These Swedish Turkey Meatballs are the perfect lightened-up comfort food dish for the cooler fall and winter months ahead. The meatballs are super flavorful and served with a rich and tasty beef gravy with a tangy hint of sour cream. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may already know that I adore gravy. I also love meatballs, so these Swedish Turkey Meatballs are truly a dish after my own heart. My husband and my 1 ½ year old daughter loved this recipe as well, so it was a hit with the whole family! I particularly enjoy serving these over mashed potatoes, but they’re also great over egg noodles, pasta or rice. The recipe makes enough delicious sauce to smother over whichever base you choose! I also recommend adding a vegetable on the side like cooked carrots or green beans (my family’s favorites). Three meatballs and ½ cup of gravy are just 278 calories or 5 WW Points! To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
These Swedish Turkey Meatballs with a rich, savory beef gravy are the perfect lightened-up comfort food dish.
Yield: 4(3 meatballs + 1/2 cup gravy) servings
Ingredients
1lbraw 99% lean ground turkey breast
1/3cuppanko crumbs
1large egg
1tablespoondried minced/chopped onion, found by the other dried spices, different brands call it minced/chopped
1tablespoonfresh chopped parsley
½teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonground nutmeg
¼teaspoonground allspice
¼teaspoongarlic powder
1/8teaspoonblack pepper
1tablespoonolive oil
3tablespoonslight butter, I use Land O’Lakes light butter
3tablespoonsflour
2 ½cupsreduced sodium beef broth
1tablespoonWorcestershire sauce
1teaspoonDijon mustard
½teaspoonBetter Than Bouillon Beef Base, you can also use powdered bouillon or ½ a bouillon cube, but I highly recommend BTB, it’s awesome
½teaspoondried parsley flakes
¼teaspoonpaprika
¼cupfat free sour cream
Instructions
In a mixing bowl, add the ground turkey, panko, egg, dried minced onion, parsley, salt, nutmeg, allspice, garlic powder, and pepper and mash together until well combined. With clean hands, roll the meat mixture into 12 evenly sized meatballs.
Drizzle the olive oil into a large saute pan or skillet and bring over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the meatballs in a single layer with a bit of space in between them. Cook, flipping them every 1-2 minutes to brown all sides, for 8 minutes. Cover the pan and reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook the meatballs covered for an additional 2-4 minutes until cooked through. Remove the meatballs to a side plate and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
Add the butter to the pan and bring over medium-low heat until melted. Add the flour and whisk the flour and butter together until combined (it will become sort of like a paste). Whisk in the broth a little at a time to combine it smoothly. Add the Worcestershire sauce, mustard, bouillon, dried parsley, and paprika and whisk into the sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring regularly, and then reduce the heat to low to simmer. Simmer uncovered for a few minutes until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat and whisk in the sour cream until smoothly combined. Add the meatballs back in and stir to coat. Return to low heat for 1-3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the meatballs are heated through.
Notes
To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!WW Points per (3 meatballs + ½ cup gravy) serving: 5 (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Nutrition Information per (3 meatballs + ½ cup gravy) serving: 278 calories, 14 g carbs, 3 g sugars, 11 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 32 g protein, 1 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)MyWW SmartPoints per (3 meatballs + 1/2 cup gravy) serving:(SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Green: 7 SmartPoints/ Blue: 5 SmartPoints/ Purple: 5 SmartPointsWeight Watchers Points Plus: 7 per (3 meatballs + ½ cup gravy) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers brand PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition information below)
Author: Emily Bites
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Ground Turkey, Ikea, Swedish Meatballs, Turkey Gravy, WW Recipes