Greek Meatballs (use chicken, turkey or beef)

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. You can make these with chicken, turkey, or beef, the end result is a super tender meatball that is baked right in the oven. Serve in a pita, as meal prep, alongside rice, or a salad, these easy Greek meatballs will be part of your regular rotation. 

How to make Greek Meatballs

• Mix: 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. You can double, or even triple this recipe if you are using it for meal prep.
• Shape: Use a cookie scoop for the best results.
• Bake: On a sheet pan lined with parchment paper for the best results. You can add in some sliced bell peppers or potatoes to make it a full meal if you like.
• Serve! These are delicious with a little Greek yogurt honey mustard sauce on the side.

Ingredients Needed:

• 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: These help keep the meatballs together but also allowing them to remain tender.
• Egg: The egg acts as a binder between the panko crumbs and the ground meat.
• Spices: 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: 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: Fresh works great, granulated works as well.
• 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?

Tips for the Best Greek Meatballs

• 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. 
• We threw on some red, orange and yellow bell pepper along with sliced purple onion.  This really adds a nice crunch to the dish.  You can also toss in some small diced potatoes for a full meal!

Serving & Storing Greek Meatballs

These are such an easy way to meal prep something new and unique. You can serve them a bunch of different ways

Serving Ideas

• You can serve these Mediterranean meatballs with a simple salad or rice, but they are delicious on top of our Mediterranean 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!

Storing Instructions

• These Greek meatballs keep in the refrigerator, in a sealed container for up to 4 days.
• You can freeze the meatballs for meal prep, too! Cook them, then freeze them on a sheet pan, and then transfer to a ziplock bag. Store the cooked frozen meatballs in the freezer for up to 3 months. To reheat, simply microwave, or air fry on reheat.

More Greek Recipes

We are huge fans of Mediterranean recipes, so much so that we actually put them all in one place, check out this guide here!

• 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

A delicious Mediterranean meatball with feta cheese, and Greek spices that comes together quickly.

5 from 6 votes

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Author: Kathi & Rachel

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 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon onion powder - or 2 tablespoons fresh grated onion
• 3 garlic cloves - minced
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 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.

Nutrition

Calories: 267kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 155mg | Sodium: 855mg | Potassium: 845mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2542IU | Vitamin C: 76mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 3mg