Left-Over Turkey Meatballs in Spicy Tomato Sauce

Name: Left-Over Turkey Meatballs in Spicy Tomato Sauce
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 peeled onion; 1 celery stick; 1 tbsp garlic oil; 0.5 tsp chili flakes; 2 x 400 g cans chopped tomatoes; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp salt and black pepper; 500 g turkey mince; 1 beaten egg; 3 tbsp bread crumbs; 3 tbsp grated parmesan cheese; 1 tsp worcestershire sauce; 0.5 tsp dried thyme

Thanksgiving is over and your fridge is stuffed with a small mountain of leftover turkey. What to do? Forget Turkey sandwiches, we have a few creative tips on how to re-use that Turkey to make delicious meals for your whole family. This filling meal is a great way to end the day and refuel. By replacing darker meats (like beef) with turkey, this recipe becomes a much healthier alternative to your usual meatball dishes. Creating your own meatballs also gives you more control over what you’re putting into your body.

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Left-Over Turkey Meatballs in Spicy Tomato Sauce

Difficulty:Medium

Ingredients

Servings:4

For The Sauce

1 peeledonion
1celery stick
1 tbspgarlic oil
0.5 tspchili flakes
2 x 400 g canschopped tomatoes
1 tspsugar
1 tspsalt and black pepper

For The Meatballs

500 gturkey mince
1beaten egg
3 tbspbread crumbs
3 tbspgrated parmesan cheese
1 tspworcestershire sauce
0.5 tspdried thyme

Steps

STEP 1

For the sauce, put the onion and the celery into the food processor and blitz to a mush, tip into a large glass bowl. (Reserve 2 tbsp of the mixture for the meatballs).

STEP 2

Add the garlic oil and chili flakes and cook on MEDIUM MICROWAVE for 3 mins. Add the cans of tomatoes + ¾ can of water, sugar and salt and pepper. Stir well and cook on SIMMER MICROWAVE for 10 mins while you do the meatballs.

STEP 3

Put all the ingredients for the meatballs, including the reserved onion and celery mixture in a bowl and gently mix together with your hands. Don’t over mix or this will make the meatballs dense and heavy.