Chicken Meatballs

​These chicken meatballs are delicious and super easy to make. You can serve them with pasta, in a meatball sandwich, topped with cheese and sauce, or make some awesome Chicken Parm Stuffed Mushrooms! Enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 1 lb ground chicken meat
• ½ c Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• ½ tsp dried basil
• ½ tsp dried parsley
• ½ tsp granulated garlic
• ½ tsp granulated onion
• 1 tsp minced garlic, jarred or fresh
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• 1 large egg

Directions

• ​Prepare a rimmed baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper
• Mix all ingredients well, let rest 5 minutes
• Form into balls about 1 ½ inch diameter
• Place meatballs on prepared baking sheet
• Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes
• If serving with pasta or in meatball sandwiches, after baking place meatballs into a sauce pot with 1 quart pasta sauce and cook for 30 minutes-1 hour on low
• Makes about 16 meatballs, this recipe can be doubled

Variations

Dipping Sauces

• Keep baked meatballs warm in a crockpot or chafer, serve with a variety of dipping sauces
• Sauce ideas: Sweet Baby Rays buffalo wing sauce or BBQ sauce, ranch dressing, pasta sauce, sweet chili hot sauce, spicy ranch, hot honey, or whatever you like!

​Chicken Parm Meatballs

• After baking, place ¼ slice of mozzarella or provolone on each meatball and return to oven for 2 minutes
• Top meatballs with a tablespoon of pasta sauce and bake 3 more minutes. Serve hot

Chicken Parm Stuffed Mushrooms

• Clean and remove stems from large fresh button mushrooms
• Prepare a pan with parchment or olive oil
• Dip mushroom caps in olive oil, coat completely
• Fill each mushroom cap with meatball mixture
• Bake 20 minutes at 350°F
• Remove from oven, top each with ¼ slice of mozzarella or provolone on and return to oven for 2 minutes
• Top meatballs with a tablespoon of pasta sauce and bake 3 more minutes
• Serve hot

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