🇹🇷 Turkish Meatballs or Turkish Köfte

Köfte is commonly referred to as meatballs, but they come in various shapes. Köfte is basically made of ground meat, onions, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, eggs and spices. They have a great aroma and are tender. These scrumptious meatballs are a time saving for your busy weeks and a must have in your freezer!

Turkish Kofte is often served as a main dish, with rice for example or it can be served on a meze platter, usually with a yogurt sauce but you can serve it the way you want it!

🇹🇷 Turkish Meatballs or Turkish Köfte

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 20
Author LDS’s Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 small grated onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 tbsp bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp Cumin
  • ½ cup finely chopped parsley
  • ½ tbsp Paprika
  • 1 cup or less of light olive oil or vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

  1.  In a large bowl, put the ground meat (beef or a mixture of beef and lamb), onion, garlic, parsley, paprika, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, cumin, and water.

  2. Mix all the ingredients with a spoon or your hand.
  3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

  4. Take a small amount of the meat mixture and form a ball that you slightly flatten (you can make oval shapes if you like).
  5. Continue shaping the meat mixture into meatballs, that you will slightly flatten, so that the center will be cooked completely
  6. Put oil in a non stick pan (just enough to coat the bottom of the pan) over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, reduce the heat to medium low.

  7. Place the Turkish meatballs in the pan, single layered and fry them in both sides.
  8. Drain on a paper towel.
  9. Serve.

Recipe Notes

  • Cook one meatball on the pan before shaping all the meat mixture and check the seasoning. Adjust the seasoning if needed!
  • You can add 1 egg to the meat mixture and reduce the amount of water.

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