Instant Pot Gluten Free Barbecue Turkey Meatballs

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If you love quick and easy healthy appetizers, these Instant Pot gluten free barbecue turkey meatballs have a special ingredient that makes these hard to resist!!

Bacon. Yup, these turkey meatballs are also loaded with turkey bacon inside. Take a bite and try not to eat the whole batch of gluten free BBQ meatballs in one sitting! They aren’t kidding when they say bacon makes it better. This bacon also makes it healthier because it is turkey bacon!

Appetizers are our thing and they make the best party foods. Here are more delicious gluten free appetizer recipes to try.

I started with what I call the drool shot. I hope you don’t mind but I am so excited to show off these yummy gluten free barbecue turkey meatballs! Do you have an Instant Pot or pressure cooker? It makes cooking a total breeze! This Instant Pot meatball appetizer recipe is perfect for a party.

If you haven’t used a pressure cooker yet, wait until you see how fast it works to cook your food…without heating up your whole house! Now you can use your stove and oven for other food!

Gluten Free Barbecue Turkey Meatballs

Let’s get back to the food because once you try these, you are going to become addicted. This easy gluten free meatball appetizer is perfect for any time including game day!

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How to make gluten free barbecue meatballs in an Instant Pot: 

For this Instant Pot meatball recipe, I used First Street Ground Turkey, Turkey Bacon, Apricot Jam and their Honey BBQ Sauce. I used their eggs as well.

Can you use different ground meats in this meatball recipe?

You can definitely use different ground meats in this barbecue meatball recipe. Feel free to use ground beef, ground pork, ground chicken, or even ground lamb!

I chopped up the turkey bacon and added it to the ground turkey meat. It adds a smokey dimension and extra moistness to these meatballs.

Can you use regular bacon in this recipe?

You can definitely use regular bacon in this recipe. Just note the calorie content will be a lot higher with regular pork bacon.

Pour in the First Street Barbecue Sauce and Apricot jam into the pressure cooker. This pressure cooker is going to cook these meatballs in just 20 minutes!

What other barbecue sauces are gluten free?

You can find lots of gluten free barbecue sauces including Stubbs, Annie’s, Sky Valley, Bone Sucking Sauce, Lillie’s Q, Organicville, and Kraft. They all have great flavors of BBQ sauce.

Add the meatballs to the Instant Pot. You can see the turkey bacon chopped up in these. I am getting hungry just writing this post!

If you have an Instant Pot or pressure cooker, this is going to be a huge timesaver for you! I made a whole chicken in 30 minutes last week. Amazing!

Can you make this gluten free barbecue meatball recipe stovetop?

Yes!! You can easily make this barbecue meatball recipe on your stovetop! To make these meatballs, you need a large pot. Make the meatballs as described in the instructions. Add the barbecue sauce and 1/3 cup of water (if you use ground turkey or ground chicken, add 1/2 cup water). Cook on medium-low until the mixture comes to a boil. Lower the heat to simmer and cook for 1 hour. 

Are you ready to make these for yourself?

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• Black Bean Dip and Nachos

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Easy Gluten Free Barbecue Turkey Meatballs

Yield: 12 people

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

How to make gluten free BBQ turkey meatballs in a pressure cooker.

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
• 6 slices raw turkey bacon
• 1/2 cup gluten free bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 cup apricot jam
• 1 bottle honey barbecue sauce

Instructions

1. Slice up the turkey bacon into small pieces.
2. In a large bowl, add turkey bacon, ground turkey, bread crumbs, garlic and other spices. Mix well.
3. Spray cooking oil in the internal pot in the pressure cooker. Add jam and barbecue sauce.
4. Use your hands to roll small meatballs with the turkey meat mixture.
5. Add the meatballs to the pressure cooker.
6. Follow the instructions for operating your pressure cooker. I used on by Corsori, so I chose meat as my cooking option.
7. Cook for 30 minutes.
8. Allow pressure to ease before opening your pressure cooker. If in doubt, refer to the instruction guide that came with your pressure cooker.
9. Enjoy the meatballs!

Notes

You can easily substitute ground beef, chicken, or pork if you prefer.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 248 Total Fat: 12g Saturated Fat: 3g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 7g Cholesterol: 82mg Sodium: 361mg Carbohydrates: 21g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 14g Protein: 16g

Please note this nutrition information is calculated by a recipe plugin and is an estimate based on the ingredients used in this recipe.

(*this post was updated from an older 12/2017 post with more details.)

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