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These gluten free turkey meatballs are a delicious baked turkey meatballs recipe made with rolled oats, grated Parmesan, and olive oil. They are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, and take less than 30 minutes to cook!
I love the texture of these gluten free turkey meatballs because they are soft and juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside. The crisp comes from the olive oil and Parmesan cheese inside of them. SO good.
I am also a HUGE fan of using rolled oats to replace bread crumbs in meatballs. It is an easy and healthy way to make them gluten free. My ground turkey meatball with oats, spinach oat meatballs, and almond flour meatballs and sauce are other delicious meatball recipes that I love.
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Why this recipe works
- It is an easy way to make meatballs without bread crumbs.
- Using oatmeal in these meatballs makes them naturally gluten free.
- It is a versatile recipe. You can tweak the ingredients to your liking.
- You can eat these meatballs in a variety of ways. By themselves, with spaghetti and sauce, in a sandwich, on a salad…etc etc.
- They are made with a handful of simple ingredients.
- They come together quickly! They cook in less than 30 minutes.
Recipe Ingredients
- Ground turkey– make sure to use ground turkey that has some fat in in. I like 92% lean ground turkey
- Egg– a large egg helps to bind the mixture here.
- Rolled oats– you can use quick oats or regular rolled oats here.
- Grated Parmesan– this add to the fat content of the meatball.
- Olive oil– this helps keep them soft on the inside and crisp on the outside.
- Garlic powder– this helps season the meatballs.
- Onion powder– this also helps season them.
See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Additions/ Substitutions
- Instead of ground turkey, you can use ground chicken.
- Instead of grated Parmesan, you can use grated pecorino or any aged Italian grated cheese.
- Instead of olive oil, you can use avocado oil.
- You can add dried basil, dried oregano, or any other herbs and seasonings of your liking.
Step by step meatball instructions
Step 1: Put all of the turkey meatball ingredients into a large bowl and mix.
Step 2: Scoop balls of the turkey mixture and roll into balls.
Step 3: Put raw rolled meatballs onto a cookie sheet.
Step 4: Bake the meatballs.
Expert tips
- If you only have shredded Parmesan or a shredded cheese available, put the cheese into a food processor and mix until the texture is that of grated cheese.
- If you want to make your meatballs more golden in color, broil for one minute at the end.
- To make sure that this recipe is gluten free, make sure your rolled oats are certified gluten free.
Recipe FAQs
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
You can eat them plain. You can dunk them into any sauce of choice like ranch, hot sauce or marinara. You can eat them with spaghetti and cover them in red sauce.
Rolled oats, almond flour, or oat flour.
Other ground turkey recipes you’ll love
One Pot Ground Turkey, Rice and Beans (Gluten-free)
Butternut Squash and Black Bean Turkey Chili
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Baked Gluten free Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teapsoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients and mix well.
- Take a heaping tablespoon of the ground meat mixture and roll in your hands to create a meatball shape. I like to use a mini cookie scoop. Repeat until all the meatballs are formed. You will end up with roughly 18-20 meatballs.
- Bake the meatballs for 25 minutes.
Notes
- Instead of ground turkey, you can use ground chicken.
- Instead of grated Parmesan, you can use grated pecorino or any aged Italian grated cheese.
- Instead of olive oil, you can use avocado oil.
- You can add dried basil, dried oregano, or any other herbs and seasonings of your liking.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi! I’m going to make this recipe tonight, what do you think about using cassava flour instead of tapioca? I don’t have any tapioca flour. This recipe sounds delish!
Yes! You can probably use cassava flour! Let me know if you tried it!