Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs made with lean ground turkey, chicken Italian sausage, and gooey mozzarella cheese. Each meatball is super flavor, low carb, and high in protein. Eat by themselves or enjoy with any of your Italian favorites.
Heeeelllloooo mozzarella stuffed meatballs! Come to mama! LOOK AT THEM! Ooey gooey mozzarella cheese inside a moist flavorful meatball…ummm okay.
These meatballs came into my life by chance. Well, kinda. I was whipping up a batch of meatballs for meatball sub kits to freeze for back to school. As I was rolling the meatballs I suddenly had this genius idea to cut up mozzarella cheese sticks and stuff a chunk into each ball. Whoa!
Okay maybe this isn’t genius like discovering electricity or that peanut butter taste AMAZING with chocolate but I was pretty proud of myself. Friends…this is what happens when you spend lots and lots and lots of time cooking. You get ideas to stuff food into other foods. It’s just the way it is.
I wouldn’t want it any other way because these meatballs are DA BOMB! Yes I still say DA BOMB. Again, it’s just the way it is.
Let’s break down this meatball recipe.
How to Make Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Make the meatball mixture. Add the ground turkey, Italian poultry sausage, breadcrumbs, egg, milk, Worcestershire sauce, parmesan cheese, and seasonings to a large bowl.
- Gently mix until all ingredients are combined.
- Portion out the meat mixture into 20 meatballs. I used a cookie scoop for this but you can also measure out 2 tablespoons of mixture per meatball. Please note this might change the number of meatballs you end up with.
- Cut up the cheese sticks into 5 pieces each. Place one piece into the center of each meatball and then roll it into a ball making sure to cover the cheese completely.
- Bake for 20 -23 minutes. Serve hot with sauce and pasta or on their own.
Serving Suggestions
I served these with sauce and pasta one night. Another night we ate them in subs. I also enjoyed a couple on their own because honestly, they are that good.
Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- large rimmed baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1/2 lb Italian poultry sausages 2-3 links and the casings removed
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon red chili flakes
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ cup grated parmesan
- 4 mozzarella cheese sticks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Make the meatball mixture. Add the ground turkey, Italian poultry sausage, breadcrumbs, egg, milk, Worcestershire sauce, parmesan cheese, and seasonings to a large bowl.
- Gently mix until all ingredients are combined.
- Portion out the meat mixture into 20 meatballs. I used a cookie scoop for this but you can also measure out 2 tablespoons of mixture per meatball. Please note this might change the amount of meatballs you end up with.
- Cut up the cheese sticks into 5 pieces each. Place one piece into the center of each meatball and then roll it into a ball making sure to cover the cheese completely.
- Bake for 20 -23 minutes. Serve hot with sauce and pasta or on their own.
Melinda Crawford says
I think I just fell in love! We were in a turkey “rut” and this is going to pull us out! Thank you!
Tammy Kresge says
This mbs are awesome! We love them.
Nancy says
What would be a substitute for the sausage? Can’t wait to make this, your recipes are so good!
Tammy Kresge says
You could just use double turkey.
Celestia Winkler says
Sounds and looks delicious!!! Thanks for your website… Love it!!