When compiling a daily menu, every housewife, in addition to vegetables and first courses, tries to include meat in the diet. Meatballs are widely popular among both adults and children. They can be prepared not only from chicken and pork, but also from turkey. The delicacy turns out juicy, tender and pleasant to the taste.
A dish made from minced meat is perfect for people who suffer from pathologies of the cardiovascular system or for people who want to lose weight.
Tender, juicy and tasty turkey meatballs can be served with any side dish or as a separate dish. Cereal additives can enrich the taste of meat balls and make them more fluffy.
How to make turkey meatballs
To prepare turkey meatballs you will need not only turkey meat, but also eggs, onions, spices, and rice. The dish may also contain bread, breadcrumbs, tomato paste and various spices. Adding sour cream or cream sauce to the minced meat will make the meat more juicy and tender.
Each housewife prepares the dish in her own way. Some people like fried meatballs, others will prefer to steam the meat balls or bake them in the oven. The recipes below will help everyone choose the most suitable option for themselves.
What to serve meatballs with
We looked at different recipes for this dish, now let’s figure out what you can cook with meatballs that is dietary but tasty.
Please note that their calorie content is quite high, so it is better to complement the meatballs with something light.
If you are trying to lose weight, then you can only use vegetables and herbs as a side dish. Prepare them in the form of salads, stew them, steam them. This way your lunch or dinner will not go beyond the calorie limits.
For the whole family, you can make potatoes (boiled in pieces or mashed) in addition to low-calorie vegetables. Boil pasta made from durum grains. Brown or white rice, wheat, barley, pearl barley porridge, buckwheat, couscous are suitable. Serve the meatballs without rice with beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils.
Turkey meatballs in the oven
Turkey meatballs can be baked in the oven either separately or together with potatoes. Adding bell pepper and garlic to the dish will improve the taste of the finished meat balls.
Ingredients:
- minced turkey – 1 kg;
- 3 onions;
- 2 carrots;
- 150 ml tomato juice;
- bell pepper – 1 pc.;
- 2 tomatoes;
- chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
- 100 g rice;
- head of garlic;
- salt and allspice;
- olive oil;
- dill.
Cooking method:
- The first step is to wash the rice and boil it until half cooked.
- After cooking, it is recommended to drain the cereal in a colander. This will allow you to get rid of the liquid.
- Peeled carrots and onions should be washed. Cut the onion into small cubes and grate the carrots.
- The turkey meat is ground in a blender, after which you can add rice, eggs, vegetables, salt and pepper. If desired, you can season the minced meat with the hop-suneli spice.
- The ingredients are thoroughly mixed. From the resulting mass you need to form small balls.
- Now you can start preparing the gravy. To do this, the garlic must be peeled, the tomatoes washed and chopped into small cubes.
- Bell peppers are peeled from seeds and stalks, washed and cut into thin strips. The garlic cloves are lightly crushed.
- Place the meat balls on a baking sheet greased with olive oil. Garlic, chopped tomatoes and bell pepper are distributed between them.
- Tomato juice and salt are mixed in a deep container. The resulting sauce can be poured over the meatballs.
- The oven is heated to 180°C. Meat balls need to be baked for about 30-35 minutes.
- When the dish is ready, you can sprinkle it with chopped dill and ground pepper.
Turkey meatballs are very filling. Served hot.
Beef meatballs in a slow cooker with vegetables
- 600 g beef;
- 2 pcs. onions;
- 60 g rice;
- medium carrot;
- 100 g green peas;
- 100 g green beans;
- bell pepper;
- egg;
- 2 glasses of tomato juice;
- salt and seasonings to your taste.
Calorie content: 112 kcal.
It turns out to be a gorgeous, full-fledged second course - dietary beef meatballs with sauce and stewed vegetables. It can be eaten with or without a side dish. When cooking, the meat is soaked in the juice and aroma of the vegetables. Veal will also work. You can use ready-made minced beef and pork. The dish is perfect for dinner or lunch.
If you don't want to make tomato sauce, you can replace it with plain water. If you want to achieve a richer tomato taste, dilute tomato paste at the rate of 2 tablespoons per glass of water. Frozen vegetables must be thawed first.
The recipe recommends cooking these dietary beef meatballs in a slow cooker, but it also works well in the oven - cook at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
- Boil the rice and rinse it under running cold water.
- Make minced meat and onions using a meat grinder.
- Add rice and peas to the resulting mixture.
- Add salt, break the egg into it and mix.
- Roll the meatballs and place in the bottom of the bowl.
- Chop the vegetables as desired (finely or medium).
- Pour into the bowl in an even layer.
- Salt the tomato juice and add spices.
- Pour tomato juice over everything.
- Place in the “Stew” mode for 30-40 minutes (depending on the multicooker model).
Steamed turkey meatballs
Delicious steamed turkey meatballs are perfect for the daily diet of adults and children. Even people suffering from gastrointestinal pathologies can enjoy this delicacy.
Ingredients:
- turkey fillet – 800 g;
- bell pepper – 1 pc.;
- dill – 100 g;
- onion head;
- carrots – 1 pc.;
- salt and allspice;
- vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
- It is recommended to grind the poultry fillet in a blender.
- Onions, bell peppers and carrots are peeled and washed. The carrots need to be grated on a fine grater, and the onions and bell peppers are cut into small cubes.
- In a deep container, mix the minced meat with salt, onion, carrots, bell pepper and chopped dill.
- The minced meat needs to be beaten. To do this, pick it up and forcefully throw it back into the bowl. The procedure to make the minced meat structure uniform should last about 2 minutes.
- Now you can form medium sized balls.
- Fill the bottom of the steamer with 200 ml of water and install a stand so that it is higher than the liquid.
- Meat balls are placed in the tray. The steamer is covered with a lid. Meatballs need to be cooked for about 20 minutes.
Steamed turkey meatballs are served as a separate dish with vegetable salads or along with potatoes/pasta.
Stewed diet meatballs with chicken breast
- 2 chicken breast halves;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 turnip onion;
- salt and herbs as desired.
Calorie content: 113 kcal.
Chicken breast meatballs are dietary, low-calorie, easy to digest, so you can safely prepare them even for babies from 7 months. An excellent solution for their mothers who have gained weight after giving birth - you cook for everyone at once, and at the same time go on a diet.
To give the meatballs more juiciness, this recipe uses vegetables. As you noticed, these meatballs are dietary without rice, which is extremely important for many, especially those on protein diets. This dish contains 84% proteins, almost no fat, so BZHU corresponds even to strict protein diets.
- Peel the vegetables, rinse the chicken breast.
- Cut into pieces and run everything through a meat grinder.
- Then mix the minced meat well.
- Wet your hands with cold water.
- Form into medium sized balls.
- Place them in a saucepan on the bottom.
- Pour water in a thin stream from the side of the pan up to the middle of the meatballs.
- Wait until it boils, then turn it down to low heat.
- Simmer for 30 minutes, covering with a lid.
Diet turkey meatballs
People who for some reason adhere to proper nutrition can also include dietary turkey meatballs in their daily diet. It is better to cook the dish in a double boiler to reduce the calorie content of the meat delicacy.
Ingredients:
- turkey fillet – 1 kg;
- 200 g savoy cabbage;
- 50 g semolina;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- carrots – 2 pcs.;
- chopped oregano, salt (to taste);
- rice – 150 g;
- cream – 1 tbsp;
- onion head;
- sesame – 1 tsp.
Cooking method:
- After washing, the rice should be boiled for 15 minutes.
- In the meantime, you can chop the Savoy cabbage and peeled carrots and onions. Cabbage and onions are cut into cubes, and carrots are grated on a fine grater.
- Chopped vegetables along with semolina are transferred to a deep container.
- Turkey fillet is ground in a blender. The meat needs to be moved to the vegetables.
- After cooking, it is recommended to drain the cereal in a colander. As soon as the rice has cooled, you can pour it into meat, vegetables and mix with egg, salt, cream and fried sesame seeds.
- The ingredients are thoroughly mixed. After this, you can start forming meat balls.
- Meatballs need to be cooked in a double boiler for 15-20 minutes.
The meat dish can be served with buckwheat porridge or boiled potatoes.
Steamed dietary meatballs in a slow cooker
- 400 g of any minced meat;
- 150 g steamed or brown rice;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 1 carrot;
- 3 sprigs of dill;
- salt and pepper as desired.
Calorie content: 90-170 kcal depending on the type of meat.
Steamed meatballs according to this recipe can be prepared from any type of meat. You can buy minced meat for them in the store or make it yourself by grinding the fillet in a meat grinder. If the mince is frozen, defrost it first, then squeeze out the excess water, otherwise the meatballs will fall apart. How to cook dietary meatballs from minced meat in a slow cooker, watch the video. Steamed dietary meatballs with rice are suitable for proper nutrition, rice or mixed diet. They are also good for menus of gentle diets designed for a long time. The most varied sauce is suitable for such a dish: from soy to sour cream, or without it at all.
Turkey meatballs in sour cream sauce
Turkey meatballs in sour cream sauce are a hearty dish that delights with a delicate and juicy taste.
Ingredients:
- minced turkey – 1 kg;
- 2 onions;
- 100 g rice;
- a piece of bread;
- 100 g dill;
- 5 cloves of garlic;
- carrots – 2 pcs.;
- milk – 50 ml;
- 2 tsp khmeli-suneli;
- 700 g sour cream;
- allspice and salt;
- 2 tbsp. flour.
Cooking method:
- Poultry meat is ground in a blender.
- The rice is boiled until half cooked and the excess liquid is strained through a colander.
- Peeled carrots (1 piece) are grated on a fine grater, and 1 onion is cut into small cubes.
- In a deep container you need to mix rice, minced meat, vegetables and a slice of bread pre-soaked in milk.
- Add salt, allspice, chopped garlic and suneli hops to the ingredients.
- Having formed the meat balls, it is recommended to fry them on both sides in a frying pan greased with sunflower oil.
- Now you can start preparing the sauce. To do this, peeled carrots and onions are chopped as if for frying.
- The vegetables are lightly fried, after which sour cream, milk, flour and 100 ml of water should be added to the pan. The components of the dish are thoroughly mixed so that no lumps form.
- When the sauce boils you need to put the meatballs in it. The pan is covered with a lid, and the meat balls are simmered over low heat for another 10-15 minutes.
Meatballs should be served hot. If desired, you can sprinkle the finished meat balls with chopped fresh dill.
Chicken meatballs with zucchini and celery in a frying pan
- 600 g chicken fillet;
- 1 young zucchini;
- 30 g celery;
- 3 tbsp. l. with a pile of oatmeal;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- several sprigs of dill;
- 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
- salt pepper.
Calorie content: 72 kcal.
These dietary meatballs are cooked in a frying pan with a small amount of oil. You need to take flakes that require cooking; quick cooking is not suitable. Chicken fillet can easily be replaced with turkey and even lean pork.
With such meatballs it is convenient to lose weight, because dietary meatballs with zucchini, celery and chicken will be low in calories. In addition, celery is a fat-burning food, so it ends up being an excellent option for a mixed diet.
- Pour 1 tablespoon of oil into a small frying pan.
- Add finely chopped garlic and celery.
- Fry over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Peel the zucchini and grate it.
- Squeeze the water out of the zucchini.
- Grind the turkey fillet with a meat grinder.
- Combine the minced meat, zucchini and the contents of the pan.
- Place chopped dill there.
- Sprinkle dry oat flakes evenly over the minced meat.
- Salt, pepper, mix everything well with your hands.
- Let it sit for 15 minutes at room temperature.
- Pour another spoonful of oil into the pan and spread it along the bottom with a brush.
- Make meatballs and place in a frying pan.
- Lightly brown them on the bottom.
- Then pour water (to the middle).
- Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes on low heat.
Turkey meatballs in cream sauce
Turkey meatballs, which were cooked in a creamy sauce, are juicy and have a pleasant milky flavor. A similar dish can even be served on a holiday table.
Ingredients:
- turkey – 1 kg;
- rice – 200 g;
- 3 onions;
- salt and ground black pepper;
- butter – 100 g;
- bay leaf (2 pcs.);
- dill – 80 g;
- cream – 200 ml;
- carrots – 3 pcs.;
- sunflower oil.
Cooking method:
- Onions and poultry meat need to be chopped in a blender.
- The rice is boiled until half cooked and drained in a colander.
- The minced meat should be mixed with salt, pepper, finely chopped dill (40 g) and rice.
- Meat balls are formed from the resulting mixture.
- In the meantime, you need to preheat the oven to 180°C and place the meatballs on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil.
- Turkey meatballs need to be baked for 20 minutes.
- Now you can peel and wash the onions and carrots. Cut the onion into half rings and grate the carrots.
- Vegetables are sautéed until golden brown. Flour, cream and butter are added to the pan. After simmering the sauce for about 5 minutes over low heat, you can add salt and the remaining 40 g of chopped dill.
- The meatballs are removed from the oven, poured over the creamy sauce and returned to the oven for 10 minutes.
The finished dish not only looks good, but also delights with a pleasant milky taste.
Turkey meatballs in tomato sauce
Turkey meatballs in tomato sauce go well with pasta, so this dish can be safely included in your daily diet.
Ingredients:
- turkey meat – 1.5 kg;
- tomatoes – 5 pcs.;
- bell pepper – 2 pcs.;
- 3 onions;
- 2 heads of garlic;
- paprika, salt, ground black pepper and oregano.
Cooking method:
- The turkey meat ground in a blender needs to be salted and peppered. Spices are added to the minced meat.
- The meat is formed into small balls, which need to be boiled in salted boiling water for a couple of minutes.
- The meatballs are removed from the pan and placed in a deep container.
- In the meantime, you can peel the onion and cut it into cubes.
- Tomatoes from which the skin has been previously removed are crushed. Onions are fried in a frying pan.
- Tomatoes and diced bell pepper are added to it. The mixture is lightly salted and simmered for about 5 minutes over low heat.
- Meat balls are placed in a frying pan with tomato sauce.
- It is recommended to simmer the meatballs for about 8-10 minutes.
The dish can be served not only with horns/spaghetti, but also with mashed potatoes.
Meatballs with bulgur in tomato-sour cream sauce
For the meatballs:
- 500 g minced meat (preferably mixed);
- 100 g dry bulgur;
- egg;
- onion head;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- seasonings, salt.
For the sauce:
- 1.5 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
- 3 tbsp. l. sour cream 15%;
- 1.5 glasses of water;
- salt, spices of your choice.
Calorie content: 170 kcal.
Delicious dietary meatballs with tomato sauce are prepared from two types of meat. The taste is rich and unusual. Bulgur can be replaced with brown rice. Don't forget to boil it until tender first.
Turkey meatballs with rice
Turkey meatballs with rice go well with vegetable salads. Preparing them is quite simple and not expensive.
Ingredients:
- turkey – 1 kg;
- 2 onions;
- carrots – 2 pcs.;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- rice – 150 g;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- head of garlic;
- 2 bay leaves;
- salt and ground allspice;
- hops-suneli (to taste);
- vegetable oil;
- tomato paste – 100 ml.
Cooking method:
- The fillet is cut into portions and passed through a meat grinder.
- 1 onion and garlic, peeled and finely chopped.
- The rice should be boiled until half cooked and drained in a colander.
- In a deep container, mix the minced meat with salt, rice, onions, garlic, and eggs. The composition is seasoned with spices.
- Tomatoes and onions will need to be cut into cubes. Peel the carrots and grate on a fine grater.
- Vegetables are fried in a frying pan for about 7 minutes.
- After the specified period of time, you can add tomato paste to the frying. The sauce is simmered for another 2 minutes, after which meat balls and bay leaves are placed in the pan. If the sauce turns out to be too thick, you need to add a little boiled water to it.
- It is recommended to simmer the meatballs in the sauce for 20 minutes.
The finished dish can be served with any side dish.
Turkey meatballs for children
Turkey meatballs are considered a dietary dish, so they can be included in the diet of a child who has reached the age of 8 months.
Ingredients:
- turkey – 250 g;
- half an onion;
- a pinch of salt;
- 1 tbsp. rice
Cooking method:
- Fresh meat is ground in a blender.
- The rice is boiled until tender in lightly salted water.
- The onion needs to be grated on a fine grater.
- All ingredients are mixed. The minced meat should be formed into small meatballs.
- A dish for a child must be prepared in a double boiler on a special stand. The recommended cooking time for meat balls is 20 minutes.
It is best to serve your child meatballs with mashed potatoes. The kids will definitely appreciate their mother’s efforts and taste the delicious treat.
Turkey meatballs are a simple, but most importantly hearty dish that can be served not only for lunch, but also on a holiday table. By properly preparing the meat delicacy, you can give the dish a unique taste, which will undoubtedly delight your family. The abundance of recipes for turkey meatballs allows each housewife to choose the most suitable option for preparing a low-calorie dish.
Steamed fish meatballs in a slow cooker
- 300 g fish fillet (hake, pollock, blue whiting, cod);
- onion;
- carrot;
- egg;
- 2 tbsp. l. oatmeal;
- 3 tbsp. l. milk;
- pepper, salt as desired;
- oil for lubrication.
Calorie content: 93 kcal.
This is an excellent recipe for proper nutrition and a balanced, gentle diet. It’s not difficult to cook tender dietary meatballs in a slow cooker. If you are too lazy to bother with fish, it is better to buy fillets right away. Or you will have to manually remove all the bones.
Such low-calorie dietary steamed meatballs can be eaten even with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and kidneys. If you are lactose intolerant, milk can be replaced with hot water.
- Pour hot milk or water over oatmeal.
- Leave it aside to stand.
- Peel the carrots and onions and chop into pieces.
- Prepare the fish fillet.
- Place the fish and vegetables in a blender and grind.
- Beat the egg into the mixture.
- Put the cereal in there too.
- Salt, pepper, stir.
- Grease the multicooker grate with oil.
- Form meatballs and place on the grill.
- Pour 600 g of cold water into the multicooker bowl.
- Close the multicooker lid.
- Set the “Steam” mode and time to 30 minutes.
