Greek Meatballs

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Sheet Pan Greek Meatballs & Lemon Potatoes

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Prep

15 minutes

Cook

1 hour

Yield

4 -6

These Greek Meatballs are made on a single sheet pan with lemony potatoes. They are easy, delicious, and perfect for a busy night!

If there is one thing I love on a busy week it’s a sheet pan meal. Owning my own business, I’m constantly running around, working at all hours, and the one thing I never push to the side is eating healthy. These Greek Meatballs are nutritious and SO easy to make.

Greek Meatballs on a tray

❤️ Why You’ll Love Greek Meatballs

  • Easy: A sheet pan meal is meant to be simple and this is just that. Prep it, throw it all on a sheet pan, and cook
  • Healthy: This meal has healthy protein and veggies, plus it’s full of flavor
  • Less Dishes: What I love MOST about a sheet pan meal is that you have fewer dishes to wash at the end of it

🍲 Ingredients

Mint & Herbs – What makes these meatballs Greek is adding the herbs to pump up the flavor. The mint adds freshness, and the oregano is a go-to in this Greek mama’s kitchen for all things Greek

Lemon – I LOVE lemon potatoes. Adding fresh lemon juice to your potato recipes is a great way to amp up the flavor, giving it a pop of freshness

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Chicken – By using chicken in these Greek Meatballs, you have a lean source of protein that will keep you full, and help build a strong, healthy body

Ingredients for Greek Meatballs laid out on counter

👩‍🍳 How to Make Greek Meatballs

  1. Preheat the oven to 375F. To a large baking dish add the potato pieces and smashed garlic cloves.
  2. Make the Greek lemon sauce by whisking together the lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, salt, pepper, dried oregano and garlic powder. Add half of the sauce to the baking dish, toss with the potatoes and then add 1/2 cup water to the baking dish too. Bake for 40 mins.
  3. While the potatoes are baking, make the meatballs. Mix together all the meatball ingredients in a bowl and then once combined, scoop about 2 tbsp at a time and form into meatballs.
  4. After 40 minutes, take the potatoes out of the oven and place the meatballs into the baking dish, nestled in between the potatoes. Drizzle the other half of the lemon sauce over the meatballs. Sprinkle the 1 cup of cubed feta throughout the baking dish. Bake for 18-20 more minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through to 165F.
  5. Serve with fresh halved cherry tomatoes and fresh mint.

🪄 Tips and Tricks

  • If you like this recipe you’ll love Greek Chicken and Lemon Potatoes
  • Meal prep this recipe on a Sunday to have a healthy meal to re-heat and grab all week
  • Serve these meatballs and potatoes with a side of rice or your favorite grain
Close up of Greek Meatballs

🗒 Variations

  • You can make this recipe as a base with different proteins like salmon. Here’s another easy sheet pan recipe we have for salmon
  • Swap the ground chicken in the meatballs with ground turkey, beef, or lamb
  • Add in other veggies to the sheet pan to make the meal your own


🗒 Best served with

👝 How to Store Leftovers

Store leftovers in a container in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can also freeze the meatballs (potatoes don’t freeze great) to easily take out and reheat.

🤔 Common Questions

Why do people soak breadcrumbs for meatballs?

This can be a quick trick to make sure your meatballs maintain moisture. You can soak them in warm water for a few minutes or milk.

What happens if my meatballs are falling apart?

You may need to add a little more moisture to your balls. For this recipe you can add a bit more egg or a splash of olive oil. Start small first!

Greek meatballs on a tray

Sheet Pan Greek Meatballs & Lemon Potatoes

5 from 5 votes
These Greek Meatballs are made on a single sheet pan with lemony potatoes. They are easy, delicious, and perfect for a busy night!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Medditerranean
Cuisine Greek-Inspired
Servings 4 -6
Calories 674 kcal
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Ingredients
  

For the potatoes

For the chicken meatballs

For serving

  • 1 cup cubed feta cheese
  • 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
  • fresh mint for garnish
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Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375F. To a large baking dish add the potato pieces and smashed garlic cloves.
  • Make the Greek lemon suace by whisking together the lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, salt, pepper, dried oregano and garlic powder. Add half of the sauce to the baking dish, toss with the potatoes and then add 1/2 cup water to the baking dish too. Bake for 40 mins.
  • While the potatoes are baking, make the meatballs. Mix together all the meatball ingredients in a bowl and then once combined, scoop about 2 tbsp at a time and form into meatballs.
  • After 40 minutes, take the potatoes out of the oven and place the meatballs into the baking dish, nestled in between the potatoes. Drizzle the other half of the lemon sauce over the meatballs. Sprinkle the 1 cup of cubed feta throughout the baking dish. Bake for 18-20 more minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through to 165F.
  • Serve with fresh halved cherry tomatoes and fresh mint.

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Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 674kcal | Protein: 34.4g | Fat: 33.7g | Saturated Fat: 10.9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16.5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 176.6mg | Sodium: 1834.7mg | Fiber: 7.2g | Sugar: 8.4g
Review This Recipe Let us know how it was!
Dominique Bos

5 stars
We ate these tonight, used lamb instead of chicken ( because we love lamb) and it was DELICIOUS!!! We will me making this again, and again…. I just love the lemony taste, balls were very tender and juicy. We almost started to dance the sirtaki 🤭 Ok, that didn’t happen, but it could have….

Maria Koutsogiannis

lol I wish it did! You are the best, thank you so much!!!!!

Stephen Fairbrother

5 stars
I couldn’t get minced chicken, so I did it with beef. Absolutely delicious, a big hit in our house. Highly recommended. Thank you

Maria Koutsogiannis

love to hear it!!!! thanks so much hun

Ken Carpenter

5 stars
Delicious! My teenage son has asked for this for dinner every day since we made it!

Maria Koutsogiannis

oh that makes me so happy! It’s such a delicous dish!!

Sarah A.

5 stars
Out of this world delicious! I doubled the meatball portion so we would have leftovers and that didn’t pan out because my boys just kept eating them.
I didn’t think you could top the lemon chicken thighs, but you’ve outdone yourself with this one!

Maria Koutsogiannis

THANK YOU SO MUCH SARAH! you are so sweet!!!

Holly K

5 stars
Amazing!! Our whole family loved it

Maria Koutsogiannis

Thank you so much hunn!!!!!

Isabella P

What is the serving size for the nutritional information?

Maria Koutsogiannis

1 serving, whole dish serves 4. That info can also be found in the recipe card!

Rhona

I’m making this dish tonight but will be using ground beef for the meat balls. I will report back. Where is your baking tray from?

Maria Koutsogiannis

Let me know!! !! Farm House Pottery!

Stella B

What kind of breadcrumbs did you use, Plain or Italian? It set to be made on Wednesday 😊

Maria Koutsogiannis

We used plain but ANY work!

Debbie Dorfan

Can you leave out the cheese ? what can you replace it with ?

Maria Koutsogiannis

It’s not needed! Just adds a yummy addition!

5 from 5 votes

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