meatballs and simmer with the lid completely closed for 20 minutes. Turn over to the other side, throw in the bay leaf and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes.
Recipe No. 2 Turkey meatballs baked in the oven (with uncooked rice)
Although the process is even more simplified, the taste remains great.
Ingredients:
700 grams of minced turkey meat;
0.5 cups rice;
One and a half tsp. salt;
Pepper at your own discretion;
Vegetable oil for frying;
Bulb;
1 carrot;
3 tbsp. sour cream;
Half a liter of tomato juice.
Cooking method:
1. Prepare a cutlet mixture from minced meat, eggs and raw rice, then add salt and pepper and place on the table. Roll small balls from a homogeneous mass.
2. Add sour cream to the onions and carrots fried in oil in a frying pan, pour in the juice, dilute a little with boiling water, stir and bring to a boil.
3. Place the meat rounds on a high-sided baking sheet with a distance of 5 cm between each other and from the edges of the pan. Pour hot sauce over to completely cover the meatballs.
4. Cover the form with meatballs with food foil and place in an oven preheated to 200ºC for 1 hour. Then remove, but remove the foil after 20 or a little more minutes.
Recipe No. 3 Turkey meatballs cooked in a slow cooker (with green lentils)
A flavorful dish rich in protein.
Ingredients:
0.7 kg ground turkey;
2 medium-sized chicken eggs;
5 medium garlic cloves;
Half tsp. coriander;
A pinch of salt;
Ground black pepper to taste;
A glass of green lentils;
1.5 cups sour cream 15% fat;
50 grams of hard cheese.
Cooking method:
1. Stir in the minced meat eggs, half of the garlic squeezed through a crusher, coriander, salt and pepper. Leave the mixture for soaking.
2. Boil the washed lentils in a saucepan for a quarter of an hour, cool slightly.
3. Combine the cooled lentils and cutlet mass, mix well and form small round lumps.
4. Place the meatballs in the multicooker bowl, pour in sour cream, in which first stir the remaining crushed garlic.
5. Sprinkle with grated cheese and activate the “Stew” mode for an hour and a half.
Recipe No. 4 Turkey meatballs cooked in an air fryer (with broccoli sauce)
A light and nutritious dish. You can also bake in the oven at 180 ºС.
Ingredients:
600 grams of minced meat;
1 onion;
Chicken egg;
A little flour for breading;
50 ml refined sunflower oil;
300 g broccoli;
3 tbsp. sour cream 15% fat.
Cooking method:
1. Add finely chopped onion, egg yolk, boiled rice, salt and spices to the ground turkey. Mix thoroughly.
2. Bread the shaped meatballs in flour and fry in a frying pan in hot oil on all sides.
3. After frying, place the meatballs with a golden crust in a ceramic or silicone baking dish.
4. Boil broccoli florets in salted boiling water until bright green (about a minute). Drain the water and cool slightly.
5. Puree the broccoli using a blender, add seasonings and sour cream. The sauce is ready! Pour green sauce over meatballs.
6. Place the air fryer grill in the middle position. Set heat to 205 ºС and low speed. Cooking time 20 – 25 minutes.
Recipe No. 5 Turkey meatballs baked in the oven with cream
A dish with creamy tenderness.
Ingredients:
Half of yesterday's loaf;
200 ml milk;
1 white onion;
500 grams of minced turkey meat;
1 tbsp. clarified vegetable oil;
A bunch of your favorite herbs;
300 grams (or a little more) of hard cheese;
3 cloves of garlic;
0.5 liters of cream.
Cooking method:
1. In a large, deep bowl, soak crustless white bread in warm milk. Add chopped onion, minced meat, salt, pepper to it and mix.
2. Roll meatballs the size of a medium-sized egg and place in a glass roasting pan greased with oil.
3. Bake for 15 minutes in an oven heated to 200 ºС.
4. For filling: mix chopped herbs, cheese and garlic, stirring, pour in cream.
5. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and place the pan back in the oven for about half an hour.
Recipe No. 6 Turkey meatballs (with potato wedges)
An excellent combination of meat and side dish in one dish.
Ingredients:
5 potatoes;
1 turnip onion;
1 large carrot;
2 tbsp. sunflower seed oils (refined);
1 tbsp. tomato paste;
1 tbsp. flour;
Half a cup of uncooked rice (round grain);
600 grams of ground turkey;
Salt, ground black pepper and other seasonings to taste;
100 grams of fresh dill and parsley.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the peeled tubers into quarters and soak in cool water for about half an hour.
2. Saute chopped onions and carrots in oil in a deep frying pan. Add tomato paste, flour diluted in water and pour boiling water. Simmer the sauce for 3 minutes.
3. Combine half-cooked rice with minced meat, salt and ground pepper. Form into rounds the size of a medium egg.
4. Place a potato layer on the bottom of a greased cast iron pan. Place the meatballs on top in 1 row and pour in the gravy.
5. Add salt and spices after boiling. It remains to simmer on low heat for about 40 minutes.
6. A minute before the end of the cooking process, sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs.
Recipe No. 7 Turkey meatballs (with mushroom sauce)
The savory gravy complements the soft meatballs well.
Ingredients:
400 grams of minced turkey pulp;
2 potato tubers;
2 onions;
Salt and ground black pepper to taste;
2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
200 g tray of champignons;
1 tbsp. softened sweet butter;
1 tbsp. with a heap of flour;
250 g glass of milk;
A pinch of nutmeg powder.
Cooking method:
1. Place finely grated potatoes and onions, salt and ground black pepper into the ground turkey.
2. Fry the shaped meat balls in oil and place in a ceramic baking dish.
3. In another frying pan, fry the chopped champignons in oil until the water evaporates. Add butter, onion cubes, salt and pepper to them. Lightly fry.
4. Pour the flour into the pan with the gravy, quickly stirring the contents. Add warmed milk, ground nutmeg and, continuing to stir, cook for 5 minutes.
5. Coat the surface of the meatballs with thick gravy. Place the covered pan in a cold oven, set the temperature to 180 ºC and bake for half an hour.
Recipe No. 8 Turkey meatballs (with zucchini, celery and oatmeal)
Super dietary juicy dish.
Ingredients:
0.5 kg of minced turkey meat;
2 carrots;
1 young zucchini without seeds;
1 turnip onion;
3 garlic cloves;
Celery stalk;
Salt, ground black pepper and favorite seasonings at your discretion;
2 tbsp. instant oatmeal.
Cooking method:
1. Combine the minced meat with grated carrots, zucchini, chopped onions, garlic and celery. Add salt, spices and oatmeal.
2. Place the meat and vegetable mixture into a thick-walled pan, pour in boiling water and simmer under the lid for half an hour.
Recipe No. 9 Turkey meatballs baked in the oven (with cheese and tomatoes)
A wonderful dish for dinner with the family.
Ingredients:
700 grams of minced meat;
2 onions (100 g);
Salt and black pepper to taste;
80 – 100 grams of hard cheese;
3 ripe tomatoes;
5 tbsp. sunflower seed oil (refined).
Cooking method:
1. Mix the minced meat with the egg, finely chopped onion, salt and pepper.
2. Pinch off the cutlet mass in small portions, give them a round shape and place them on a metal baking sheet covered with a thin layer of oil.
3. Sprinkle generously with coarsely grated cheese and cover with tomato slices. Sprinkle with oil and bake for about half an hour at 200 ºС.
Recipe No. 10 Turkey meatballs with boiled pumpkin (for children's menu)
A healthy dish from 1.5 years of age. When serving, sprinkle with sour cream.
Ingredients:
300 g peeled pumpkin;
750 grams of minced turkey pulp;
2 chicken or 4 quail eggs;
3 tbsp. milk;
3 tbsp. flour;
Small onion;
1 tsp table salt;
A drop of refined vegetable oil;
2 allspice peas;
Bay leaf.
Cooking method:
1. Steam the pumpkin cut into large pieces, chop with a blender and cool slightly.
2. Combine minced meat, eggs, milk, sifted flour, finely chopped onion and pumpkin. Add salt and stir until smooth.
3. Form round meatballs, place in a greased roasting pan, add allspice, pour in a little boiling water and simmer over moderate heat for 20 - 25 minutes after boiling. At the end you can add bay leaf.
Recipe No. 11 Turkey meatballs with semolina (independent dish for children's menu)
Kids like the appetizing orange color of the meatballs.
Ingredients:
Small potato;
Medium sized carrot;
200 grams of minced turkey meat;
1 tsp semolina;
A little salt;
1 tbsp. sunflower or olive oil.
Cooking method:
1. Grate the potatoes on the side of a grater with large teeth, the carrots with the smallest teeth.
2. Mix grated vegetables with minced meat and semolina, add salt.
3. Form into balls from homogeneous minced meat and lightly fry in oil.
4. Pour boiling water into the pan to a level of 1 cm, and simmer under a covered lid over low heat for 20 minutes.
Recipe No. 12 Boiled turkey meatballs (for children's menu)
A children's dish, therefore it meets high requirements.
Ingredients:
500 grams of ground turkey;
Medium-sized turnip onion;
100 grams of raw rice (round grain);
A bunch of fresh herbs (parsley, dill);
2 tbsp. tomato paste;
A pinch of salt;
1 bay leaf;
2 black peppercorns;
2 tbsp. starch.
Cooking method:
1. Add finely chopped onion to the minced meat and use a blender to bring the mixture to a smooth consistency.
2. Combine with raw rice, egg, chopped herbs. Knead and form into small balls.
3. Place tomato paste in a saucepan of water (1 liter) and boil. Add salt and seasonings.
4. Place the meat balls in the hot sauce and cook for 20 minutes.
5. Dilute the starch with water separately in a glass and pour into the pan with the meatballs, carefully stirring the contents. The thickened sauce signals the dish is ready.
Successful turkey meatballs. Useful culinary tips and tricks for preparing dishes
It is preferable to use homemade minced meat by chopping chilled, skinless white meat from a fillet or turkey thigh in a meat grinder on the middle rack. You can skip 2 times.
Onions, ground in a meat grinder along with the meat pulp, will add juiciness to the finished dish. If you use store-bought minced meat, it won’t hurt to add onion, only very finely chopped.
The bun for the cutlet mass must be dry so that the structure of the meatballs does not become sticky.
To get juicy meatballs, you need to fill them completely with sauce so that they disappear.
If you remove the foil covering the meatballs 10 minutes before the end of the baking time in the oven, they will be covered with a beautiful golden brown crust.
Recipe for minced turkey meatballs with tomato juice and vegetables gravy. A tasty and simple dish. It will appeal to those who adhere to a healthy diet.
Cooking time- 30-40 minutes.
Calorie content per 100 g- 95 kcal.
Turkey meat is not as common on our table compared to chicken. Although it is much tastier and healthier than the latter. Its protein is almost completely absorbed by the body, which cannot be said about chicken meat. At the same time, it contains very little fat. Almost the same amount as in veal. But there is even more iron.
There is also an opinion that this product can fight cancer. Tender dietary turkey meat is one of the first to be introduced into baby's complementary foods. It is also recommended for use by pregnant and lactating women, those who experience heavy physical exertion or have suffered an illness and are recovering.
This product has virtually no contraindications. It can cause harm only if it turns out to be stale or of poor quality. Therefore, be sure to check the freshness of meat before purchasing. To do this, press it with your finger; if the dent is restored immediately, it means the meat is fresh.
Turkey can be used to prepare many different dishes. If you get the most tender and delicious part of the carcass - the fillet, try making meatballs from it.
This turkey meatballs and gravy recipe is easy and doesn't contain hard-to-find ingredients. You will probably enjoy this dish much more than traditional meatballs. In addition, it is much lower in calories.
How to make ground turkey meatballs
You will need:
- 500 g turkey fillet.
- 1 large bell pepper.
- 2 large onions.
- Egg.
- A glass of tomato juice (can be replaced with tomatoes twisted in a meat grinder).
- 2 small slices of bread (100-150 g).
- Salt.
- Vegetable oil.
Rinse the fillets and dry with a paper towel. Cut it into pieces, peel the onion.
Grind the fillet and one large onion in a meat grinder.
Soak the bread in water for a couple of minutes and also grind in a meat grinder. Add to the minced meat. Add salt to taste. Beat in the egg. Mix well.
Make meatballs approximately the size of a small apple and fry them in oil in a frying pan until golden brown. Place the finished meatballs in a deep pan with thick walls.
Cut the second onion into small cubes. Peel the bell pepper and do the same with it. Heat a frying pan with oil. Add the onion and after 3-4 minutes the pepper.
Pour tomato juice into the pan with vegetables and simmer everything together for a couple more minutes. Then add the resulting sauce to the pan with the meatballs. Add a little boiling water so that the meatballs are almost completely covered with water.
Simmer until done, about 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and cool the dish.
Transfer to plates. Ground turkey meatballs can be served with mashed potatoes, any porridge or pasta.
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Turkey meatballs are a healthy, very tasty dish! A variety of sauces will allow you to choose the best recipe for every taste.
The meatballs turn out simply amazing - during the cooking process, raw rice is soaked in meat juice and tomato sauce, cooked, but it is the turkey meat that gives them the main taste and delicate meaty aroma!
- boiled water - 600 ml
- white onion - 1 piece
- carrots - 1 pc.
- canned tomatoes - 400 ml
- salt - 1.5 tsp.
- turkey fillet – 700 gr
- Refined sunflower oil - 6 tbsp.
- ground black pepper - 0.3 tsp.
- steamed rice - 260 gr
- chicken egg - 1 pc.
The finished meatballs greatly increase in size due to the cooked rice, but almost all of the sauce is absorbed. Serve hot, with a side dish or vegetable salad to your liking.
Recipe 2: Ground Turkey Meatballs with Cream Gravy
- Minced turkey meat - 700 gr.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Rice - 0.5 cups
- Salt - to taste
- Ground black pepper - to taste
- Vegetable oil
- For the sauce:
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Cream 10% - 1 cup (approximately)
- Butter - 50 gr.
- Bay leaf
- Salt - to taste
- Ground black pepper - to taste
- Spicy dried herbs - to taste
Grind the minced meat and onion in a meat grinder or beat in a blender.
Add boiled rice, salt and pepper to taste to the minced meat, add dried spicy herbs (dill, parsley, celery)
Form meatballs. Add a small amount of vegetable oil to the baking dish. Place the meatballs in the oven and lightly bake
Grate the carrots and cut the onion into half rings.
Sauté onions and carrots until golden brown. Add a tablespoon of flour (without a slide) to the sautéed onions and carrots. Lightly fry the flour.
Add cream and a piece of butter. If the sauce turns out thick, you can add a small amount of milk.
Add herbs, salt and pepper to taste.
Remove the lightly browned meatballs from the oven.
Add the prepared sauce to the meatballs and return to the oven, bake until done, then turn on the grill and brown the finished dish.
This is what it will look like when finished. Bon appetit!
Recipe 3: turkey fillet meatballs (with photos step by step)
- Turkey fillet 500 g
- Onions 1-2 pcs
- Carrot 1 piece
- Chicken egg 1 piece
- Bay leaf 1 piece
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Dill to taste
Grind turkey fillet into mince.
Add finely chopped onions.
Add egg, salt, pepper. Mix.
Form meatballs with wet hands.
Grate the carrots and chop the onion.
Fry in vegetable oil for 5 minutes.
Add bay leaf.
Add boiled water.
Bring water to a boil, add meatballs. Cook for 25 minutes.
Recipe 4: Turkey meatballs in sauce under a cheese cap
- turkey breast,
- turkey thigh,
- egg - 1 pc.,
- onion - 1 head,
- favorite spices, salt and herbs - to taste
- milk - 1 glass,
- corn starch - 1 tbsp,
- hard cheese - 80 g.
Remove the turkey breast and thigh from the bone and pass through a meat grinder. Add egg, spices, herbs to the resulting minced meat and mix well.
Form small meatballs, place in a mold and place in the oven for 15 minutes at 180°C
Combine milk with starch and pour the resulting mixture into a heated frying pan. Bring to a boil, add grated cheese and stir until the cheese is completely melted. That's it, the sauce is ready.
Remove the meatballs, pour the sauce over them and put them back in the oven.
After 10 minutes, generously sprinkle the finished meatballs with grated cheese and put the pan back in the oven.
Five minutes and juicy, appetizing turkey meatballs under a ruddy cheese cap are ready. Serve with stewed or fresh vegetables and herbs.
Recipe 5: Turkey meatballs in a slow cooker (step-by-step photos)
The dish turns out healthy and juicy. And for children, meatballs are always relevant, especially when made from turkey meat. I bring to your attention a good recipe for making turkey meatballs in a slow cooker.
- minced turkey - 500 grams;
- onions - 2 heads;
- rice - 100 grams;
- chicken eggs - 1 piece;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- bell pepper - 0.5 pieces;
- tomato paste - 2 teaspoons;
- salt - to taste;
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- vegetable malso - for frying;
- sour cream 20% - 1 tablespoon;
- granulated sugar - to taste;
- water - 200 ml
The first step is to prepare the minced meat. For minced meat I used both white and red meat.
The minced meat needs to be salted, peppered and one onion added. In this case, I grated the onion on a fine grater.
To the minced meat I add one egg, round rice boiled until half cooked and one teaspoon of tomato paste.
I mix all these ingredients and add a little parsley. More for beauty than taste.
It's time to prepare the tomato sauce. For the sauce I use onions and carrots.
First of all, I fry finely diced onions and carrots, grated on a coarse grater.
You can also add bell pepper to the frying pan for taste and color. Here already who likes it.
When the vegetables become soft, add tomato paste, sour cream and a little sugar to bring out the flavor.
Now all you have to do is add a glass of water to make the sauce a sauce.
All that remains is to form beautiful meatballs and place them in the multicooker bowl.
I pour the sauce on top of the meatballs and place one bay leaf. I turn on the “quenching” mode for 45 minutes. During this time, the meatballs will be ready.
All that remains is to remove the bay leaf and serve the dish.
Recipe 6, in the oven: turkey meatballs in sour cream sauce
- 350 grams of fresh meat.
- 1 piece of white bread. (mumble).
- 500 grams of fresh cabbage.
- 2 onions.
- Breadcrumbs.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- 50 grams of hard cheese.
For the sauce:
- 5 tablespoons of sour cream.
- 1.5 glasses of milk.
- 3-4 tablespoons of flour.
- 3 tablespoons butter.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Prepare minced meat by passing it through a meat grinder.
Peel the onion and also pass it through a meat grinder.
We also pass the bread through a meat grinder.
Mix the resulting ingredients together with salt and pepper and mix well until smooth.
From the resulting minced meat we make identical balls and place them on a cutting board.
To prevent the minced meat from sticking to your hands, wet your hands in water.
Cut half a head of cabbage as shown in the picture.
Place the cabbage in a saucepan with water and put it on the fire, boil the cabbage until half cooked.
Drain the water from the pan so as not to damage the integrity of the cabbage.
While the cabbage cools a little, prepare the sour cream sauce.
Melt butter in a frying pan. Add flour to the butter and fry the flour in the butter for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly so that the flour does not burn.
I add sour cream and milk to the flour and butter. I mix everything well with a whisk.
I bring the mixture to a thick consistency and simmer with the lid closed for 3-4 minutes over low heat. Stir the sauce from time to time to prevent burning.
Place the prepared meatballs on top of the cabbage.
Pour sour cream sauce over the meatballs and place the pan in a hot oven.
The sauce should cover the meatballs almost to the very top. Leave the tops uncovered and we will use them to determine the readiness of the dish.
And so we put the mold in an oven preheated to 180-190 degrees and bake the meatballs in the oven until the meatballs acquire a characteristic blush.
As soon as the tops turn golden, cut off for another 5 minutes and turn off the oven heating.
Let the dish simmer for 3-4 minutes and you can remove the dish from the oven.
Recipe 7, in a slow cooker: turkey breast meatballs in tomato sauce
- turkey – 500 g
- rice (dry) – 150 g
- carrots (large size) – 1 pc.
- onion (large size) – 1 pc.
- garlic – 2-3 cloves
- fresh herbs (dill, parsley, basil) – 1 bunch
- chicken egg – 1 pc.
- flour – 1 tbsp.
- salt, pepper, mixture of spices for meat - to taste
- tomato paste – 2-3 tbsp.
- sour cream (fat content from 20%) – 200 g
- water – 500 ml
Rinse dry rice thoroughly under running water. Place the rice in a saucepan and fill it with water (3 cups will be enough).
Place the saucepan on the fire and boil the rice until half cooked. Depending on the type of rice, this may take from 7 to 15 minutes. Place the boiled rice in a sieve and rinse with cold water, allowing excess water to drain completely.
Coarsely chop the turkey fillet and grind using a food processor or grind through a meat grinder.
Peel the onions and carrots. Finely chop the onion and grate the carrots. If desired, you can also chop the vegetables using a food processor or meat grinder.
Pass the garlic cloves through a press or chop with a knife, and also chop a bunch of herbs.
In a large bowl, combine turkey fillet, boiled rice, onion, garlic, carrots and herbs. Also add chicken egg and spices.
Mix the ground turkey thoroughly with your hands.
Wet your hands in cold water and form the minced meat into equal balls, slightly larger than a walnut or any other size to your taste.
Place the formed turkey meatballs in the bottom of the multicooker bowl. By the way, you get a lot of meatballs, so, if you wish, you can freeze some of the meatballs for future use or put them in a slow cooker in several layers.
Prepare the filling for the meatballs: combine tomato paste, sour cream and flour in a deep container.
Mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps. If desired, at this stage you can add a little salt, pepper, sugar (to balance the acidity of the paste), as well as dry herbs.
Pour in water and stir again.
Pour the resulting mixture over the meatballs.
Place the bowl in the multicooker, close the lid and cook the turkey meatballs in the multicooker on the “Stew” mode, time – 30 minutes.
Serve the meatballs with a side dish or as a separate dish.
Recipe 8: minced turkey meatballs with vegetables (with photo)
- minced turkey - 600 g;
- potatoes - 5 pcs;
- carrots - 1 large;
- onion - 1 piece;
- egg - 1 large or 2 small;
- salt, ground black pepper;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- basil - 3 sprigs (20 g);
- hot water - 1 glass;
- sour cream from 20% - 500 ml;
- adjika or tomato paste - 1 - 2 tsp.
Peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater.
We do the same with carrots.
Chop the onion very finely. If you make your own ground turkey specifically for this recipe, you can grind the onion along with the meat in a meat grinder.
Mix all the vegetables in a bowl.
Then mix in the minced meat.
Mix well until smooth. I always mix with my hands. Stir in the egg.
Then add salt and pepper.
Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil. With wet hands we form the meatballs and send them to fry.
Fry over medium heat for 2-3 minutes on each side.
I also fry for a minute on one of the widest sides.
We put the finished ones in a saucepan and keep them covered.
While the meatballs are frying, wash the basil.
Separate the leaves from the stems and fold them into a pile.
Rolling the bunch into a tube, cut the basil into ribbons.
After all the meatballs are in the pan, pour hot water into the frying pan in which they were fried. Be careful, it will immediately boil with steam.
Turkey meatballs are a real dietary dish, tender and tasty, because turkey meat is low in calories, but at the same time very nutritious and not fatty.
In combination with tomato sauce, these meatballs turn out simply amazing!
Turkey meatballs. Ingredients
700 gr. ground turkey
1 onion
1 carrot
Vegetable oil
200 gr. rice
Salt, ground black pepper to taste
Tomato paste
Turkey meatballs. Preparation
If the minced meat is frozen, it should be thawed to room temperature, salt and pepper to taste, add an egg and stir everything.
To prepare the frying, the onion should be chopped as finely as possible and the carrots should be grated on a fine grater.
Fry the chopped vegetables in vegetable oil until golden brown, then add to the minced meat.
Boil the rice for minced meat until half cooked, add it to the meat and mix everything thoroughly again until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Form meatballs and place in a baking container.
To prepare tomato sauce, you can simply stir tomato paste with warm boiled water, lightly salt and pour the meatballs completely.
Place the container in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees, and bake for about an hour.
Ready meatballs from the idea are served hot along with your favorite side dish or vegetable salad.
Tender meatballs in a slow cooker
The multicooker allows you to prepare a wide variety of dishes, including turkey meatballs, which have a delicate taste and aroma.
Ingredients
500 gr. ground turkey
0.5 cups rice
1 onion
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups broth or boiled water
Salt, spices, black pepper to taste
Bay leaf
Preparation
Peel the onion and grind in a blender or meat grinder. Add to minced meat, mix with egg, washed rice.
Season with pepper and salt to taste and knead the minced meat thoroughly.
We form small meatballs and place them on the bottom of the multicooker. To prepare the sauce, you need to mix mayonnaise, flour and tomato paste, stir with water or broth, add salt and pepper.
Pour the resulting sauce over the meatballs and turn on the multicooker in the “Stew” mode.
After an hour, the turkey meatballs will be ready!
Turkey meatballs in cream sauce
Juicy, tender minced turkey meatballs with aromatic sauce are perfect with many side dishes: potatoes, pasta, various cereals. Fresh vegetables or salads will perfectly complement the taste.
Ingredients
500 gr. ground turkey
Bulb
Bun
Salt, pepper to taste
500 ml. 20% cream
300 gr. cheese
3 cloves garlic
Fresh herbs
Preparation
The bun should be soaked in warm milk. Finely chop the onion, add it along with the soaked bun to the minced meat, add salt and pepper to taste and mix everything thoroughly.
From the resulting minced meat, you need to form small meatballs, place them in a greased form and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the sauce: finely chop the herbs, grate the cheese on a fine grater, squeeze the garlic through a garlic press and mix all the ingredients.
Then add cream, mix everything again and pour over the meatballs. After 30 - 35 minutes the dish will be ready.
Bon appetit!
Soak the bread in milk for 5 minutes. Then lightly squeeze out excess liquid.
Chop the meat coarsely and pass it through a meat grinder with onions and bread.
Salt the minced meat, beat in the egg.
You can also add carrots, raw potatoes, zucchini, cauliflower to the meat - 100 grams of vegetables will be enough.
Boil the rice in salted water for 7 - 10 minutes, and then rinse it. Pour rice into the minced meat and mix. 
Forming balls. For convenience, we wet our hands with water before each ball or once with oil - then the minced meat will not stick to our hands.
I won’t fry the meatballs, but you can fry them in oil after rolling them in breadcrumbs or flour. You can also bake for 7-9 minutes at 200° to form a crust.
Place the balls in a heat-resistant form or ceramic pot, pour in sour cream diluted with 200 milliliters of water, add a bay leaf, you can put a little garlic in the sauce for a piquant aroma. Sour cream can be replaced with low-fat cream and kefir.
Bake for an hour at 180°.
Serve the meatballs with a side dish.
Bon appetit!