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Thai-Style Turkey Meatballs

These meatballs are perfect to help you kick off those New Year’s resolutions. They are healthy, clean and gluten-free. Oh, and they can be on the table in less than an hour!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 24 ingredients
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Thai-Style Turkey Meatballs

Why it works: Carrot and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,873 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Thai-Style Turkey Meatballs

Serves 20
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

937Calories
51 gProtein
53 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 20 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatballnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Oats + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together522 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Coconut + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Coconut + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Carrot + coconuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, oats, carrot, egg, coconut, milk, fish sauce):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, oats, carrot, egg, coconut, milk, fish sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.