Thai Inspired Chicken Meatballs | Salt and Sage Nutrition
Thai Inspired Chicken Meatballs
20 mins prepServes 4
These delicious chicken meatballs are perfect for meal prep and bring vibrant Thai flavors to your weekly menu. Made with ground chicken, garlic, and a blend of spices, they're rolled into meatballs, cooked, and coated in a rich coconut milk sauce.
1: Combine ground chicken, egg, minced garlic, fish sauce, red curry paste, minced green onion, minced shallot, minced cilantro, sriracha, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper.
2: Slowly add breadcrumbs until the mixture is no longer sticky.
3: Roll the mixture into meatballs.
4: Heat olive oil over medium to high heat in a skillet.
5: Add meatballs to the skillet and cook, turning every few minutes, until cooked through (15-20 minutes).
6: Remove meatballs from the pan.
7: In the same pan, combine sesame oil and red curry paste, and whisk and heat through for 2-3 minutes.
8: Add coconut milk, peanut butter, coconut sugar, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
9: Whisk for 8-9 minutes as the sauce bubbles and thickens.
10: Add the meatballs back into the sauce and coat them well.
11: Top with additional minced cilantro and red pepper flakes.
