Teriyaki Meatballs
Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
Meatballs ingredients:
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 2 tsps ginger (grated), OR 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ cup Italian parsley (chopped) OR ⅛ cup dried parsley
  • ½ tsp ground allspice
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • ¼ cup plain panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs)
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper
  • 1- ¼ lbs ground turkey (or lean ground beef or chicken if you prefer)
Sauce ingredients:
  • ⅓ cup no-salt rice wine vinegar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup water
  • ¼ cup soy sauce substitute, OR 2 Tbsp low-sodium Worcestershire sauce plus ½ Tbsp water
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • 1 Tbsp all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp ginger (grated), OR 1 tsp ground dried ginger
  • 1 clove garlic (minced)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use aluminum foil to cover a baking sheet that has a lip all around it. Then spray the aluminum foil with cooking spray.
  2. Beat the egg in a large bowl. Add the garlic, ginger, parsley, allspice, and pepper. Stir well to make a paste. Then add the panko and mix well.
  3. Add the ground turkey and mix by hand until evenly distributed. (Do not over mix).
  4. Roll meatballs, each approximately 2 Tbsp in size, and place them on the cookie sheet so the meatballs don’t touch each other. Bake for 35 minutes, turning each meatball over after the first 15 minutes.
  5. While meatballs are baking: Mix all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat and simmer10 minutes, until the sauce has thickened a little.
  6. When meatballs finish cooking, remove the baking sheet from the oven. Spoon sauce over each meatball. Then return the baking sheet to the oven and bake for 5 more minutes.
  7. Serve meatballs with remaining sauce.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 6 oz. Sodium: 93mg.
Recipe by The Low Sodium Spot at https://waltonspot.com/lowsodium/recipes/beef/teriyaki-turkey-meatballs/