Asian Turkey Meatballs With Lime Sesame Dipping Sauce

A new love and extremely addicting pastime of mine -- Pinterest. I have discovered so many delicious recipes and amazing recipe blogs on this site! I've also found a ton of craft and design ideas, but that's for another blog that I may have to start. 

One of the amazing new recipes I found might seem a little strange to some -- Turkey Meatballs. I had never actually made turkey meatballs. In fact, I have typically only had turkey for the holidays -- at least until recently. My last recipe post, Turkey Chili, was fantastic! It was so delicious that I'm not sure I'll ever make a beef-based chili again. The same goes for meatballs. These meatballs were incredibly flavorful! They would also be great appetizers -- just make them half the size and stick toothpicks in them.  

                                   Meatballs served with brown rice and green beans.

Asian Turkey Meatballs

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Panko crumbs

1-1/4 lbs (20 ounces) 93% lean ground turkey

1 egg

1 tablespoon ginger, minced

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

3 scallions/green onions, chopped

1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce

2 teaspoons sesame oil

Lime Dipping Sauce 

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

2 tablespoons water

1 chopped fresh scallion

Directions:

Preheat oven to 500°F.

Mix ground turkey, panko, egg, salt, scallions, ginger, cilantro, 1 tbsp soy sauce, and 2 tsp oil and mix with your hands until combined well. Shape 1/4 cup meat mixture into a ball and transfer to a baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Repeat with remaining mixture. Bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

For the dipping sauce mix together lime juice, water, soy sauce, and remaining 1 teaspoon of oil in a bowl. Add scallions.

Transfer meatballs to a serving dish. Stir sauce, then drizzle meatballs with 1 tablespoon sauce.

Serve meatballs with remaining sauce, about 1 tbsp per person.

Makes 12 meatballs.

Source: Skinny Taste