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How To Make Chicken Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
Made from ground chicken thighs, white bread, and cheese, these tender chicken meatballs are skillet-cooked with tomatoes for a flavorful dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbchicken thighs,boneless skinless
- 1slicewhite sandwich bread
- ¼cupmilk
- 1large egg white
- ¼cupparmesan cheese,grated
- ¾tspdried oregano
- coarse salt and ground pepper,as needed
- 1tbspolive oil
- 1canwhole tomatoes in puree
Instructions
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Place chicken thighs in a food processor, and pulse until meat is coarsely ground.
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Add bread, milk, egg white, cheese, oregano, 1 teaspoon of salt, and ¼ teaspoon of pepper; process until meat is finely ground.
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With moistened hands, shape the mixture into 12 meatballs.
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In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add meatballs, and cook for about 5 minutes until golden brown.
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Add tomatoes and puree, breaking them up with your fingers; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer; cover, and cook for 15 minutes. Uncover; simmer for about 15 minutes more until meatballs are cooked through.
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Serve and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Calories: 359.46kcal
- Fat: 25.50g
- Saturated Fat: 7.49g
- Trans Fat: 0.10g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.22g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.53g
- Carbohydrates: 7.07g
- Fiber: 1.43g
- Sugar: 2.55g
- Protein: 24.67g
- Cholesterol: 118.98mg
- Sodium: 477.00mg
- Calcium: 166.94mg
- Potassium: 387.60mg
- Iron: 1.53mg
- Vitamin A: 62.16µg
- Vitamin C: 6.00mg
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