Turkish Kofte Meatballs
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Recipe: #26548
July 15, 2017
"Homemade Turkish Meatballs known as kofte are the best things to happen on your dinner table. These are spicy, tender and perfectly juicy. It’s not a secret any more to make meatballs at home that are much tastier than store-bought ones. Note that prep time includes the time that meatballs sit in the refrigerator. Source: Give Recipe"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (137.2 g)
- Calories 271.6
- Total Fat - 15.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.4 g
- Cholesterol - 80.7 mg
- Sodium - 716.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 2 g
- Protein - 24.6 g
- Calcium - 27.6 mg
- Iron - 3.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step 1
In a large bowl, combine ground beef, breadcrumbs, finely diced onion and mashed garlic.
Step 2
In a small bowl, mix baking soda, water and lemon juice. Pour this into the ground beef mixture and the spices.
Step 3
Mix well with your hand. Knead it for 10 minutes so that everything is combined well.
Step 4
Cover and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight or at least 2-3 hours. This helps flavors to meld and results in a better end-product.
Step 5
Roll them into meatballs.
Step 6
Brush a cast iron pan with little oil and heat it through.
Step 7
Cook the meatballs over the highest heat, flipping them over so that all sides are slightly cooked.
Step 8
Bring it to the lowest and continue cooking until done for about 10 minutes, shaking the pan or flipping them over occasionally.
Step 9
Cook the meatballs in batches until they finish or save some to freeze.
Step 10
Makes about 50 meatballs.
Step 11
This dish is great served with a yogurt-based sauce, Turkish Payaz salad http://www.recipezazz.com/recipe/piyaz-salad---tomato-onion-salad---turkey-26476 or any regular salad of your choice.
Step 12
*NOTE: If you can’t find 80% lean beef, use a mixture of lamb and beef (50% lamb, 50% beef)*
Step 13
Prep time includes waiting the meatballs in the refrigerator.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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