Can I replace the egg in meatballs?

the_cat

Hi

I am planning to cook turkey meatballs for tea tonight and have run out of eggs........:mad:

Can I use anything else to bind them? Going away in a couple of days so don't want to buy more eggs if poss as some will get wasted

Thanks in advance:D

robpw2

yes you can a spoon full of oil wil help , milk , bread , turkey is quite moist so you wouldnt need a lot as you will find the mixture sticks together quite well as is

THIRZAH

I find that if I use my food processor to mix meatballs and use bread soaked in milk rather than dry breadcrumbs that the mixture usually sticks together without eggs.

angelnikki

I never use eggs when I make meatballs. I soak some breadcrumbs in milk and then mix that with the mince. I think the trick is to really mush it up with your hands HTH

Nikki
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r.mac_2

yes - I echo what others have said - try a little bread soacked in milk and mix in that.

Good luck and enjoy your trip away

the_cat

:beer: Thanks everyone!!!

Have just made them up using the milk/breadcrumbs method - they look great and moulded together well.

I have my fingers crossed that they will hold together when cooked. Assuming they do (sure they will, can't imagine OS steering me wrong:D ) I won't bother to use the egg in future which will bring the cost down a little bit:j

HypnoNu

I've never put egg in my meatballs, i do blitz up an onion in the food processer and mush that in with some seasoning and mine have never fallen apart (well not yet anyway!)

sammyjig

HypnoNu wrote: »

I've never put egg in my meatballs, i do blitz up an onion in the food processer and mush that in with some seasoning and mine have never fallen apart (well not yet anyway!)

I do the same and have never added egg or milk.

Stephen_Leak

Break the mince up, so it's not in the usual "worms", and then squeeze it into the balls really, really hard. Imagine they're someone you don't like.

Bettyboop

Hi all,

I want to make meatballs for dinner tonight but I have just realised that I don't have any eggs to bind the mixture together? What if anything else can be used instead?

Hope you can help.

Thanks.

dixie_dean_2

They should bind ok without. You can add a little flower but they should be ok with just mince, unless you are adding lots of onions and other bits.