Dear Tony (my Italian Father-in-law),
The meatball recipe I am providing is no where near what you had the pleasure in devouring as a young child of an amazing Italian cook! But, I have to say, I really like my recipe. It’s a little out of the ordinary…but I do think, if you tried them, you’d like them!
Love (your favorite daughter-in-law),
Kate
Even though my married name is Scarlata, I am not a big fan of traditional Italian foods so I tend to create my own take on some of their staple foods. So, this week I made meatballs with ground chicken, cilantro and ginger…alot different than your traditional Italian meatball recipe… But these little meatballs truly taste AMAZING!!!!
I buy my ground chicken from Whole Foods Market. Nothing quite compares and I am happy to report, it does not have pink slime. Did you hear about pink slime in the news? Yikes!
This recipe is easy to whip together…you just…
mix the ingredients all in one bowl, form into meatballs, bake them up and serve as lunch or dinner with jasmine or basmati rice OR make into smaller meatballs as a tasty appetizer.
I like a little dipping sauce to serve with these little tasty meatballs.
Cilantro Ginger Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken breast
- 2 scallions, diced (fodmap followers-use green part only)
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger or use grated fresh about 2 tsp.
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- salt and pepper
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs (fodmap followers-use acceptable gluten free crumbs)
- Dipping sauces:
- Sesame soy dressing:
- Peanut Coconut Drizzle
- 2 heaping tablespoons all natural peanut butter
- 1/4 cup chicken broth (fodmap followers use homemade broth or suitable brand)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon light coconut milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix all the ingredients together-best done with your hands to really mix well.
- Form into desired size meatballs.
- Place on cookie sheet that has been lightly oiled.
- Bake until no longer pink in the middle about 15-20 minutes depending on size.
- Serve on platter with toothpicks with dipping sauce if using as appetizer or over a bed of your favorite rice.
- Mix up desired dipping sauce. For peanut coconut drizzle, place all the ingredients in small sauce pan over low heat, stir to blend and cook until sauce is creamy and warm.
Sauce options:
For my Asian Sesame Soy Dressing, click here.
Mix and serve alongside meatballs or drizzle over meatballs on a bed of rice.
Or try…the Peanut Coconut Drizzle as above in recipe!
Place meatballs over a bed of rice and drizzle with Peanut Coconut Drizzle OR serve alongside meatballs as a dip.
Meal Makeover Mom Janice
Just pinned this recipe to my Pinterest board!
katescarlata
Well…happy pinning Janice! 🙂
Pop Scarlata
When does your favorite father in law, get to taste my favorite daughter in law,s Cilandro Ginger Chicken Meatballs?
Love you.
katescarlata
Hopefully very soon!! love you too!
Monisha
Just made the meatballs for dinner and they were yummy!!! Thank you for sharing easy low fodmap recipes
katescarlata
Yay! Glad you like the Cilantro Ginger Meatballs Monisha.
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Hey there kate,
I was just wondering if there is any possibility that you could substitute the cilantro (corriander here in australia)for another herb perhaps basil or chives? I love the idea of these little cicken fillers just not all that keen on cilantro… and will the sauces you have created also work with the herb change? Thank you in aticipation 🙂
katescarlata
Sure! I think the basil or chives would work beautifully!
Karen
These are great, loved them!! Very flavourful and so tasty. Thanks for the recipe.
katescarlata
Yay! Glad you liked ’em Karen. Thank you for the feedback!!
Laura
I made these last weekend as a meal over rice. I really like them! I made a double batch to eat throughout the week for lunch. I drizzled the peanut coconut sauce over all of them before storing in the fridge. When I reheat them, though, they’re too dry, in my opinion. Do you have any suggestions to help with this?
Well Balanced - Food - Life - Travel
I would think having the sauce there would keep them moist. Perhaps you could try adding a second egg to the next batch which may up the moisture on the leftovers. When using a lean meat such as chicken breast–it can get dried out a bit quicker.
Paula
Loved this recipe. Made it the first day I went on my fodmap elimination diet. A good start. Thank you.