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    Home » Recipes » Appetizers » Turkey Zucchini Poppers

    Turkey Zucchini Poppers

    Published: Mar 3, 2015 · Modified: Aug 14, 2019 by Sherri · This post may contain affiliate links · 20 Comments

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    These Turkey Zucchini Poppers are a healthy, low carb meal or snack packed with Mexican flavors.

    Turkey Zucchini Poppers Recipe

    Turkey Zucchini Poppers

    After Friday’s extreme sweet treat, I thought I needed to go extra clean for you. I whipped up these delicious Turkey Zucchini Poppers for our Saturday night snack/dinner night. Do you ever do that? Just make appetizers for dinner? I love to do that. We had these with some cut up veggies and our favorite Ranch Cottage Cheese dip.

    They may be simple but they are full of flavor. I couldn’t decide if I liked them better dipped in the salsa or the cottage cheese dip. Umm umm good. Guacamole would be fabulous too.

    The next time I make them I’m going the Italian route. Easily substitute basil for the cilantro and serve it up with a yummy homemade marinara.

    We are actually having the leftovers tonight in a rice bowl. So versatile. 🙂

    INGREDIENTS

    1 lb ground turkey or chicken

    2 cups zucchini, grated and water squeezed out (approx 2 medium sized zucchini)

    2 green onions, sliced

    4 tablespoon cilantro, minced

    3 cloves garlic, minced

    ½ teaspoon pepper

    A plate of several turkey and zucchini meatball poppers with a small bowl of salsa

    DIRECTIONS

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F

    Mix raw ground meat with zucchini, green onion, cilantro, garlic, salt, and pepper.

    Drizzle a little coconut oil or olive oil onto a baking sheet.

    Roll meat mixture into about 1 – 1 ½ inch meatballs and place on the greased pan.

    turkey zucchini meatball poppers on a baking sheet

    Bake at 400 degrees 20-25 minutes, or until cooked through. Place under the broiler for an additional 2-3 minutes or until browned on top (careful not to burn)

    *** You can also fry them in coconut oil or olive oil if you’d like them a little more crunchy brown.

    eight turkey zucchini meatballs on a white plate with a small bowlful of salsa

    A plate of several turkey and zucchini meatball poppers with a small bowl of salsa

    Turkey Zucchini Poppers

    These Turkey Zucchini Poppers are a healthy, low carb meal or snack packed with Mexican flavors.
    4.67 from 6 votes
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    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes
    Servings: 25
    Calories: 29kcal
    Author: Sherri Hagymas

    Ingredients

    • 1 lb ground turkey or chicken 93% or leaner
    • 2 cups zucchini grated and water squeezed out (approx 2 medium sized zucchini)
    • 2 green onions sliced
    • 4 tablespoon cilantro minced
    • 3 cloves garlic minced
    • ½ teaspoon pepper

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
    • Mix raw ground meat with zucchini, green onion, cilantro, garlic, salt, and pepper.
    • Drizzle a little coconut oil or olive oil onto a baking sheet.
    • Roll meat mixture into about 1 - 1 ½ inch meatballs and place on the greased pan.
    • Bake at 400 degrees 20-25 minutes, or until cooked through. Place under the broiler for an additional 2-3 minutes or until browned on top (careful not to burn)

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1popper | Calories: 29kcal | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 68mg | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.3mg

    Nutritional Disclosure

    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Ash

      June 21, 2018 at 2:18 pm

      4 stars
      Delicious idea! I added an egg and my own blend of seasonings to spice it up a bit.

      Reply
    2. Ron Lewen

      July 26, 2016 at 8:58 pm

      4 stars
      These were very good, but desperately needed salt. Im not sure if it was left off the recipe or not, but I added about 1/2 teaspoon and they needed more.

      Reply
    3. Surya-Patricia Lane Hood

      June 26, 2016 at 3:53 pm

      Would you kindly tell me what a “popper” is? I know what a jalapeno popper is, sort of but I’m not familiar with the term “popper”.

      Reply
      • Sherri

        June 27, 2016 at 1:17 pm

        Alice answered it perfectly! 🙂

        Reply
      • Irene

        March 07, 2023 at 5:19 pm

        ‘Popper is referring to finger foods, but sized items you ‘pop in your mouth.

        Reply
    4. Paula Kanenberg

      June 25, 2016 at 7:14 pm

      5 stars
      I just had to change the recipe to “make it mine.” I added a heaping tablespoon of Helman’s Mayonaise and 1/4 cup shredded cheese (I used a taco mix of cheddar, mont. jack and provolone. Micx well and just follow recipe. They look a bit more “done” than the pictures and the additions make them taste much better than the plain recipe.

      Reply
    5. Kyla @HouseofHipsters

      March 19, 2015 at 1:26 pm

      These sound sooo good! Thanks for linking up at Found & Foraged!

      Reply
    6. Sharon - Her Organized Chaos

      March 18, 2015 at 12:13 pm

      This looks so great! I can’t wait to try it. Pinning and sharing. Thanks for sharing at Totally Terrific Tuesday last week! I can’t wait to see what you have lined up for this week.

      Sharon
      Her Organized Chaos

      Reply
    7. GiGi Eats

      March 18, 2015 at 12:12 pm

      5 stars
      I AM SO MAKING THESE TOMORROW FOR LUNCH! Gotta get the ingredients first, heck yes – YUMMM!

      Reply
    8. Miz Helen

      March 16, 2015 at 3:52 pm

      5 stars
      What a great appetizer! Happy St. Patrick’s Day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
      Miz Helen

      Reply
    9. Sarah R.

      March 15, 2015 at 8:47 pm

      Yum, yum!!! What a fun departure from the typical turkey/chicken meatball- can’t wait to try! Pinning for sure. 🙂 Appreciate you linking up to Snickerdoodle Sunday!

      Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)

      Reply
    10. Joy @ Joy Love Food

      March 14, 2015 at 8:02 pm

      These sound so good! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?!

      Reply
    11. Marina

      March 13, 2015 at 5:22 pm

      I make those very often, one of my favorite combinations!

      Reply
    12. Cathy

      March 11, 2015 at 9:28 pm

      I love the flavor combination in these and they look great! I want some! 🙂 I would love for you to share these poppers on my new link party Making Memories Mondays going on now! Yum!
      Cathy

      Reply
    13. Zenda

      March 10, 2015 at 10:59 pm

      These sound delicious!! I’m pinning the recipe to make in the summer when I have lots of zucchini. Thanks so much for sharing!

      Reply
    14. Jaelan @ Making Mrs. M

      March 10, 2015 at 10:22 am

      I’ve seen a couple of zucchini popper recipes this week. I NEED to make some. That sounds like a great project for this weekend. These look absolutely delicious.

      Reply
    15. Jennifer S.

      March 09, 2015 at 12:36 pm

      These look so good, and we have tons of grated zucchini in our freezer from last year. We’re going to have to try these.

      Reply
    16. Julia

      March 09, 2015 at 11:07 am

      Yum! We love zucchini! I’ll be trying these with chicken and/or pork! Looks so good!

      Reply
    17. Jen and Emily @ Layers of Happiness

      March 04, 2015 at 1:11 pm

      These look so yummy and healthy… perfect for lunch and dinner! I’m always on the lookout for easy dinners/lunches so I’m totally putting this in the repertoire! 🙂

      Reply
      • Josephine

        January 15, 2023 at 3:03 pm

        How much salt? Recipe doesn’t say and dictations say add it….

        Reply

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