These turkey meatballs with dairy free mushroom sauce are quite easy to make. It’s also a good recipe to make some meatballs in advance for the week ahead. This dish is also very filling thanks to the high protein content in turkey and mushrooms. I made the sauce dairy free.
I was at the grocery store buying ingredients for this recipe when I had a crazy idea: what if I skipped making the mushroom sauce from scratch? Maybe I should just buy a can of cream of mushroom soup and save the 10 minutes it takes to chop the mushrooms? I mean, there should be a reason canned soups are so popular? Maybe, they are great, and I don’t know about it?
So, I found the canned soup section and took a can to check out the ingredients.
Yes, my friends, I am one of those people who read ingredients on everything they buy. You can find me walking through the aisles and reading ingredients on various grocery store items. This is my idea of a fun Friday afternoon :).
So, here I am reading the ingredients on a can of cream of mushroom soup.
What do we have here?
The first ingredient – mushrooms. Excellent! I am excited.
The second ingredient – milk. Well, that’s OK. They aren’t claiming it to be dairy-free, so milk is perfectly fine.
All right, keep going.
The third ingredient – modified corn starch. Here we go.
Although modified corn starch doesn’t mean that it’s made from genetically modified corn, it most likely is.
The fourth ingredient – corn starch. What? Some more corn starch? Basically, modified corn starch wasn’t enough, so they added some corn starch.
Why don’t they call it a cream of corn starch soup? It would be very popular.
At this moment, I thought that I had wasted enough time on this can of soup. I put it back on the shelf and went to the produce section to get mushrooms.
The thing is that it only takes about 10 minutes to chop some mushrooms and some onions and make the mushroom sauce from scratch. At least, you will know for sure that you are not going to eat a load of corn starch.
And if you love mushrooms, check out this Mushroom Goulash and these Savory Steel Cut Oats with Mushrooms and Thyme.
Turkey Meatballs with Dairy Free Mushroom Sauce
These Turkey Meatballs with Dairy Free Mushroom Sauce are very easy to make. Perfect for lunch and dinner served with healthy grains and veggies or you can also add them to wraps or pita bread.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pound ground turkey
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp salt
For the mushroom sauce:
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1/3 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 pound mushrooms, chopped
- 1 can ( 400 ml/ 13.52 oz) coconut milk
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix the ground turkey with bread crumbs, egg and salt. Using a tablespoon, scoop the turkey mixture and form it into small meatballs. Set the meatballs aside.
- To make the mushroom sauce, heat the coconut oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion starts to soften, for about 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are soft and reduced in volume, for about 5 minutes.
- Add the coconut milk, garlic powder, pepper and salt (if needed). Stir. Bring to a simmer and carefully add the meatballs. Cover and cook for about 12 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through and are no longer pink inside. Turn the meatballs a few times during cooking so that they cook more evenly.
Notes
1. Serve over quinoa or buckwheat.
Nutrition Information
Yield 5 Serving Size 1/5 of recipeAmount Per Serving Calories 488Total Fat 34.1gSaturated Fat 22.4gTrans Fat 0.1gUnsaturated Fat 8.9gCholesterol 125.9mgSodium 420.2mgCarbohydrates 15.6gFiber 2gSugar 3.7gProtein 35.2g
Nutrition facts provided on this website are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a qualified health care provider for personalized diet advice and make sure that each of the ingredients is allowed in your diet.