kofte recipe

Spicy and juicy Turkish meatballs from scratch. You can use the same recipe to make hamburgers.

Homemade Turkish Meatballs Kofte Recipe

ground beef, 80% lean

breadcrumbs

garlic, mashed (optional)

baking soda

water

lemon juice

cumin

black pepper

chili powder, optional

red pepper flakes

thyme

salt

In a large bowl, combine ground beef, breadcrumbs, finely diced onion and mashed garlic.

In a small bowl, mix baking soda, water and lemon juice. Pour this into the ground beef mixture. Mix well with your hand. Knead it for 5 minutes so that everything is combined well.

Cover and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight or at least 2-3 hours.

Brush a cast iron pan with little oil and heat it. Cook the meatballs over the higest heat, flipping them over so that all sides are slightly cooked. Bring it to the lowest and continue cooking until done for about 10 minutes, shaking the pan or flipping them over occasionally. Cook the meatballs in batches until they finish or save some to freeze.

These meatballs are PERFECT! I made the recipe yesterday for our Turkish friends, and served it with that cucumber dip. And everyone loved it! Thank you for the recipe! Now I will make some more and freeze for a later use.

These were AMAZING! A little more work than the meatballs I've been making recently, but it was like I was suddenly back in Istanbul!

This was absolutely perfect! It's the closest I've come in home cooking to the basic kofte I loved so much in Turkey (there are some many kinds of kofte, one day I will make them all). I only had one pound of ground beef so I cut the recipe in half -- no problem at all. Was similarly not sure how the baking soda would taste but it helped replicate that somewhat springy texture. Making and eating this kofte was the bright spot of another blah Monday in quarantine. I paired it with some macaroni and cheese, then had a green salad after for some lightness and balance. Thanks for this recipe!

so easy and so phenomenal! these will rotate into my family favorites.

I didn't have lemon juice or thyme, I substituted apple cider vinegar, and a za'atar mix (which had a little sumac in it), came out awesome!  Served it with cucumber salad, roasted cherry tomatoes, and spanakorizo.  Then headed out to play Balkan music lol.

onions, finely chopped or pureed

In a small bowl, mix baking soda, water and lemon juice. Pour this into the ground beef mixture. Mix well with your hand. Knead it for about a minute so that everything is combined well.

Heat olive oil in a cast iron pan or any non-stick pan. Cook the meatballs over high heat, flipping them over or shaking the pan occasionally so that all sides are cooked for about 3 minutes. Don't overcrowd the pan, cook the meatballs in batches until they finish or save some to freeze.

Hi guys! The kofte turned out perfect, thank you so much. So juicy and full of flavour. My family loved them. I chopped up some parsley and mixed it in with the meat as well

Recipe is classic pretty much. There is surely room for improvements..

Baking soda - absolutely unnecessary does NOTHING for the fluffiness of the end meatball product but only contributes to possible major health problems. Baking soda is something that should be used sparingly, occasionally or best avoid altogether in cooking and baking. There are millions of ways to do without it.

The easiest method to fluff the ball is already in front of you! Bread crumbs. But use it wisely, don't just dump dry crumbs because they dry all the juices out of meat causing dry end result.
Instead take crumbs, add milk, let sit until all milk is absorbed and until you have fluffy paste so be generous with milk. Once ready, just drop it into the meat and incorporate.
Soon you will realize that soda is inadequate method.

Who in their right mind would poison family with packing soda into every meatball deal. Also do try those two methods and blind folded offer to friends, see what they will like better.

Even if you skip soda in your original method and make two  batches, one with it and one without it  you will see that the soda does nothing to fluff the heavy meat.

Made these as per recipe, except I have no red pepper flakes so missed out. I also formed into patties as I think they cook better and it’s more authentic to what we’ve had in Turkey. I didn’t have time to leave before cooking but they were still absolutely delicious! I print all recipes I try and write any comments from my partner as he’s a fussy so and so! This one says ‘5* blooming lovely’! This was his favourite meal in Turkey :-) will be done again!!

I baked for 40 minutes and they turned out perfect!! They were delicious. In fact, will be making them again for my husband tonight. Thank you so kindly for responding!

My son did a study tour in Turkey as part of his college degree.  He recently asked me if I could make some Turkish meatballs for him, he had eaten so many when he was in Turkey and really liked them.  I followed your recipe with some red pepper flakes -- the meatballs turned out a bit spicier than he preferred.  Second batch:  no red pepper flakes, but I used a cayenne pepper instead of black pepper.  Not quite spicy enough.  Nevertheless, he liked both batches, so I'm still looking for the exact spice mix to suit our family's tastes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmN_0y9IP4

Homemade Turkish Meatballs known as kofte are the best things to happen on your dinner table. These are spicy, tender and perfectly juicy. It’s not a secret any more to make meatballs at home that are much tastier than store-bought ones. 

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INGREDIENTS
2 pounds ground beef, 80% lean
½ cup breadcrumbs
2 onions, finely grated and excessive juice removed
4 cloves garlic, mashed (optional)
1 and 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes or Aleppo pepper, optional
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon chili powder, optional
¼ cup water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon lemon juice

INSTRUCTIONS
In a large bowl, combine ground beef, breadcrumbs, finely diced onion and mashed garlic.
Add in the spices.
In a small bowl, mix baking soda, water and lemon juice. Pour this into the ground beef mixture. Mix well with your hand. Knead it for 5 minutes so that everything is combined well.
Cover and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight or at least 2-3 hours.
Roll them into meatballs.
Heat olive oil in a cast iron pan or any non-stick pan. Cook the meatballs over high heat, flipping them over or shaking the pan occasionally so that all sides are cooked for about 3 minutes. Don't overcrowd the pan, cook the meatballs in batches until they finish or save some to freeze.

NOTES
If you can’t find 80% lean beef, use a mixture of lamb and beef (50% lamb, 50% beef).


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Homemade Turkish Meatballs Kofte ( Juicy and Soft)

Ingredients: 250 g medium fat ground meat, 1 small egg, 1 onion, 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, A pinch of black pepper and cumin, 1 tablespoon tomato paste, 1/2 tsp ground chilli, 2 potatoes, chopped, 2 carrots, chopped, 1 water glass canned peas, Salt, Vegetable oil, 2-3 cups of boiling water. Preparation: Cut the onion into two halves, grate one half and chop the other, For meatballs combine minced meat, egg, bread crumbs, grated onion, parsley, black pepper, cumin and salt in deep bowl and knead, Make walnut sized meatballs, In a large pan, heat vegetable oil, Add into the meatballs and fry all over, remove into a strainer, In the meantime, heat 3-4 tbsps vegetable oil in a deep Add chooped onions and roast until tender, Add the potatoes and carrots and stir, Cover the lid and cook for a few mins., Add the tomato paste and roast until smells good, Add the ground chilli and stir, Add water and stir, Cover the pot and cook until the potatoes are softened, Add the meatballs and peas, stir, cover the lid and cook for a few mins., Add salt, stir and remove from the heat. Bon Appetit...

Turkish Kofte Stew Recipe

g medium fat ground meat,

egg,

onion,

breadcrumbs,

parsley,

tomato paste,

tsp ground chilli,

potatoes, chopped,

carrots, chopped,

water glass canned peas,

Salt,

Vegetable oil,

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Cut the onion into

Cut the onion into two halves, grate one half and chop the other,

For meatballs combine minced

For meatballs combine minced meat, egg, bread crumbs, grated onion, parsley, black pepper, cumin and salt in deep bowl and knead,

Make walnut sized meatballs,

In a large pan,

Add into the meatballs

Add into the meatballs and fry all over, remove into a strainer,

In the meantime, heat

In the meantime, heat 3-4 tbsps vegetable oil in a deep

Add chooped onions and

Add chooped onions and roast until tender,

Add the potatoes and

Cover the lid and

Add the tomato paste

Add the tomato paste and roast until smells good,

Add the ground chilli

Add water and stir,

Cover the pot and

Cover the pot and cook until the potatoes are softened,

Add the meatballs and

Add the meatballs and peas, stir, cover the lid and cook for a few mins.,

Add salt, stir and

Kofta or “Kofte” is a popular meatball type of dish in Turkey and the middle east. We have many kofta recipes and kebabs in Turkish cuisine.


I will make a kofta recipe, the way we make it at home, easily using a food processor in this episode. The great thing is you can freeze and cook whenever you want to have a ready meal

Turkish Kofta Recipe

lamb

onions

tbsp ground stale bread/bread crumbs

parsley (optional)

tsp each black pepper, salt, paprika

green sweet peppers

olive oil

Traditionally we make the kofte mixture by hand by grating the onions, chopping fresh herbs if used, and mixing the other ingredients in a bowl well. But you can easily do these steps in a food processor. If your food processor isn’t so big you can only chop the onion and parsley and continue mixing in a bowl

process

In a food processor add onion cut in four, parsley. If you are using stale bread soak it in water to soften then squeeze out excess water and add to the onion parsley mixture. Process until they have fine pieces, avoid over-processing, and don’t make it like a puré.

Add the ground meat, spices, and baking soda if using. Drop 3-4 drops of lemon juice over the baking soda and mix everything by pulsing until is it evenly incorporated.

shape

Dip your hand into the water from time to time and get smaller than mandarine size mixture and first shape into a ball and press it to make a disk. It comes together when cooks and becomes thicker so consider that while shaping.

Making Kofte Mixture:

cook

Heat the cast iron griddle or non-stick frying pan or grill. Brush it with vegetable oil. Add kofte pieces leaving space between them and cook on medium heat until both sides and inside are fully cooked.

Meanwhile cut the tomatoes in big wedges and cook on the griddle or grill with green peppers.

Serve the koftes with pilav and grilled veggies. You can also make coban salad, or cacik (yogurt-cucumber sauce) to serve.

Cooking The Koftes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clwb7ihG2sE

Kofta is a popular meatball type of dish in Turkey and the middle east. 
We have many kofte recipes and kebabs in Turkish cuisine. 
Here is the written recipe: https://www.turkishfoodtravel.com/2021/03/06/turkish-kofte-recipe/ 
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I will make a kofte kebab, the way we make it at home, easily using a food processor in this episode. The great thing is you can freeze and cook whenever you want to have a ready meal
Ingredients For Kofta Kebab:
500gr. ground meat (you can use 30% lamb if you like and preferably at least 20% fat)
2 medium-size onions
4 tbsp ground stale bread/bread crumbs
a big handful of parsley (optional)
1 tsp each black pepper, salt, paprika
1/4 tsp baking soda (optional) - you can add 3-4 drops of lemon juice over the baking soda before you add it.
To serve:
1-2 big firm tomatoes
6-8 green sweet peppers
olive oil to brush the griddle or pan
Here is the pilav recipe I served as a side dish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_w-mv1BufE
Other Kofte recipes:
Kofte With Eggplant Base: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bncgcFnqpqQ
Hasanpasha Kofte (Kofta with potato puree): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGLfC-axztc
Wrapped Kofte Kebab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1om3KQoUK1k
Eggplant Kofta Kebab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5f9NMqzM0

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