| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 4 hr 15 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Cook: | 4 hr |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground turkey breast
- 2 teaspoons salt-free garlic and herb seasoning or poultry seasoning
- 1 egg white
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 2 (15-ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup chili sauce
- 1/2 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- Mashed Red Potatoes, recipe follows
- Steamed Broccoli, recipe follows
- 8 medium red potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces (skin on)
- 6 whole cloves garlic
- 1 cup light sour cream
- 4 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 2 tablespoons water
- Salt and pepper
- Lemon wedges
- In a microwaveable bowl, add broccoli florets and water. Cover and cook in microwave 2 to 3 minutes, or until crisp tender. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve with lemon, if desired.
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine turkey, garlic and herb seasoning, egg white and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. Mix well and shape mixture into about 32 meatballs. Place meatballs in bottom of slow cooker.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together tomato sauce, broth, chili sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, and thyme. Pour mixture over meatballs.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Serve half of the Meatballs with Mashed Red Potatoes and Steamed Broccoli. Refrigerate the other half for Turkey-Stuffed Zucchini Boats later in the week.
- Place potatoes and garlic cloves in a large saucepan and pour over enough water to cover. Set pan over high heat and bring to a boil. Boil 8 minutes until potatoes are fork-tender. Drain and return potatoes and garlic cloves to pan. Mash in sour cream until desired consistency. Fold in chives. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 496 |
| Total Fat | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 63 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Sugar | 19 g |
| Protein | 35 g |
| Cholesterol | 84 mg |
| Sodium | 1468 mg |
Reviews
Tastes like nothing.
So glad I only made 1/2 the recipe. Now I’m looking forward to a way to doctor this up so they don’t go to waste. No flavor:(
This was not good at all. it was way too dry(meatballs) and the sauce was very runny. I like thick sauces. If you like moist meatballs with a thick tangy sauce, I do not recommend making this. It looked nothing like the mince thick sauce in the picture.
I have made this recipe several times. I use siracha sauce in place of the chili sauce, but only about half what the recipe calls for. Whole egg and yes, I cut back on the chicken stock too. I always serve with mash potatoes, it needs the creamy to cut the hot savory! We love these.
I was very disappointed in this recipe. The meatballs were dry. I only cooked for four hours and the turkey just was a disappointment and the sauce was runny. I won’t be making this recipe again.
Incredibly dry…turkey is far to lean for a recipe like this. The sauce is also pretty thin so adding corn starch at the end is helpful. I wouldn’t make this again.
After reading other reviews that sauce was too thin, I reduced chicken broth by half (1 cup, not 2, and the sauce was not too watery. It’s not bad tasting, maybe needs a little kick. I agree that meatballs need a crust, so next time, I might sear the outside before adding to the slow-cooker. Meatballs are too soft, but if you cook them longer, the insides become dry. Might try this again, with adjustments.
I questioned this recipe before I made it (so I can only blame myself. I wasn’t sure how meatballs would work without frying or baking them to create a nice crust. These meatballs were horrible!! They were dry and tasteless. The sauce was far too bland. I was satisfied with it only after I added many more ingredients to make it palatable.
I found this to be very spicy, I was not happy with the whole thing. The meatballs were okay.
There’s nothing sweet or sour about this recipe – the sauce just tasted like tomato sauce. I added more brown sugar to sweeten it and that helped, but it still wasn’t good. I had mashed potatoes with it, as recommended, which makes no sense. Rice would be much better with something that’s supposed to be sweet and sour. Won’t make this again.