Marvelous Moroccan Meatballs
These lamb meatballs are big on flavor and super easy to make as a 30 minute meal.
Servings: 4
Cost: $25
Ingredients
Lamb Meatballs
- 2 lb ground lamb
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped
- 1 bunch parsley chopped
- 1.5 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1.5 tsp ground coriander toasted brings out flavor
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs any bread crumb will work
Tzatziki
- 3 cups nonfat plain yogurt
- 3 mini cucumbers, shredded
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp dry dill ok to use fresh if you have it
- 1 clove garlic minced
Side salad
- 4 leaves lettuce, chopped
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 2 mini cucumbers, chopped
Pita
- 4-8 Pita breads
Instructions
- Combine the lamb and all the meatball ingredients in a large bowl and mix together.
- Saute on vegetable oil on a stove top over medium high heat for 3 minutes on each side or until browning.
- Place meatballs on a baking sheet lined with foil and into a preheated oven at 375F for 20 minutes or until temp of inside of meatball is 160F.
- While meatballs are cooking, prepare tzatziki by combining all tzatziki ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Prepare side salad by chopping lettuce, tomates, cucumber.
- After the meatballs are cooked, let them rest for 10 minutes before eating.
- Assemble cooked meatballs, tzatziki and side salad in a pita, and enjoy!
Notes
- If you are missing any of the spices, it's ok to leave some out. The flavors will likely still be great.
- Consider frying a small meatball patty before cooking the entire batch to taste for seasoning, etc. the salt/pepper and other spices can be adjusted to your taste.