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    Home » Recipes » Weight Watcher Recipes

    Turkey Swedish Meatballs

    Published: May 3, 2024 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

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    Turkey Swedish meatballs are a delicious and popular dish that originated in Sweden. These meatballs are typically made with a combination of ground beef and pork, mixed with breadcrumbs and spices, and cooked in a creamy sauce.

    The meatballs are traditionally served with lingonberry jam and mashed potatoes, but they can be enjoyed with a variety of other side dishes as well. Plus these are Weight Watcher friendly.

    Turkey Swedish meatballs are a delicious and popular dish that originated in Sweden. These meatballs are typically made with a combination of ground beef and pork, mixed with breadcrumbs and spices, and cooked in a creamy sauce.

    If you are looking for ground beef meatballs try my WW Low Point Meatballs!

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    • Ingredients Needed
    • How to Make Swedish Meatballs
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    Why You Will Like This Recipe

    Swedish meatballs are served in creamy beef gravy and typically served with mashed potatoes or egg noodles. The Italians serve their noodles with marinara sauce but the Swedes like their meatballs with gravy and I do too. According to Google, Ikea's meatballs ingredients are made up of beef, pork, onion, bread crumbs, egg, water, salt, and pepper. This recipe is a good copycat for Ikea's Swedish meatballs recipe.

    These famous meatballs can also be served with some lingonberry jam. Lingonberry Jam is one of those must buy products that Ikea always has sitting out in front of the checkouts.  I always grab a jar of that stuff. Really good with crackers and cream cheese.

    Ingredients Needed

    • Cooking Spray
    • Minced fresh onion - provide a sweet and savory flavor to the dish, while also helping to build the foundation of the dish with its aroma and ability to caramelize.
    • Garlic, minced - Chopped fresh garlic can take some time to chop so I often always use the freshly minced garlic that comes already made in a jar. 
    • Ground turkey - can be used in place of ground beef in most recipes and is a great way to reduce the amount of saturated fat in your diet.
    • Whole egg - The best type of eggs you can buy at the store are organic or free-range eggs, while others may prefer eggs from specific breeds of chickens
    • Bread crumbs - I used Panko bread crumbs, which are a type of breadcrumb commonly used in Japanese cuisine. Panko bread crumbs can be found in most grocery stores and are often used as a substitute for traditional breadcrumbs in recipes.
    • Dried parsley - is a type of herb that is commonly used as a garnish or seasoning in various dishes. It has a bright green color and a mild, slightly bitter taste.
    • All spice -  is a spice made from the dried berries of the Pimenta dioica plant, which is native to the Caribbean and Central America.
    • Worcestershire sauce - is known for its unique umami flavor, which is a savory taste that is often described as meaty or brothy.
    • See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

    How to Make Swedish Meatballs

    Step 1:  Preheat oven to 350 F.
    Step 2: In a medium mixing bowl, combine turkey, onion powder,  garlic, egg, breadcrumbs, parsley, allspice,  and 1 T. Worcestershire sauce.

    Meatball ingredients combined in a bowl.


    Step 3: Shape meat mixture into 1″ balls and place in baking dish. Roll into 16 large meatballs or 20 small meatballs. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until cooked through.


    Step 4: Pour beef broth and flour into a small bowl and whisk until the beef broth is a lighter brown color and all the flour is combined. It's ok if all the flour isn't whisked together well.

    Flour and Beef Broth combined in a bowl.


    Step 5: Pour beef broth mixture into large skillet with  Worcestershire sauce. There is plenty of salt in Worcestershire sauce but feel free to add some more if you wish. Heat to a boil over med.-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until thickened, 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally

    Beef stock and flour thickened in a pot.

    Step 6: Reduce heat to med-low and stir in plain greek yogurt or low fat sour cream. Add meatballs and cover. Simmer 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over egg noodles, if desired.

    Swedish meatballs added to gravy mixture in a pot.

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    Weight Watchers Turkey Swedish Meatballs

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    • Author: Jenna
    • Prep Time: 10 min
    • Cook Time: 25-30 min
    • Total Time: 45 min
    • Yield: 6 1x
    • Category: Dinner
    • Method: Stove Top
    • Cuisine: Swedish
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    Description

    Swedish meatballs are served in creamy beef gravy and typically served with mashed potatoes or egg noodles. The Italians serve their noodles with marinara sauce but the Swedes like their meatballs with gravy and I do too.


    Ingredients

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    • Cooking Spray
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • 20 ounces, weight lean Ground turkey (98% fat-free) *see notes*
    • 1 whole egg
    • ½ cups  dry bread crumbs
    • ½ tsp of dried parsley
    • ¼ tsp of all spice
    • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

    For the Gravy

    • 1 whole 14.5 Oz. can low sodium beef broth
    • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
    • ¼ teaspoons ground black pepper
    • ½ teaspoons Salt, Or To Taste
    • ¼ cups light sour cream

    Garnish with fresh parsley or cracked black pepper


    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
    3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine turkey, garlic, egg, breadcrumbs, onion powder, parsley, allspice,  and 1 T. Worcestershire sauce.
    4. Shape meat mixture into 1″ balls and place in baking dish. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until cooked through.
    5. Pour beef broth and flour into a small bowl and whisk until the beef broth is a lighter brown color and all the flour is combined.
    6. Pour beef broth mixture into large skillet with  Worcestershire sauce. There is plenty of salt in Worcestershire sauce but feel free to add some more if you wish.
    7. Heat to a boil over med.-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until thickened, 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    8. Reduce heat to med-low and stir in sour cream. Add meatballs and cover. Simmer 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over egg noodles, if desired.

    9. Roll into 16 large meatballs or 20 small meatballs.  Yields 6 servings

    Notes

    WW points: 2

    Can sub any kind of protein for this. For the video I used 85% lean ground beef and I have also tried it with ground turkey.

    Points are calculated with the WW recipe builder app and not using the nutrition info. 


    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 2 to 3 meatballs
    • Calories: 218
    • Fat: 4.3
    • Carbohydrates: 17.4
    • Fiber: .9
    • Protein: 27.1

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    1. Anj says

      September 14, 2014 at 6:34 pm

      I tried this recipe for Sunday dinner and it was delicious.

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