# Turkey Tzatziki Meatballs & Pita

This recipe features flavorful turkey meatballs served in pita bread with a homemade tzatziki sauce and pickled red onions.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 Pound ground turkey
- 0.33 Cup red onion
- 0.25 Cup seasoned breadcrumbs
- 0.33 Cup cottage cheese
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 egg
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- whole foods 365 peruvian seasoning
- red pepper flakes
- cayenne
- salt
- pepper
- parsley
- avocado oil
- 0.5 Cup greek yogurt
- 3 garlic cloves
- lemon zest
- 0.5 Lemon lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- fresh dill
- salt
- pepper
- 0.5 red onion
- 0.5 Cup white wine vinegar
- 0.25 Cup red wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Cup bread flour
- 1 Cup non-fat greek yogurt
- 3 tsp baking powder
- garlic powder
- salt
- parsley
- grape tomatoes
- zucchini

## Instructions

1. Pour white wine vinegar, red wine vinegar, and sugar over sliced red onions in a glass container
2. Add ground turkey, red onion, breadcrumbs, cottage cheese to a bowl
3. Crack an egg into the bowl
4. Grate the garlic into the bowl
5. Add garlic powder, onion powder, Peruvian seasoning, red pepper flakes, cayenne, salt, pepper, and parsley
6. Mix the ingredients together
7. Form the mixture into meatballs
8. Sear the meatballs on all sides with avocado oil in a pan
9. Place meatballs into sheet pan into oven and cook until it’s reached internal temperature of 165 degrees
10. Add Greek yogurt to a bowl
11. Grate garlic into the yogurt
12. Add dill, lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper
13. Mix all ingredients together
14. Add Greek yogurt, bread flour and baking powder to a bowl
15. Mix the ingredients together and knead until smooth adding more flour if necessary
16. Roll out dough
17. Cook on medium heat with olive oil until golden brown and flip when it starts to bubble
18. Add tzatziki, meatballs, grape tomatoes, chopped zucchini, chopped red onions, pickled onions, and lemon juice to pita

## Equipment

- bowl
- oven
- sheet pan
- pan
- rolling pin

## Tips

- Add cucumber to the tzatziki sauce for extra flavor.
- Adjust the amount of flour when making the pita dough to achieve the right consistency.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFqJVVYO15p/?igsh=MWR1eWFxN2ZuMWxpNQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8daa7654-e37e-44cc-a2ae-dcb155a20d08
- Extracted: 2025-05-06

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