Chicken Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Clock Icon 45 minutes |
Servings: 4 |
Prep: 15 minutes |
Cook: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. (450 g) ground chicken
  • ½ cup (125 mL) breadcrumbs
  • ¼ cup (50 mL) milk
  • 1 Countryside Farms Vita Egg, beaten
  • ½ tsp (2 mL) salt
  • ¼ cup (50 mL) fresh parsley, minced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) onion powder
  • ¼ cup (50 mL) grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 (650 mL) jars of prepared pasta sauce
  • Pasta (any variety)

Method

  1. To large bowl add ground chicken, milk, breadcrumbs, egg, salt, parsley, minced garlic, onion powder, parmesan cheese.  Combine well.
  2. Form chicken mixture into 12 golf ball sized meatballs or 24 smaller meatballs from chicken mixture and place on a greased cookie sheet.
  3. In a large pot, heat pasta sauce to a simmer. Gently add raw meatballs into the sauce. Cover and simmer 30 minutes, or until meatballs are cooked through and internal temperature of thickest part of meatball read 165°F.
  4. Cook choice of pasta according to package directions. Drain well.
  5. Divide pasta onto plates, top with meatballs and sauce.
  6. Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Tips

Meatballs can be sautéed to a light golden brown just ahead of placing into sauce to help maintain their shape and add more flavour.

Meatball recipe can easily be doubled. Freeze half for another day. Use your favourite prepared pasta sauce, or homemade sauce.

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