Doug's Tex-Mex turkey meatballs from Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (page 8) by Julia Turshen

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  • Ducksinarose on October 27, 2025

    I loved these! I can see how someone can say this is mushy because I can taste the corn meal-y texture in the meatball. Me and my family enjoyed the mushiness, though Mark suggested using beef instead of turkey next time. Also, I didn’t use the sauce, Mark doesn’t think the sauce from the cookbook would be substantial enough. He suggests a mole sauce.

  • emilycaj on May 18, 2025

    Aggressively bland, despite using my favorite salsa. Very bready. The sauce is necessary to add some kind of dimension to them, but even with the sauce: not a keeper.

  • dbuhler on April 02, 2024

    I enjoyed these meatballs, but neither of my kids liked them. I'm not sure if it was the flavor or the texture that turned them off. The texture is a bit odd, but I didn't mind that as I liked the flavor. The sauce is a must. I served these with Mexican rice and a simple green salad.

  • anya_sf on February 15, 2024

    Using a large cookie scoop, I got 24 meatballs. They were slightly overdone after 20 min, probably because convection mode was on. My family really liked them and I'd definitely make them again.

  • snoozermoose on December 04, 2021

    I appreciated how easy these were, but they weren't my favorite. The texture was a bit mushy, the flavor was one-note, and they were on the salty side. They did taste better reheated as leftovers. My husband refused to touch the leftovers because he couldn't get over the strong tortilla chip flavor.

  • bernalgirl on August 31, 2021

    I made a double batch following the meatball part of the recipe exactly, then formed them into longer thicker patties like a kebab — these were a huge hit! My Big particular liked the toasted corn flavor imparted by the tortilla chips. The salsa + sour cream sauce just didn’t appeal so the first night I served these with a tomatillo sauce (and Best Black Beans and the Amá red rice) and on the second night I made it with rajas con crema and adapted the Indian-ish cheesy rice to more Mexican flavors.

  • dinnermints on August 26, 2021

    Yep - these were delicious, everyone loved them. My picky-eater niece declared them her new favorite recipe. I made them a bit smaller (got 55 for a double recipe) and so overbaked them a bit, but nobody complained about that. I used 2% Greek yogurt instead of sour cream, and would do that again. I might also try reducing the corn chips by half like Zosia.

  • Skamper on August 26, 2021

    Best dish from this book so far. Easy and tasty. my meatballs may have been a little large; I got 17. M used them as taco filling the next day for lunch. The sauce is a must.

  • gamulholland on August 07, 2021

    This was delicious, and reheated really well. I used up some spicy salsa with it— memo to self, stick with mild salsa for my mild family, because only Son #1 and I are fond of spice, unfortunately. Anyway, loved it, adding it to the rotation!

  • Zosia on August 07, 2021

    Family loved these! I doubled all of the ingredients except for the corn chips - I used the original amount - and their flavour still came through.

  • Emily Hope on May 06, 2021

    I totally loved these, but our family was more divided--the 8-year old complained about texture added by the tortilla chips, and C felt like there was way too high a chip to turkey ratio and they felt bready (I weighed my chips, and was already under by weight). I will definitely try again (they are super easy to put together) but may adjust some things--reduce the amount of tortilla chips, maybe soak them in the salsa or a little milk. I was also worried based on the headnote whether even with sides the recipe would feed 3 adults and 2 kiddos, so I doubled it--this ended up making enough for 2 full meals for everyone. I did serve with rice, beans, and cabbage slaw.

  • mnrickert on May 06, 2021

    Incredibly good and incredibly easy - a win win! Make sure to measure the weight of your chips before crushing them or else the volume measurement will vary wildly. Also, a big portion of the flavor of these comes from the salsa you use so make sure you pick one you really like.

  • Cheri on March 26, 2021

    These we SO good! Added a bit of ancho chili powder to the meatballs. East. Delicious.

  • lofolky on March 24, 2021

    These were delicious! Loved the flavor from the tortilla chips, have never made meatballs like these before. Big hit with the whole family. I had a few that didn’t fit on the pan so I threw them in the air fryer and they were great that way as well.

  • Rradishes on March 09, 2021

    These were a big hit with everybody. Very easy to make, esp if grinding the chips in a food processor. Made them a day ahead and warmed up in the oven the next night for dinner. The meatballs are soft, melt in your mouth tender, with some corn tex-max flavor. Definitely will be making these again and again.

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