Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Meatballs. Mozzarella cubes are tucked inside ground turkey meatballs seasoned with onion, garlic, pesto, and Italian cheese. The stuffed meatballs are baked in the oven and finished in a simmering pan of marinara sauce. Mozzarella cubes are tucked inside ground turkey meatballs seasoned with onion, garlic, pesto, and Italian cheese.
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.
Repeat the same process until all meatballs are formed.
You can cook Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Meatballs using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Meatballs
- Prepare 1 lb of ground turkey (my package was 1.2 lbs of turkey, still worked out good).
- Prepare 2 of large egg whites.
- You need 1 cup of grated parmesan cheese.
- You need 1/2 cup of italian seasoned bread crumbs.
- You need 1/2 cup of milk (I used almond milk and it worked out fine).
- Prepare 4 oz of mozzarella cheese, small cubed (1/2 in).
- It's 2 cup of marinera (I used a regular sized jar of my favorite spaghetti sauce).
Take a large saute pan and drizzle with the olive oil on medium heat, place each of the meatballs inside the pan. Remove the meat from the fridge and roll into golf ball sized meatballs, being careful to not overwork the meat, press down to create a crater with your thumb, place a small chunk of mozzarella and seal the meatball again. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat, add the meatballs and turn down to medium. Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs are a fun twist on the classic recipe - serve these meatballs as a party appetizer or over a big plate of spaghetti for a hearty meal!
Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Meatballs instructions
- In a mixing bowl combine all ingredients, except marinera, mix well.
- Make meatballs. Grab about 1.5 tablespoons of meat mixture, flatten in hand a little, place small cube of mozzarella cheese in the middle, seal meat around. I made 26 total..
- On a low simmer, place meatballs into large saucepan over marinera (or spaghetti) sauce..
- Cover with lid, let cook about 20-30 min on low, CAREFULLY stirring occationally.
- ALL DONE! Some cheese will cook out, its ok. :) serve over pasta, or make sandwiches, or eat as is!.
It's Sara from Dinner at the Zoo and today I'm bringing you these amazingly delicious mozzarella stuffed meatballs. Spaghetti and meatballs is one of the few… Combine all meatball ingredients except the mozzarella in a large bowl. Using your hands, mix until fully combined. Take a golf ball sized piece of the ground beef mixture and place a piece of mozzarella in the middle. Press meat around the piece of cheese, fully enclosing it.