Inspired by my love of meatballs and chicken curry, I decided to combine most of the flavors that go into my chicken curry in order to create this delicious Curry Chicken Meatballs recipe.
Tips for making these curry chicken meatballs:
- do not overwork the meat, because you do not want a dry, dense meatball
- mix flavor ingredients first before adding it to the meat, as soon as you are finished mixing, form the meatball and let them firm up in the fridge.
- use an ice cream scooper to make even meatballs, so they cook evenly
I love all meatballs, and generally I pretty much have them every week. However, sometimes it is nice to switch it up. Growing up in Ireland, you surely couldn’t find ground chicken anywhere. The first time I saw it was when I came to the USA years ago. It’s so lovely to be able to find this chicken meat in the stores. So basically, anywhere you have ground beef in a recipe, thereafter you can swap it out for ground chicken.
So, my favorite Indian take out dish is a chicken curry. The taste of it and the recipe has so much flavor. I therefore thought that by combining all those wonderful flavors that you get in chicken curry and making meatballs, I would get the same great taste. Indeed, you know what? It works so so good. Delicious, in fact! Besides, this recipe makes a lot of meatballs so that you will have plenty for lunch the next day. When cooking these, I love to use my favorite non-stick pans. They are undoubtedly the way to go.
Particularly like this meatball recipe? You will also enjoy my Chicken and Dumplings recipe!
I want to hear how it goes!
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Curry Chicken Meatballs
Inspired by my love of meatballs and chicken curry, I decided to combine most of the flavors that go into my chicken curry to create this delish meatball recipe.
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
1 red onion, quartered
2 teaspoons olive oil, plus extra for sauteing
1 egg
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup panko breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
1 cup cilantro leaves, finely chopped
1 lb ground chicken
1 lime, zested
For serving: Cooked white rice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Toss onions and olive oil together and roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine egg, garlic, panko, cumin, curry powder, salt, pepper, jalapeno, cilantro. Mix well.
- Add ground chicken and combine all the ingredients until everything is well mixed.
- Using a #50/ .68oz ice cream scoop, make meatballs and set aside on a tray.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspoons olive oil and saute meatballs until cooked all the way through or roast meatballs in the oven at 400°F for 15-18 minutes until cooked through.
- Serve meatballs in a bowl with some rice, roasted red onions and extra cilantro leaves.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
