Chicken meatballs in creamy sauce is bite sized balls served in sensational creamy sauce. Serve it with loads of sauce poured over your favorite pasta or noodles, it’s soo good!
Pasta of your choiceor Egg Noodles (or) steamed rice
For Garnish –
Parsleyfinely chopped
Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top
Instructions
To make juicy meatballs -
First, mix all of the ingredients except ground chicken so they combine together. Then add ground chicken, lemon juice and Parmesan cheese. Lightly fold everything together, making sure you don’t over mix ground chicken.
Tip to roll chicken meatballs faster –
Use a small ice cream scoop to portion out ground chicken meatballs into equal portions. Then use both hands to shape two meatballs at a time. Don’t worry about shaping them perfect. A little rustic meatballs are also sexy too to be served. If shaping in both hands is not convenient to you, use both hands to shape one ball at a time.
Heat cast iron pan over medium heat. Pour 2-3 tablespoon of olive oil. Arrange shaped chicken meatballs in the cast iron pan making sure you don’t over crowd the pan.
Pro-Tip : Sear and brown chicken in batches if you have to. If you over crowd pan then chicken meatballs will not sear and brown fast. This will make meatballs to get over cooked. Thus making them dry and hard instead of moist and juicy.
Remember we do not want to cook meatballs completely in cast iron pan. Just sear to get the golden brown outside. Meatballs will get cooked in creamy sauce.
Remove browned chicken meatballs onto a plate and set aside.
Cheesy Cream Sauce -
Into the same cast iron skillet, add butter. Saute minced garlic and white onions, until translucent.
Next we make the cream sauce using a roux. Add flour and stir well. Season it with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for a minute then gradually add chicken stock and keep stirring. Use a whisk if required to make lump free cream sauce.
While the liquid is simmering, add full cream milk and fresh cream to the pan and whisk again. Let it simmer for a minute.
To the simmering sauce add browned chicken meatballs. Cover meatballs in creamy sauce. Cook for 5 minutes. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese, and fresh parsley.
Pour it over your favorite pasta and serve immediately.
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Notes
How to keep meatballs moist?First, mix rest of the ingredients well so they combine together. Then add ground chicken and Parmesan cheese and lightly fold everything together, making sure you don’t over mix.How to roll meatballs faster?One of the issues while rolling meatballs faster, it easy to take different portions of meat mix ending up making different sized meatballs. Issue with different sized meatballs - they don't cook evenly ending up in some of the meatballs being overcooked and some under cooked!Solution? Use a small ice cream scoop. Scoop equal portions and place on tray. Then take each portion and roll into balls. Don't worry about making perfect balls!How to keep meatballs juicy?One of the biggest concern with meatballs - they turn dry easily! To keep it moist, simply follow these tips - don't over mix/over work on mixing the meat. Don't over cook meat balls. Always brown meatballs in hot pan quickly so it retains it's flavor and juices. Using cast iron pan to sear meatballs at high heat adds wonderful flavor. Note – Cream sauce will thicken as it cools down. You can thin the sauce by pouring in some chicken broth or milk. Heat a sauce for 2 minutes once you pour in extra liquids and serve immediately.Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.