Chicken Meatballs

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The traditional meatball with spaghetti is swapped with a poultry version. The balls dipped in tomato sauce are absolutely perfect for dinner or lunch. 

Spaghetti with Chicken Meat Balls

Ingredients

For Chicken Balls

500gms- Minced Chicken

200gms- Bread Crumbs

100 gms-  Chopped Onions

10 cloves- Chopped Garlic

50gms- Chopped Parsley

1/2 tsp- Salt

1/2 cup oil- Any neutral Oil

Tomato Base

500gms- Purred Tomatoes

100 gms- Tomato Puree

100 gms-  Chopped Onions

1/2 tsp- Oregano

10 cloves- Chopped Garlic

10-15- Chopped Basil leaves

2bspn- Olive Oil


Method

Mix all the chicken balls ingredients in a bowl and make small balls.

Minced chicken

Minced chicken

Take a heavy bottom par, preferably an iron skillet and heat the oil. Place the balls around the pan, don't overcrowd and cook them for 5 minutes on both sides in medium flame or until there are no visible pink boundaries around the balls. 

This is a shallow-fried method but the balls can be deep-fried too.

chicken balls

Remove the balls and keep them aside.

Now, in the same pan, heat 2 tbsp olive oil and saute the onion. Add tomatoes puree, salt, chopped garlic, and oregano, and let it cook for over 10 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring every minute to cook the tomatoes evenly.



Add tomatoes puree and parsley leaves, cook for another 10 minutes and let everything come together.

Tomatoes puree gravy

Tomatoes puree gravy

Once the sauce is thoroughly cooked, add the chicken balls, cover, and let everything simmer for 5 minutes.

Serve spaghetti with chicken meatballs or rice.



Enjoy!



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