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!
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
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
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.
- Thai basil, rather than Sweet Basil or Italian, would also be good, if you can find it.