Italian Chicken Meatballs Recipe
These chicken meatballs are so juicy and tender baked with classic Italian flavors and homemade Marinara sauce. It's a very easy recipe and takes less than an hour to make. Chicken meatballs will be perfect whether it's served over pasta, in a sub sandwich, or as an appetizer.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs (**Can use Gluten Free bread crumbs)
- 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 yellow onion (finely diced)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp fresh minced parsley
- 1 tbsp fresh minced basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- salt
- 2 cups Marinara sauce
- 1-2 tbsp fresh minced basil
- fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 400° and grease a 9×13 baking dish (you can also use a deep 9×9 baking).
- 2
Combine all the ingredients for the meatballs in a large mixing bowl and mix until thoroughly incorporated.
- 3
Use a cookie scoop to get the same amount of chicken mixture so that all the meatballs are equal in size. Shape meatballs and place them into the baking dish, leaving a little space between them.
- 4
Bake for 20 minutes.
- 5
Add sauce evenly over the meatballs. Bake for another 5-7 minutes.
- 6
Sprinkle some fresh basil and Parmesan cheese over the cooked meatballs before serving.
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