Asian Turkey Meatballs w/ Whole 30 Teriyaki
on Apr 13, 2016, Updated May 14, 2024
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THE TIME HAS COME!! I have posted my Asian Turkey Meatballs on instagram a few times. I love them for week nights because they are so simple to whip together and go perrrrfectly with Cauliflower Fried Rice!
I can’t take full responsibility for this recipe though because I usually make the hubby make them for me. He is known as the meatball master around our house because he kills the meatball game. I swear. We could both make the same recipe and his always turn out better than mine. Maybe its the way he mixes the spices in? Maybe he adds a secret ingredient when i’m not looking? I don’t know but I just leave meatball making up to him. Which I love and he loves even more.
Perfection! Now you know why we eat meatballs at least twice a week. 🙂
So most teriyaki sauces become thick from lots of added sugar or corn syrup. But for this sauce, I add orange juice to sweeten and arrowroot to thicken. Arrowroot is seriously the best thing to have in your pantry on whole 30. Trust me! You can totally toss the sauce on the balls after you cook them but I like to pour it on before so they cook in the sauce and get all bubbly and fabulous. Here…
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Oh and this is arrowroot i use:
Look at those beauties!! 🙂
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Asian Turkey Meatballs w/ Whole 30 Teriyaki
Ingredients
Meatballs:
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Few cracks of pepper
Sauce:
- ½ cup coconut aminos, or tamari
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup orange juice
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 heaping teaspoon arrowroot powder + 1 teaspoon cold water, mixed together
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl add turkey, egg, coconut flour, garlic powder, ground ginger, salt and pepper and mix to combine completely. Divide into 16 meatballs and place them in an 8x8 inch pyrex. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan combine coconut aminos, water, orange juice, garlic powder & ground ginger. Bring to a boil and add the arrowroot and water mixture. Whisk vigorously to keep from clumping! Pour sauce over the meatballs evenly and bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Toss cooked meatballs in the sauce and garnish with sesame seeds!
Made these for dinner tonight by far my favorite whole 30 recipe!! So glad I made a double batch!! Thanks!
Awesome!!
I’m on dairy free keto…what could I replace the orange juice with that’s keto compliant?
I am not sure, don’t know much about keto!
Thank you for this recipe! I started my Whole30 at the beginning of May. I didn’t actually make the meatballs but I totally used the sauce for salmon and chicken thighs. It’s soooooooo good. Will definitely get around to making the meatballs eventually 🙂
Awesome!!
Very Tasty! I had to substitute apple/lime juice for OJ and five spice for garlic. Thanks for this recipe.
So glad you enjoyed!!
I love this recipe! It is super easy and really tasty.
Amazing!!