Friends throughout the US, stay warm out there!!! I just finished my three day trip to Chicago twice, and I’ve never felt anything quite like -15 degrees. How do people live in that kind of weather? The moment you step outside, you feel the ice piercing chills straight down to your bone. Everything on your body is shaking and chattering at the same time. The smallest gust of warmth from an outdoor heater is enough to make you feel like you’ve died and gone to heaven.
Please take care of yourselves and be safe in this winter freeze. Turn on your ovens and let that aroma flow through your homes! Today, I’m making asian glazed turkey meatballs.
Meatballs are actually really easy to make. I don’t know why people even bother buying them when it takes two seconds to make your own batch. You control what ingredients go into them and can adjust the flavor intensity.
I’m pretty new to making meatballs (or cooking, for that matter), so I definitely guessed on all of the measurements. In the end, the only thing that I thought that I put too much of were onions. They wouldn’t have been so strong if I would have caramelized them prior to baking them in with the turkey.
See? There’s quite a bit of onions in each meatball. Use less than I did unless you don’t want to talk to people for the next 24 hours.
These would make a great appetizer for a dinner party. All you would need are some toothpicks for everyone to dig in!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 red onion, finely chopped (I recommend using less or caramelizing them prior to mixing in)
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- juice from 1 lime
- sesame seeds, for garnishing
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, stir together all of the ingredients for the meatballs until evenly mixed. Roll into balls and place on baking sheet.
- Lightly mist the meatballs with olive oil cooking spray. Bake for 17-20 minutes.
- Mix together the hoisin sauce and the lime. Toss the cooked meatballs with the glaze in a large bowl. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve warm.
girrrl these look faboosh! throw them over some quinoa and I am set 🙂
Yummy! I definitely need to try these!