Healthy Turkey Meatballs Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1 c. shredded low-fat mozzarella
- 1 T chopped basil for garnish
- 1 pkg Pepperidge Farms Top Sliced Hot Dog Buns
- 1 jar Prego traditional spaghetti sauce
- Meatballs:
- 1 lb. ground turkey
- 1 small yellow onion
- 2 T. fresh oregano
- 2 T. fresh chopped basil
- 3 diced garlic cloves
- 2 T. parmesan
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 c. Italian bread crumbs
- 1/2 c. skim milk
- 3 T all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Add all meatball ingredients to a large bowl.
- Using your hands, make meatballs (slightly larger than a golfball) and place them in a slightly flour glass 9"x11" pan. Once all the meatballs are made, roll them around in flour to coat evenly.
- Add 2 T. olive oil to large pot. Bring to medium heat.
- Once at temperature, add 7-8 meatballs. Be careful not to crowd them.
- Rotate the meatballs until they are golden on all sides. Continue to add more olive oil to the pot before adding additional meatballs.
- Remove them from the pot and let them rest on a new glass pan.
- Finish cooking all meatballs.
- Reduce heat to low and add spaghetti sauce and return meatballs to the pot.
- Cover and let simmer at least 10 minutes.
- Add two meatballs into a split top hot dog bun and top with any extra sauce from the pot.
- Top with low-fat shredded mozzarella and put in a toaster or oven on broil for 2-3 minutes to melt cheese to a bubbly golden brown.
- Remove sandwich and sprinkle with chopped basil for garnish.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
You can use use ground beef rather than turkey.
If you roll the basil leaves like a cigar and then run your knife through them, you can chop it easily into ribbons.
Parmesan is salty so you cold eliminate the 1 tsp salt in the meat mixture.
If you roll the basil leaves like a cigar and then run your knife through them, you can chop it easily into ribbons.
Parmesan is salty so you cold eliminate the 1 tsp salt in the meat mixture.