Ground Turkey Meatballs with Oats, Gluten-free, Dairy-free

These Ground Turkey Meatballs with Oats are a lighter baked turkey meatballs recipe made with ground turkey, oats, and spices. They are flavorful, satisfying, and come together in less than 30 minutes! Naturally Gluten-free and Dairy-free.

Have you ever tried adding oats to your meatballs instead of breadcrumbs? It is satisfying. Let us tell you!

These turkey meatballs with oats have quickly become our go-to baked meatball recipe. Not only are they tasty, but they lighter, protein packed, and so satisfying! We also sometimes use almond flour in our meatballs. These buffalo turkey meatballs and chicken parm meatballs are other favorites of ours.

We are excited to share this lighter turkey meatballs recipe today!

Why this recipe works:

• These baked turkey meatballs without breadcrumbs are satisfying! Rolled oats are used as a breadcrumb replacement. We like the way that the oats retain the moisture of the meatballs in a similar fashion that bread crumbs do.
• This recipe is made with simple ingredients that we usually already have in our house.
• It comes together in less than 30 minutes.
• These gluten-free turkey meatballs are allergy friendly. They are dairy-free, gluten-free, and nut-free.
• Ground turkey is a good lean source of protein. Each meatball has 11 grams of protein.
• They taste great with these Whole30 mashed potatoes.

Recipe Ingredients:

• ground turkey– regular fat ground turkey works best here. Not the 99% lean kind.
• rolled oats– make sure your rolled oats are certified gluten-free to ensure that there is no cross contamination.
• onion powder, garlic powder, dried parsley, dried basil, dried oregano– these spices help flavor the meatballs.
• egg– this binds the meatballs together.
• coconut aminos– this also helps flavor the meatballs. If you don’t have coconut aminos, you can use balsamic vinegar or soy sauce.

See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Step by Step Instructions:

Step 1

Step 1: Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.

Step 2

Step 2: Scoop out some of the mixture and roll into balls.

Step 3:

Step 3: Place the meatballs onto a cookie sheet.

Step 4:

Step 4: Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes.

Recipe FAQs

We recommend using regular fat ground turkey, which we have found is 93% lean. This ensures juicier and more flavorful meatballs.

We wouldn’t use fat-free ground turkey here.

We have used a mixture of ground turkey and ground chicken in this recipe and it turned out well.

Oats are naturally gluten-free, but you need to make sure that there is no cross contamination.

If it is important that this recipe is 100 certified gluten-free, make sure that your oats are certified gluten-free.

We like using the gluten-free oats from Trader Joes.

If you want more than 12 meatballs, then you can easily double this recipe. They reheat well and make great leftovers.

You can use soy sauce or balsamic vinegar instead of coconut aminos.