How To Make Crock Pot Italian Turkey Meatballs
No baking or frying required with these hearty and filling Italian turkey meatballs cooked deliciously with a flavorful sauce in a crockpot.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 20ozground turkey breast,or 1.3 pounds, 93% lean
- ¼cupwhole wheat seasoned breadcrumbs
- ¼: 5px; letter-spacing: 2px”>¼cupparsley,finely chopped
- 1egg
- 1clove garlic,large, minced
- 1tspkosher salt
For Sauce:
- 1tspolive oil
- 4garlic cloves,smashed
- 28oztomatoes,can, crushed
- 1bay leaf
- salt and fresh pepper,to taste
- ¼cupbasil,fresh chopped, or parsley
Instructions
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In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, breadcrumbs, egg, parsley, garlic, and cheese.
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Using clean hands, mix all the ingredients, and form small meatballs about ⅛ cup each.
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In a small saute pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and saute until golden, being careful not to burn.
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Pour crushed tomatoes into the crockpot with bay leaf. Add garlic and oil.
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Drop meatballs into the sauce, cover, and set the crockpot to low for 4 to 6 hours.
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When meatballs are ready, adjust salt and pepper to taste and add fresh chopped basil or parsley.
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Serve with ricotta, over pasta, or enjoy with French bread.
Nutrition
- Calories: 131.87kcal
- Fat: 5.85g
- Saturated Fat: 2.04g
- Trans Fat: 0.07g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.13g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.99g
- Carbohydrates: 9.95g
- Fiber: 2.11g
- Sugar: 3.85g
- Protein: 10.52g
- Cholesterol: 50.70mg
- Sodium: 430.73mg
- Calcium: 79.54mg
- Potassium: 449.22mg
- Iron: 1.38mg
- Vitamin A: 95.69µg
- Vitamin C: 22.46mg
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