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Dinner – Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Meatballs

Ingredients

  • 10 slices bacon
  • 1 ounce pork rinds
  • 1 cup spinach chopped and divided
  • 3 sprigs thyme
  • 3 small red chilies
  • 1 small onion
  • 1/2 medium green pepper
  • 2 pounds ground turkey
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 whole large eggs

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat your oven to 380°F. Lay your bacon slices on a baking sheet lined with a foil, and let it cook for 20
  2. minutes.
  3. 2. Grind your pork rinds into powder using a food processor. Then, grind ½ cup of your spinach, thyme, red chilies,
  4. onion, and green pepper.
  5. 3. Pour the resulting mixture in a large mixing bowl, add ground turkey, salt, ground black pepper and stir
  6. thoroughly. In the end, add eggs and mix again well.
  7. 4. Now remove and set aside your bacon and drain off any surplus grease from the baking sheet.
  8. 5. From the above turkey mixture make 10 meatballs and put them on the baking sheet. Bake for at least 15
  9. minutes until the juices run clear.
  10. 6. At that time make your spinach ‘butter’ by adding remaining ½ cup of spinach to the rendered bacon fat. Here
  11. you can add seasoning of your choice.
  12. 7. Lastly, process the mixture until spinach leaves are no longer visible and everything has fully combined.
  13. 8. Wrap each meatball with the slice of bacon and tie using the toothpick.
  14. 9. Serve with a small spoon of the spinach ‘butter.’
  15. 10. Enjoy!

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