Sign me up for anything Mediterranean; These Greek Meatballs are filled with feta cheese, spinach, and Mediterranean spices for a unique, restaurant quality Greek style meatball.
Greek Meatball Ingredients:
- Ground meat: You can use any type of ground meat that you like, chicken, beef, turkey, or pork would do well. We used ground chicken.
- Panko Crumbs:Â These help keep the meatballs together but also allowing them to remain tender.
- Egg:Â The egg acts as a binder between the panko crumbs and the ground meat.
- Spices:Â To give these meatballs true Mediterranean flare, we use salt/pepper, cumin (a nutty/smokey flavored spice), oregano and a touch of fresh mint!
- Feta Cheese:Â I like to add large chunks of Feta cheese to the outside of the meatball, they get golden brown and melty and delicious.
- Spinach: A little veggie kicker, the spinach adds a nice touch of color and compliments the feta cheese.
- Onion powder – or sub fresh grated onion
- Garlic – of course!
- Bell Pepper and Onion – this is optional but I love the addition of it and it cooks right along with the meatballs so why not?
 We start by mixing all of the meatball ingredients in a medium size bowl.
This recipe yields about 15, two inch meatballs with one pound of ground meat.
Double this recipe and freeze the rest!
Meatball Pro Tips:
- Mix with a hand mixer or your KitchenAid mixer! I recently started doing this and it is probably my latest favorite cooking hack. No meat under your nails, no freezing cold hands, and I find the meat mixture comes together so evenly and perfect.
- Use a scooper! It ensures your meatballs are all the same size, and will cook evenly. I like to use the scooper, then roll them in my hand to make a perfect little Greek meatball.
We prefer to bake meatballs on a cooking tray lined with a parchment or foil for easy clean up.Â
We threw on some red, orange and yellow bell pepper along with sliced purple onion. Â This really adds a nice crunch to the dish. Â You can also toss in some small diced potatoes for a full meal!
How to serve Greek Meatballs –
- You can serve these Mediterranean meatballs with a simple salad or rice, but they are delicious on top of ourMediterranean Couscous Salad. The mixture of fresh vegetables and lemony dressing pairs so delicious with them!
- Stuff them in pita or naan bread.
- Serve them along side potatoes or Greek Style Rice!
- Chop them up and toss them in a salad for lunch tomorrow!
 If you are a fan of anything Greek or Mediterranean- check out these other recipes!
- Crunchy Mediterranean Couscous Salad
- Greek Chicken Burgers
- Slow Cooker Greek Chicken
- Greek Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
- Greek Pasta Salad
- Avogolemono Soup (Greek Chicken and Rice Soup)
- Greek Salmon Kabobs with Oven Baked Lemon Rice
- Easy Greek Salad Meal Prep Bowls
- Greek Baked Shrimp
- Easy Layered Greek Dip
LET’s EAT!
Kathi and Rachel
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Greek Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken, turkey or beef
- 1/3 cup panko crumbs
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese (plus extra
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon onion powder - or 2 tablespoons fresh grated onion
- 3 garlic cloves - minced
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint - chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
- 1 1/2 cups bell peppers - any color, sliced
- 1/2 purple onion - sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 °F
- In a large bowl combine all ingredients except bell pepper and onion.
- Roll meatballs into about 2 inch size or use a small cookie scoop.
- Place on lined baking sheet. Scatter bell pepper and onion around meatballs.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes until cooked through to 165 degrees and bell peppers are crisp tender.
- Serve with rice or potatoes.
I want to try this 2 ways: meatballs as is, but also my wife loves Greek burgers. They usually just have spinach and feta. I think your spices would put them over the top.She makes a great lemon garlic mayo…
Hi Joe- Lemon Garlic Mayo sounds delicious- you could dip a flip flop in that and it would still be good! Let us know if you decide to do greek burgers and how they come out. My mom also has a recipe for Greek Chicken Burgers on here that are my fave- https://laughingspatula.com/greek-chicken-burgers/ check them out if you get a chance or happen to need some inspiration.
All the best, Rachel