Chicken & Bacon Meatballs

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chicken & bacon meatballs, chicken meatballs

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Servings: servings

Calories: 258kcal

Author: Colleen Kennedy

Enjoy Chicken Meatballs? Give these recipe for Chicken & Bacon Meatballs a try, they are different and delicious!

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Ingredients

6 slices of uncooked bacon chopped as small as you can get it
2 cloves of garlic minced
⅓ cup minced raw onion
1 pound ground chicken white meat
½ pound ground chicken dark meat
¼ cup milk
1 large/extra large egg
Kosher salt
Black pepper
1-2 TBS Italian herbs see notes
1 cup breadcrumbs

Instructions

Cook your bacon pieces in a pan for a few minutes, as they begin to crisp up add in the onion and garlic and sauté until the bacon is done.
Quickly remove bacon, onion and garlic with a slotted spoon and place them in a work bowl.
Add in your ground chicken and work it through
Add in your egg, milk, salt, pepper herbs and breadcrumbs and gently mix until it comes together.
TIP I always make a small bit sized patty and cook it off real quick, so I can taste and make sure seasoning is on point. You can't fix an unseasoned meatball after its cooked, even with sauce! Plus its a snack!!
Form meatball mixture into balls and place on your lightly greased baking sheet (grease sheet with some of the bacon fat left over from cooking your bacon pieces) and bake meatballs for 20 minutes at 350 degrees Or use a little of the bacon grease and pan fry your meatballs. I prefer to pan fry for best flavor.
Place meatballs in a pot of your favorite tomato sauce, simmer for 15 minutes on low and serve. OR try my Ginger Honey Glaze recipe on them for something different. Link to recipe in notes below.

Notes

Colleen's Notes: Depending on the type of bacon you use for this, it will lend more or less saltiness to your meatballs, so remember that when seasoning.

For herbs, you can choose to use fresh (1 TBS each of Basil, Oregano & Parsley), dried less than half of that

You can swap fresh garlic for garlic past. If you do just add paste directly to the meat mixture.

If you are into peppers you can dice some up (red would be nice) and sauté them with the bacon, onions & garlic.

Instead of tomato sauce, this glaze recipe is a nice flavor change.

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