Healthy Turkey Meatballs
Healthy turkey meatballs made gluten free with ground brown rice crackers. These easy to make meatballs are browned in a pan, and then slow simmered in a homemade basil marinara sauce. Serve with pasta, rice, or spiralized vegetable noodles!
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 191kcal
Ingredients
Turkey Meatballs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 pounds ground turkey
- 3/4 cup brown rice crackers ground into crumbs
- 1/4 cup onion finely minced
- 1/2 cup parsley chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons coconut aminos
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- black pepper to taste
Basil Marinara
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano
- pinch red pepper flakes
- 1/3 cup fresh basil chopped
Instructions
- Grind rice crackers in a blender to form gluten free bread crumbs, or sub your favorite bread crumbs.
- In a large bowl, add ground turkey, and all other meatball ingredients, except olive oil. Stir well to combine.
- Scoop out turkey to form large meatballs, rolling them between palms to make the edges smooth and even.
- On the Sharp Induction Cooktop, place a heavy skillet on a cooking zone, and turn on to level 7. Drizzle the pan with olive oil.
- Add all turkey meatballs to the skillet, and allow to brown. Roll over and brown on the other side, then remove meatballs from the pan.
- Add the other 2 tablespoons of olive oil, and the minced garlic. Saute the garlic for 3-4 minutes to soften.
- Add the tomatoes, salt, oregano, and red chili flakes, and reduce the cooking heat to 3 to activate the simmer enhancer.
- Add the turkey meatballs back into the pan, and simmer in the sauce for 1 hour. Reduce the cooking heat to 2, or add water to thin, if necessary.
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Nutrition
Calories: 191kcal