ASIAN TURKEY MEATBALLS WITH CHILE-GARLIC GLAZE

Asian Turkey Meatballs with Chile-Garlic Glaze image

My favorite recipes are easy, nutritious, and delicious and these meatballs are all of those things. I find recipes with ground turkey tend to be bland, but the fresh ginger, garlic, and sesame oil in these make them very flavorful.

Provided by CaraMeg

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Turkey Ground Turkey Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

cooking spray
1 pound ground turkey
¼ cup corn flake crumbs
1 egg
3 scallions, chopped
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon dried parsley
½ teaspoon salt
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon chile-garlic paste (sambal oelek)
1 tablespoon palm sugar

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a large baking tray with cooking spray.
Combine turkey, corn flake crumbs, egg, scallions, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, parsley, salt, and garlic in a large bowl. Shape into 1-inch meatballs. Arrange on the prepared baking tray.
Combine soy sauce, water, chile-garlic paste, and palm sugar in a separate bowl to make the glaze.
Bake meatballs in the preheated oven until no longer pink on the outside, about 10 minutes. Coat the meatballs with the glaze. Continue baking until glaze thickens, 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 261.5 calories, Carbohydrate 13.1 g, Cholesterol 130.1 mg, Fat 12.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 25.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 849.3 mg, Sugar 5.2 g