Chicken Meatballs with Basil
These meatballs make use of fresh basil from your garden, or from the market. It's all from someone's garden!
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1/4 cup basil
- 1 jalapeno, seeds removed and diced
- 1/4 cup onion, finely minced
- 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup dried bread crumbs
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Sauce
- 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1/4 cup basil, minced
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine all of the meatball ingredients, using your hands to gently combine. Do not overwork the meat!
- Form into 2 inch meatballs and place on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove meatballs from oven. In a large skillet, heat one tbsp oil and brown meatballs. Remove from pan and keep warm
- Add ginger, to empty pan and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add in soy sauce and sugar, stirring to combine.
- Heat for a few minutes until thickened. Add in basil and meatballs. Spoon sauce over meatballs until coated. Serve.
Notes
- Thai basil, rather than Sweet Basil or Italian, would also be good, if you can find it.