Easy Turkey Meatballs Stuffed with Mozzarella Cheese – Keto, Low carb, GF

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Who doesn’t love a good meatball?  I know I do.  I’ve made these meatballs even better because they are stuffed with ooey gooey cheese!  My Easy Turkey Meatballs Stuffed with Mozzarella Cheese will be the perfect dinner, appetizer or snack. 

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Easy Turkey Meatballs

I have been living a healthy lifestyle for almost 8 years, before that I was very unhealthy.  On my journey I have found that I feel best while eating a low carb, high protein diet.  I do not follow a keto diet but I do like to use and create keto or low carb recipes regularly.  Like my recipe for keto cheese crisps!

This easy turkey meatball recipe is low carb, as in almost none, gluten-free and keto. 

This recipe, like most my recipes, came about when I was looking to throw something together for dinner.  I had some ground turkey thawed out and thought why not create some delicious stuffed meatballs.  Then these babies were born, they were a hit at my house!

I like to cook my meatballs first in a skillet then transfer them to the air fryer.  If you don’t have an air fryer, you can use the oven or fully cook them in the skillet.

INGREDIENTS

– 1 lb lean ground turkey
– 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 
-1/4 cup heavy cream
– 1 egg, beaten
-1/4 cup onion, chopped very fine
-1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
-1/2 teaspoon salt
– 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
– 2 mozzarella cheese sticks, each stick cut into 8 pieces, 16 pieces total
– 2 Tablespoons olive oil

How to make Easy Turkey Meatballs Stuffed with Mozzarella Cheese

Mix all your ingredients into a large mixing bowl, except the cheese sticks and olive oil.

Mix everything until combined, but don’t over mix.

You want to get 16 meatballs out of this, so try to score your meat and get even amounts.

Grab your meat mixture, roll it into a ball, shove a piece of cheese into the middle and roll the meatball around it.

Then, heat your skillet over medium heat with the 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

Pan fry your meatballs about 8 minutes, turning it on all sides.

Transfer to air fryer for 5 minutes at 400º.

If you don’t have an air fryer, you can pop them under the broiler for 5 mins, turn halfway through.

ENJOY!

Stuffed Turkey Meatballs

There are so many different ways you can make these meatballs with different meat and cheese combinations.  You could switch it up to ground chicken and use barbecue as a dipping sauce.  There are so many possibilities.  

Easy Turkey Meatballs Stuffed with Mozzarella Cheese are perfect served up as an appetizer with your favorite sauce, such as marinara or Alfredo.  I like to stick some pretzels or little breadsticks in them for a party, this really makes them party friendly.  No utensils necessary. 

Or enjoy these meatballs plopped up on a big pile of spaghetti with your favorite sauce, that would be a super easy dinner recipe for the family and it looks super fancy.

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Yield: 16 Meatballs

Easy Turkey Meatballs Stuffed with Mozzarella Cheese

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Easy, cheesy turkey meatballs are delicious, easy to make and gluten free.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 13 minutes

Total Time 23 minutes

Ingredients

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• 1 lb lean ground turkey
• 1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 c heavy cream
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 c onion, chopped very fine
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 cheese sticks, cut into 8 pieces each stick, 16 pieces total
• 2 T olive oil

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients, except the cheese sticks and olive oil, into a large mixing bowl.
2. Mix everything until combined, but don't over mix.
3. Grab a small portion of the meat mixture, rolling it into a ball around a small cheese stick piece. (See directions in post above)
4. Place olive oil in skillet and turn on medium heat.
5. Pan fry meatballs about 8 minutes, turning it on all sides.
6. Transfer to air fryer for 5 minutes at 400º. (If you don't have an air fryer, use broiler instead)
7. ENJOY!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 184Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 84mgSodium: 320mgCarbohydrates: 2gNet Carbohydrates: 0gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gSugar Alcohols: 0gProtein: 14g

Nutrition is calculated with products I use, therefore it is not always accurate.

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