After a year when I seem to have been eating nothing but pies and other carbs, now I am trying to get over all that comfort food. When I was food shopping today, masked up at Piedimonte’s, minced chicken caught my eye. Mmm chicken meatballs. The other ingredients were what happened to catch my eye in the pantry and refrigerator when I was wondering what to cook this evening.
I used a ready made and purchased coriander pesto (yum) and a ready made tomato sauce (Five Brothers Tomato and basil sauce) but you could be more creative and make your own!
Ingredients
500 gr minced chicken
2tbs coriander pesto
2 cloves garlic
2 tsp minced ginger root
2 spring onions
Olive oil
500 gr ready made tomato sauce
Mode
Place minced chicken in mixing bowl
Crush garlic and add
Add ginger and coriander pesto
Chop spring onions and add
Stir until thoroughly mixed
Using a tablespoon spoon form in into meatballs
Finalize shape with hand and place on plate
Meanwhile place the tomato sauce in a pan on heat
Fill bottle with water, shake to clear jar
Add to pan and stir
Bring to boil and reduce to simmer
Heat olive oil in frying pan
Add meatballs in batches and cook to seal
Add to tomato sauce as sealed
Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes
Eat alone if avoiding carbs or otherwise serve with rice, pasta or noodles.
Enjoy!!
i prefer to use turkey mince in meatballs as it has so much more flavour than chicken mince. but who doesn't love a meatball? :-)
ReplyDeleteEach to her own, I guess. I much prefer the favour of chicken mince and how it goes with other flavours. But I certainly agree fully with your general sentiment about meatballs 👍
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