Pineapple Turkey Meatballs

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Pineapple Turkey Meatballs are a surprising taste of sweet and savory. Needless to mention, these meatballs are moist and flavorful which can be eaten with a sauce or without sauce. Furthermore, meatballs are often considered comfort food, especially on cold winter nights. By the way, your taste buds may be fooled into believing that these meatballs are actually beef. Absolutely necessary to this meatball is fresh minced garlic, freshly ground ginger as well as coconut aminos, and teriyaki sauce which exudes such big flavor to the turkey meat. Notably, this is my hat tip as I consider them to be a Hawaiian BBQ meatball.

Nevertheless, roasting Pineapple Turkey Meatballs in the oven will deepen and enhance the flavor leaving them slightly crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. Not to mention, these are turkey meatballs and there are no bread crumbs the meat is a little looser in texture than with ground beef.

Unbelievably, most countries have some form of a meatball. My recipe calls for homemade Hickory BBQ Sauce or a store-bought BBQ sauce that is refined sugar-free and grain-free. If you do find a BBQ sauce on the market that fits this description, by all means, let me know.

Pineapple Turkey Meatballs Notes:

Granted that these meatballs have a garlic and ginger flavor, however, these flavors pair nicely with pineapple as well. Roasting the meatballs in the oven keeps these meatballs moist beyond belief. Unbelievably the meat is slightly crispy on the outside while moist on the inside. Eat these meatballs with or without sauce.

Enjoy with Pineapple Ginger Spaghetti Squash

Pineapple Turkey Meatballs

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup hickory BBQ sauce
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground ginger
• 1 tsp tahini
• 2 tablespoon coconut aminos Teriyaki
• 1/4 tsp pink salt
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• all the pineapple from an 8 oz. can (chopped pineapple
• 1 lb ground turkey

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375. Grease baking stone or cookie sheet. Open up the can of Pineapple remove the pineapple and chop it into small bits reserving the juice for meatball sauce. In a bowl combine the bits of pineapple, bbq sauce, garlic, ginger, tahini, Teriyaki, salt, pepper, and ground turkey.Mix together thoroughly with your hands. Form meatballs into balls.

Bake meatballs for 15 – 25 minutes.

Sauce:

• 2 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice
• 1/4 cup Hickory BBQ Sauce see recipe above
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 tsp tahini
• 2 tbsp coconut aminos teriyaki

Directions:

First place ingredients into a pot on the stove on medium heat. Heat on the stove for 3 – 4 minutes. Lastly, remove meatballs and allow to cool and serve with warm sauce. When Meatballs are cooked add a tbsp or more to the meatballs.

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Pineapple Turkey Meatballs

Pineapple Turkey Meatballs with coconut aminos teriyaki with freshly minced garlic and freshly grated ginger. They are sweet, savory moist and roasted.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time25 mins

Cooling Time5 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Meatballs

Servings: 5 servings

Calories: 197kcal

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Hickory BBQ Sauce See my recipe on the blog
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground ginger
• 1 tbsp tahini
• 2 tbsp coconut aminos Teriyaki Sauce
• 1/4 tsp pink salt
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 1 8 0z a can of pineapple. Chop all the pineapple
• 1 lb turkey

BBQ Dipping Sauce for Meatballs

• 2 tbsp reserved pineapple juice from can of pineapple
• 1/4 cup Hickory BBQ Sauce see recipe on my blog
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 tsp tahini
• 2 tbsp coconut aminos teriyaki sauce
• 1/8 tsp freshly grated ginger

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375. Grease baking stone or cookie sheet. 
• Open up the can of Pineapple remove the pineapple and chop it into small bits reserving the juice for meatball sauce.  
•  In a bowl combine the bits of pineapple, bbq sauce, garlic, ginger, tahini, Teriyaki, salt, pepper, and ground turkey. 
• Mix together thoroughly with your hands.
• Form meatballs and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake meatballs for 15 - 25 minutes. 
• First place ingredients into a pot on the stove on medium heat. Heat on the stove for 3 - 4 minutes. When Meatballs are cooked add a tsp or more to the meatballs.
  

Notes

 

Nutrition Facts
Servings 5.0
Amount Per Serving
Calories 197
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 8 g	12 %
Saturated Fat 2 g	11 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 64 mg	21 %
Sodium 445 mg	19 %
Potassium 61 mg	2 %
Total Carbohydrate 14 g	5 %
Dietary Fiber 1 g	3 %
Sugars 10 g
Protein 18 g	37 %
Vitamin A	2 %
Vitamin C	25 %
Calcium	4 %
Iron	11 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.