Three-Meat Italian Meatballs

Make it an appetizer, lunch, or dinner option with these three types of meat formed into delicious meatballs. Turkey, beef, and Italian sausage pair together to go perfectly with your favorite marinara sauce. The secret ingredient to getting them so tender? Oats!

These three-meat meatballs with turkey, beef, and Italian sausage go perfectly with your favorite marinara sauce. Serve over pasta.

Prep Time:

30 mins

Cook Time:

30 mins

Total Time:

1 hr

Servings:

Yield:

24 large meatballs

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground turkey
1 pound ground Italian sausage
1 large onion, diced
2 large eggs
½ cup Italian-style seasoned bread crumbs
½ cup quick cooking oats
2 tablespoons Italian-style seasoning
1 cup vegetable oil, or as needed

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Combine ground meats, onion, eggs, bread crumbs, oats, and seasoning in a large bowl until well combined. Shape into 24 (2-inch-diameter) meatballs.
Heat enough vegetable oil in a large sauté pan to be 1/2 inch deep. Cook meatballs in hot oil until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a glass baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 165 degrees F (75 degrees C).