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Recipe for Chicken Parmesan Meatballs is easy to make and a favorite of the kiddos.

Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Colleen Kennedy
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Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 1 TBS or more of chopped fresh basil or parsley
  • 1 large clove garlic minced
  • 1 large egg
  • Kosher salt & black pepper
  • 2 TBS grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 TBS milk
  • ½ cup breadcrumbs
  • Sauce
  • Mozzarella for topping fresh if you can get it
  • Fresh parsley for garnish

Instructions

  • If baking, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • In a large bowl, combine chicken, basil or parsley, garlic, egg, seasonings, Parmesan cheese, milk and breadcrumbs.
  • Using a spatula or your hands, mix until incorporated.
  • If you ground your own chicken vs store-bought ground it won't be as wet. Whichever you choose to use, adjust for wetness/dryness and add more milk, or breadcrumbs.
  • Form into balls.
  • If baking all the way through, line balls up on your lihjtly greased baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through, you can also finish them off in your sauce after 8-10 minutes.
  • If frying, heat 2 TBS grapeseed or olive oil in a frying ban and saute until just browned (about 3 minutes and then bake or until cooked through 8-10.
  • If frying then finishing off in the oven, place them on a baking sheet and bake for another 6-8 minutes or so or until chicken is cooked through. Just don't overdo it, nothing worse than a dry meatball!
  • You can also finish cooking in the sauce if you like.
  • To add mozzarella cheese, simply line them up on a baking sheet, tip with a slice of mozzarella and allow it to melt towards the end of cooking 2-3 minutes.