Facebook, Instagram, and Pandora Radio have ruined me.
Because lately I’ve noticed that I’m looking for there to be a “Like” button on everything. Does that happen to you?
For example… flipping through the radio station in the car and landing on something great and thinking in my weird brain association that I should “like” it so I can find it later. This also applies to things like restaurant menus, nail polish colors in the drug store, my smiling little fellas looking cute in their new clothes, books I download to my nook, and sometimes the cat.
TV shows, too.
While regular programming has been on hiatus with the rest of the world I resorted to watching something other than 30 Rock on my Netflix streaming; I stumbled on Parenthood. Forget about a “Like” button. I LOVE it. I completely blew through the first couple seasons in the last few weeks. Why did no one ever tell me about this show before?
Since I’m mentally making little check marks next to things and liking stuff in my head, I think we should go ahead and like these meatballs.
This is another of my attempts at lightening up comfort food. I don’t know how actually light they are, but they’re made with ground turkey, are grease-free, have only an itsy bitsy bit of salt, are baked, and could totally handle something green and healthified added to the mix… something like cooked spinach maybe? I would have gone there if I’d had any handy, but I didn’t, and you know how I feel about going to the grocery store.
Anyway. These are basically like turkey meatloaf amped up with extra seasoning and BBQ sauce and then rolled into little two-bite meatballs.
They get browned in a skillet really quickly and then drizzled with a little more BBQ sauce, and then baked.
These would probably be liked very much on toothpicks as appetizers at a party. It’s football season, right? These would be liked a lot for that.
We ate them for dinner with a big green salad, roasted Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower mash.
- 1- 1.5 pounds ground turkey
- ½ cup onion, very finely minced
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup BBQ sauce, divided
- 2 tablespoons oil
- Pre-heat the oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (not totally required but makes for much easier cleanup!).
- In a large bowl, using your hands, mix together all the ingredients except the BBQ sauce and oil.
- Mix in 3-4 tablespoons of the BBQ sauce; enough to help it bind and add flavor. If you feel like your mixture is too moist add more breadcrumbs.
- Heat the oil in the skillet.
- Roll the turkey mixture into 1½ inch balls and drop into the heated skillet in batches (I cook about 8 at a time) Roll them around after a minute so they brown relatively evenly. Remove the browned meatballs to the prepared baking sheet and repeat until they are all browned.
- Spoon the remaining BBQ sauce over each meatball and bake for 15-20 minutes, until they are cooked through.
- Serve with more BBQ sauce if you’re feeling saucy.
If I figure out how to install a “Like” button on this page I’ll let you know. In the meantime, pin it, I guess?
That’s the same thing, right? I’m ruined. I told you.
Healthy and delicious looking!! These are definitely something I will make this year…I love meatballs and I love BBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE!!!! haha Seriously life needs a like button lol If I found a hot guy I would just walk up to him and hit his button ‘Like’ hahaha
Everything needs a “like” button right? I’m not crazy. Make these meatballs! You’ll really love them.
Mmm, I’ve been thinking about meatballs lately. We got a really yummy sweet and spicy cherry bbq sauce in Michigan this year, could be good with this recipe!
Hi, Erin! Hope you’ll try these! I should have made more… my family inhaled them. They disappeared so fast! Spicy Cherry BBQ Sauce sounds amazing. Seriously.
I definitely could do with a like button, or just the ability to jot everything down, or failing that use my memory instead of letting everything in one ear/eye and out the other! These look perfect for my new year’s resolution to try and make something new every week! (Though obviously, I’d have to fry instead of baking, slightly less healthy, but I’ve gotten very good at either dry frying or using the least amount of oil possible over the years here!) One question – what is kosher salt? How is it different to regular salt?
I use kosher salt OFTEN; it’s less salty than iodized salt, with bigger granules, making it easier to measure by eyeballing it. You can sprinkle it on your food and see how much you’ve added.
http://www.mortonsalt.com/for-your-home/culinary-salts/food-salts/13/morton-coarse-kosher-salt/
I’m sure you are soooo clever with the stovetop cooking!
ok, well I didn’t find any yet, but I did find everything else I need for this one AND it doesn’t technically need an oven, so I’m going to try it without this salt and hope for the best…!
I just finished them – yum yum! They didn’t look anywhere near as delicious as yours (I have never made meatballs before and trying to adapt a bake recipe to a pan one when I’d never done it before proved more of a challenge than I bargained for! ha!) but they tasted great! Thanks
So glad! Yay!!
If only I spent as much time on my child as I do on Instagram…I am addicted. Love it! Not sure why?
The meatballs look great. AS does everything you make!
Instagram is so much fun. It makes all the little nuances of your day more appreciated and interesting I think. Thanks so much Ameena!
I think I saw your photo on pin interest and wow do these look intensely wonderful. Take care, BAM
Hi, Bam!! Thanks so much!
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