Friday, April 1, 2011

Turkey Meatballs

I can't seem to find bison meat anywhere. I really loved the taste of my last meatballs so I decided to try making them using turkey meat, since it's quite healthy. I remember the vegetarians in my Home Ec. class would have to make hamburgers using chickpeas so I thought that would be interesting to try since I have a big bag of chickpeas in my kitchen. Here's the recipe I used.

Turkey Meatballs

 1 lb lean ground turkey
1 tsp dried parsley
1/2 tablespoon  black pepper
1 cup mashed chickpeas
1 egg
1 tbsp minced garlic

1/2 onion, chopped
1 chilli pepper,  finely chopped
1/2 tsp dried marjoram
1/2 tsp ginger powder 
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried parsley



Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients.
Roll the ground turkey mixture into small meatballs and place on prepared pan.
Bake meatballs in the oven at 375 for 20 minutes or till no longer pink inside.

 I have the worst blender ever so I wasn't able to get the chickpeas too smooth. 

This is the meat mix before rolling into balls


Before putting them into the oven:



And after:





I prefer the bison meatballs but these were still pretty good.

2 comments:

  1. I should try these seen as though I dont eat 4 legged animals.. Normally I just buy them at Costco, but these look easy to make!

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  2. It's amazing how easy they are to make! And you can add whichever spices and herbs you like too.

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