Lebanese Turkey Meatballs in Sauce
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
Meatballs
  • 2 lbs. 93% lean ground turkey or chicken
  • ⅔ cup plain bread crumbs
  • ½ cup onion, finely minced or grated
  • ⅓ cup cilantro, chopped
  • ⅓ cup parsley, chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 Tbsp. (6 cloves) garlic
  • 2 tsps. each salt, sugar
  • 1 tsp. each allspice, coriander
  • ½ tsp. each cayenne, cinnamon, cumin
Sauce
  • 1 Tbps. olive oil
  • 1 cup onion, diced
  • 2 tsps. (4 cloves) garlic, minced
  • 1 (28 oz.) can good quality crushed tomatoes
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 (8 oz). can tomato sauce
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • ¾ tsp. each allspice, oregano
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. each black pepper, cinnamon
Instructions
Meatballs
  1. Combine meatball ingredients and mix well with your hands.
  2. Roll into golf ball size meatballs and place on a baking sheet.
  3. Preheat oven broiler and place rack in the center.
  4. Broil meatballs 5 minutes.
Sauce
  1. Start making the sauce by heating oil in a medium saute pan on medium heat.
  2. Add the onion and saute 5 minutes.
  3. Add garlic and saute 2 minutes.
  4. Stir in remaining sauce ingredients and bring to a rolling boil.
  5. Add meatballs. Cover and reduce heat to medium/low.
  6. Simmer 15 minutes.
Notes
If you aren't making the sauce, I broil the meatballs 5 minutes then flip them over and broil 2 minutes more.

This recipes made 36 meatballs.
Recipe by The Spice Kit Recipes at https://www.thespicekitrecipes.com/lebanese-turkey-meatballs/