Orange Whole30 Turkey Paleo Meatballs

These easy Whole30 Turkey Paleo Meatballs taste like orange chicken in meatball form! They’re a gluten/grain/dairy/sugar free weeknight meal, that’s under 300 calories, and the whole family will love!

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Lemme introduce you to your newest favorite weeknight dinner:

T-H-E-S-E easy paleo meatballs.

You might have thought your favorite was some easy paleo Italian meatballs in the instant pot or whole30 sweet and sour paleo meatballs. Maybe you even like a little spice so you thought low carb buffalo chicken meatballs! Maybe you’re team Asian turkey meatballs. But, not to be super harsh and mean or anything…

YOU WERE WRONG.

This paleo turkey meatballs recipe is:

1. Simple to make. <– Busy-after-work-you likes this VRY VRY much
2. SPEEDY on-the-table-in-30-mins kinda goodness. The sauce happens while the meatballs cook and then – MAGIC – everything is ready at the same time for starving-hungry-feed-me-now-you-and-family.
3. TASTES LIKE YOUR FAVORITE TAKEOUT FOOD.

But in healthy, weeknight dinner, no-frying-but-still-SO-DELICIOUS form.

Yep. These orange whole30 turkey paleo meatballs are here to STAY.

Liiike, make-them-every-week-kind STAY.

This saucy little skillet of protein-packed, sweet and tangy, vibrantly-orange gluten free whole30 paleo turkey meatballs goodness is the love child of my chicken meatballs and paleo orange chicken. When the orange chicken recipe came into the world, you guys basically flipped out and it broke the internet.

I hear you. I understand your need for healthy orange chicken because I HAVE THE NEED TOO.

The crispy, golden-brown CRUNCH of fried chicken that ends in juicy-tenderness and a wave of orangey-sticky-sweet (thanks tapioca flour!) sensations riding along your taste buds and into your hungry belly, is just one that needs to happen on a regular basis.

Internet friends. Orange chicken recipe numero uno was easy, but these gluten free turkey meatballs are SUPER EASY.

Sidenote: I realize that we are using turkey to make orange “chicken.” But, it gives ALL the same flavory goodness that you expect when you hear “orange + chicken” together. However, you could use ground chicken if you wish.

Sidenote, the sequel: that is really just me pretending that I meant to use ground turkey and that it doesn’t just really come down to the fact that I just had ground turkey in the freezer and was too lazy to go buy chicken . #REALLIFE.

You guys. These meatballs are SRSLY juicy like WHOA.

If you’ve eaten a meatball or two in your life (which I feel like you are meatball connoisseurs, so you HAVE) then you’ve probably had some PRETTY bad turkey ones. I am usually a meatball elitist, and typically think that juicy, tender ground beef is used to create the MECCA of meatballs recipes.

Until leftover ground turkey entered my life and changed EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW.

Which might be an exaggeration since we’re just talking about meatballs here. But, really, IT’S NOT.

And then the SAUCE. OH, the glorious, THICK, glossy and sticky-sweet perfectly orange sauce that coats your mouth with takeout-vibes and general-happy-food-bliss.

But, SPOILER ALERT, these are WHOLE30 MEATBALLS which means that sticky-sweet-glossy-sauce that tastes exactly like your favorite Asian restaurants down the street?

Sugar free! Gluten free! Grain free! Dairy free! NO WEIRD FLAVORINGS OR COLORS.

Just PURE, real-life oranges and tangy, zesty yumminess for your orange-chicken-loving face.

Before you ask, you won’t even MISS the deep fried-ness in these whole30 paleo orange turkey meatballs recipe. <– Even Mr. FFF said he didn’t miss it and that this might have been in his top 3 favorite recipes of ALL TIME.

3 cheers for takeout Friday that doesn’t end in real-life-you being stomach-ache-sad on the couch!

FOR THIS RECIPE, I RECOMMEND:

• Avocado Oil
• Coconut aminos
• Coconut flour
• Tapioca flour

WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PER SERVING: SMART POINTS: 8 POINTS+:7 . OLD POINTS: 6

(without rice of choice and sesame seeds – 1 orange included)

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