Make these delicious Baked Turkey Meatball Skewers recipe for toothpick appetizers or snacks at parties. Garnished with cranberry sauce.
Baked Turkey Meatball Skewers
Oven-Baked Turkey Meatball Skewers. A Perfect Appetizer Idea These turkey meatball skewers make for delightful appetizers or snacks at parties and family gatherings. They are easy to prepare, featuring mini or small meatballs with toothpick skewers for convenient eating. These bite-sized finger foods can be paired with a cranberry sauce for a delicious garnish on a platter. Enjoy them warm or at room temperature. They are versatile enough to complement any meal. Serve alongside pasta, rice, or potatoes with other side dishes for a flavorful lunch or dinner.
How do you keep turkey meatballs from falling apart?
You can keep your mini or small meatballs from falling apart with just two ingredients. Using some bread crumbs and egg. Not a good ideas to add to much ingredients in the meat, as they should hold together with more meat. When baking leave them apart to cook completely.
Why are my turkey meatballs rubbery?
The mixing of the ground meats with the other ingredients is important. Do not over work the meat as it is almost like baking and it will make the meat tougher. Using your hand will be able to tell you if the mix is all mixed and you will get the feel for mixture better.
Is it better to fry or bake meatballs?
In this turkey meatball skewer recipe we oven baked the mini meatballs as we can cook more at once. Sauteing the meatballs will be more caramalized and tasty. It is so much easier to bake the meatballs as it requires less effort, as well as you only need to turn them once. The less they get worked on the more they will stay together.
Ingredients
- ground turkey
- grated granny smith apple
- bread crumbs
- egg
- salt and pepper
- herbs, of dried sage, garlic, onion
- parsley
For all the amounts and the full instruction for this tasty turkey meatball on skewers recipe and the sauce, go to the recipe attached. Download or print the recipe, or even use it online in the cook mode so the screen does not go dark. 😉
ground turkey
grated granny smith apple
an egg
parsley leaves
Cranberry sauce to add some grated apples and maple syrup to for a light tasty sauce to go over the turkey meatballs on a plate to serve.
How To
Always start with gathering your ingredients and measuring them out. Then preheat the oven and grease your your sheet pan to bake these delicious appetizer meatballs for your party or get together.
In a large bowl combine your ground turkey with the herbs and spices, and the bread crumbs and the egg. Also add in the finely chopped parsley or basil leaves for garnish or taste. Use your hands or a fork, to mix them all together.
Using a tablespoon, scoop out some mixture and level it to get an equal sized mixture for the meat balls. About 1 1/2 inch sizes would be good. Roll the mixed up ingredients in your hands to make small size turkey meat balls.
In a greased or oiled baking dish or a sheet pan place these turkey meat balls with a little space to cook evenly. Place in the middle rack in the oven to bake until lightly brown.
Bake for about 13-15 minutes until cooked. You could turn them around during cooking to make sure they cook all around.
Place them on a plate to prepare for skewers and the sauce. These turkey meatballs are so delicious and simple to prepare and may be served for meals or with pasta or even rice with sides. Very versatile.
Prepare your cranberry sauce . Warm and heat the sauce up on medium heat, then add your meat ball to the sauce. Just to warm up the sauce. Serve on a platter with toothpicks inserted and scoop the sauce over for a tasty delicious treat. Or even serve the sauce separately. Garnish with parsley when presented.
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An amazing Cranberry sauce recipe—->Tasty Cranberry Sauce Recipe
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PrintBaked Turkey Meatball Skewers
Bake these delicious turkey meatball skewers recipe for toothpick appetizers or snacks at parties. Garnished with cranberry sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 25-30 min.
- Yield: 26-30 meatballs
- Category: appetizer, snack, savory meatballs
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 500 grams (1 lb) ground turkey
- 1/2 cup of fine bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 cup of grated granny smith apple
- 1 teaspoon of dried sage herbs
- 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon of onion powder
- 1 teaspoon of salt and ground black pepper
- finely Chopped parsley leaves
Cranberry sauce to go with the meatballs
- 1 cup of tasty cranberry sauce (click)
Instructions
- Always start with gathering your ingredients and measuring them out.
- Then preheat the oven to 220 deg. C (425 deg. F) and grease your your sheet pan or dish to bake these delicious appetizer meatballs. Using olive oil.
- In a large bowl combine your ground turkey with the grated granny smith apples and the bread crumbs and an egg. As well as the dried spices of sage, onion and garlic powder. Salt and ground black pepper. Chop up finely the parsley leaves and mix these all together with your hands. (or forks)
- Using a tablespoon scoop out some mixture, not a heaped spoon. This is to make sure all the balls are equal when rolled in your hands. They should be about 1-2 inches in size to make small, mini turkey meatball.
- Place the rolled meatballs in the greased dish or sheet pan, Leaving a little space to cook evenly.
- Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for about 13-15 minutes until cooked. You can turn them over to have them bake evenly and lightly brown.
- In a pot add your cranberry sauce that was made previously, and warm this up on a medium heat. Just until warm.
- Add your cooked meatballs into the sauce and coat them with it. Or you could serve the sauce separate.
- Remove and serve the turkey meatballs on a platter dish with some sauce coating them and insert a toothpick in for easy self help appetizer.
- Serve warm or cold. your choice. Add a parsley leaf or two for garnish. Tasty appetizer or snack for parties or family gatherings.
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