Sweet and Savory Turkey Meatballs Recipe (2024)

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If you are looking for a simple, healthy, and delicious recipe, you have to try our Sweet and Savory Turkey Meatballs. They have the most delicious orange zest that really brings a unique flavor to them. Your family is going to gobble these right up.

These Sweet and Savory Turkey Meatballs are the most delicious lean ground turkey recipe.

You’ll only need a few simple ingredients for this delicious recipe, perfect for a busy weeknight or a party snack!

We’ve served these BBQ Turkey Meatballs as a main dish and made mini meatballs for party appetizers! At the end of the day you’ll love this great recipe and how easy it is to make.

Ingredients needed to make these sweet and savory meatballs:

• ground turkey
• bread crumbs
• onion
• garlic
• olive oil
• brown sugar
• water
• orange marmalade
• Honey
• barbecue sauce
• buffalo sauce
• mustard

How to make our Sweet and Savory Turkey Meatball Recipe:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground turkey with the bread crumbs. It may be easiest to mix this with your hands.
3. Once combined, mix in the minced onion and garlic.
4. Roll the ground turkey mixture into 1 inch balls.
5. Heat stove top to medium heat – high heat.
6. Pour your olive oil into a pan or skillet.
7. Once the olive oil begins to bubble at the bottom, place your turkey meatballs in the pan or skillet.
8. Let each side of the pan or skillet cook the meatball until it begins to brown on the outside.
9. Brown the meatballs on all sides, then place meatballs in a prepared baking sheet line with aluminum foil, parchment paper or baking dish and cook the meatballs at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes.
10. While the meatballs are cooking make the delicious sauce as directed by combining the brown sugar and water until they are fully combined and melted together.
11. Add the orange marmalade, honey, barbecue sauce, buffalo sauce and mustard until it’s fully combined.
12. Continue whisking until all the ingredients are fully mixed together and it begins to bubble, but don’t let it come to a full boil or your sauce will be too thick and sticky.
13. Pour over the cooked meatballs immediately and serve warm on a serving dish.

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Tips for making the flavorful turkey meatballs:

• I wouldn’t make the meatballs much bigger than 1 inch because they won’t cook as evenly and could dry out your meat, then be under cooked in the middle.
• We like this recipe with ground turkey but it will also work with ground beef.
• Try adding a little green onions on top after cooking.
• To enjoy these savory flavors the next day, make sure to store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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