Breaded Turkey Meatballs
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 13 Meatballs
 
Great for the kids and in fact for the whole family. Easy to prepare and wonderful to store in the fridge for the next day.
Ingredients
  • ¼ Onion - Chopped
  • ½ Carrot - Finely Chopped
  • 1 Garlic Clove - Finely Chopped
  • 3 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 250-260gr Ground Turkey
  • ½ tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Dried Oregano
  • 3 tbsp Bread Crumbs
  • ½ tsp Ground Cumin
  • 1 Egg
  • ½ cup Vegetable Oil (For Frying)
Instructions
  1. In a frying pan, preheat the olive oil over medium heat and add in the chopped onion and chopped carrot. Sauté and stir for about 3 minutes. Add the chopped garlic and stir for another 30 seconds. Remove from heat.
  2. Place the fried onion mix in a bowl and add all the other meatballs ingredients, except for the frying vegetable oil. Mix all together until well combined.
  3. For the coating, place ½ cup bread crumbs and 1 tablespoon sesame seeds in a bowl and mix together.
  4. Scoop with a teaspoon and form ping pong size balls from the turkey mix. Flatten the balls just a bit and dip in the bread crumb mix until fully coated on both sides. set aside in a plate.
  5. Over medium heat , preheat the ½ cup vegetable oil in a frying pan (depending on the size of your pan, the oil should be about ¼ inch or ½ cm deep.
  6. Fry breaded meatballs about 3-4 minutes on each side, until brown.
Recipe by Maya`s Kitchen at https://www.mayaskitchen.info/2012/10/24/breaded-turkey-meatballs/