Chicken and Lemon Meatballs

Chicken is a very popular food throughout the world, it is delicious, nutritious and can be prepared a multitude of ways. Chicken is adaptable to any cooking methods such as roasting, broiling, grilling, poaching and combined with a broad range of herbs and spices. Using chicken mince adds another range of possibilities.

Ingredients make 20 small or 16 medium size meatballs

500 g chicken mince

2 crushed garlic cloves

1 cup breadcrumbs (80g)

1 tsp grated lemon zest

1 tsp lemon thyme
1 egg

½ tbls salt

¼ tbls pepper

2 tbls lemon juice

Method

Place mince, garlic, breadcrumbs, egg, lemon zest, lemon thyme, salt, pepper in a bowl and mix with a spoon or your hand until consistent in texture. Use a tablespoon to form balls, place on a tray and leave in the refrigerator until ready for cooking.  Pour 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil on a frying pan and cook the meatballs until golden on one side approx. 5 min. Turn meatballs with a fork cook the other side. Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle the meatballs with the lemon juice.

Note: If lemon thyme is not availabe, fresh herb thyme or basil can be used as a tasty alternative.
Butter can be used as an alternative source for frying giving the chicken meat balls a nice rich flavour.

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